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■ Speedskating
Canadian woman wins
Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards of Canada won a World Cup women's race in Koeniqsee, Germany on Friday. Hollingsworth-Richards finished with a combined time of 1 minute, 39.96 seconds. Germany's Anja Huber was second, 0.84 seconds slower, followed by compatriots Diana Sartor, who was 0.85 adrift, and Kerstin Juergens, 0.90 back. The top finisher for the US team, which is without its suspended head coach Tim Nardiello, was Noelle Pikus-Pace in fifth. Nardiello is suspended because of sexual harassment accusations made against him in recent weeks. With her second victory of the season, Hollingsworth-Richards took over the lead in the World Cup standings with 460 points. Maya Pedersen of Switzerland is second with 420 points after finishing eighth on Friday. Sartor is third with 310.

■ Olympics
Taiwan looks to 2008
Taiwan's Olympic Committee elected a new president yesterday, given the task of preparing for the 2008 Games, which will be hosted by China. The committee elected Tsai Chen-wei（蔡辰威）, the chairman of the Republic of China Sports Federation, to a four-year term. Tsai succeeded Huang Ta-chou（黃大洲）, a former mayor of Taipei. Taiwan takes part in the Olympics under the name of "Chinese Taipei" and is barred from using its flag and anthem at many sports events because of continuous interference and bullying from China.

■ Bobsled
German women battle
Susi-Lisa Erdmann ended the five-race win streak of German campatriot Sandra Kiriasis, claiming Friday's two-woman World Cup bobsled race in Koeniqsee, Germany. Erdmann and Anne Dietrich had the best time in both runs with the Germany II sled to finish in one minute, 42.60 seconds. Canadians Helen Upperton and Heather Moyse were second -- 14-hundredths of a second slower, while Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze finished third in Germany I, three-10ths of a second behind Erdmann. Kiriasis, who won last season's final race and the first four of this season, still leads the World Cup standings with 480 points. American Shauna Rohbock -- who finished fourth on Friday 52-hundredths behind Erdmann -- is second with 400 with two races to go. Upperton is third with 372 points.

■ Baseball
Lee wants more money
South Korea's Lee Seung-yeop will not return to Japan Series champion Chiba Lotte Marines next season after failing to secure a pay raise. Lee, whose two-year contract expired at the end of last season, was offered an unchanged salary of US$2.2 million by the Marines but turned it down Friday, Lotte club representative Ryuzo Setoyama said. Lee is reportedly interested in signing with either the Yomiuri Giants or a north American major league team. The 29-year-old infielder led the Marines last season with 30 home runs and had 82 RBIs. He homered three times in the Japan Series, helping the Marines to sweep the Hanshin Tigers for their first title in 31 years.


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