Ice hockey
Severstal coach Kozyriev hails team progress after 5:2 win
Andrei Kozyriev says Severstal showed good hockey in a 5:2 victory over Avtomobilist, noting the squad is still being built and moving forward steadily.
hockey
Tarasova praises Alexander Plushenko as a hard worker
Soviet hockey coach Tatiana Tarasova calls Alexander Plushenko a well-mannered, hard-working athlete. She advises him to ignore media attention and listen to his father, figure skating legend Yevgeni Plushenko.