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These Games weren’t perfect by any stretch, but the host nation provided plenty of memorable moments.

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Winners and losers: Canadians steal the show (Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports)

Live analysis from the New York Times reporters Jeff Z. Klein, Charles McGrath and Greg Bishop at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver, and insights from The Times’s Slap Shot blog contributor Stu H…

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U.S. and Canada Fight for Hockey Gold (MalaysiaNews.net)

Iran has promised to donate two wild leopards to Russia, officials said Sunday, bringing closer the aim of settling the rare animals near the 2014 Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.

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Iran agrees to give Russia wild leopards (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Iran has promised to donate two wild leopards to Russia, officials said Sunday, bringing closer the aim of settling the rare animals near the 2014 Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.

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Iran agrees to give Russia wild leopards (AFP via Yahoo! News)

If the U.S. men’s hockey team defeats hometown favorites Canada in the final event of the winter Olympic Games, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will suffer the added ignominy of having to buy U.S

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Obama and Canada’s Harper Wager Beer on Hockey Game (Update1) (BusinessWeek)