CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Randy Edsall stood at midfield Tuesday, wheeling back and forth so the Connecticut coach could watch the offense and defense at the same time.

The Huskies were practicing on Christmas in preparation for their second bowl appearance in four years, and it was evident from Edsall's focus and short whistle blasts that he remains motivated by the doubters who said postseason football would never happen at his school.

Six years after UConn (9-3) moved to the highest level of college football, the school is enjoying its best season, which will end Saturday against Wake Forest (8-4) in the Meineke Bowl.

“It's very satisfying, because there were a lot of people that never thought that UConn could compete at this level in terms of football,” Edsall said.

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MOSCOW: Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia waltzed effortlessly to gold medals in ice dancing at the Cup of Russia on Sunday, holding the strong lead they had maintained throughout the competition.

It was Russia's only gold medal at the competition and the first at the Cup of Russia in two years.

Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France finished more than 20 points behind after the free dance in second place.

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DALLAS: Dirk Nowitzki had a season-high 32 points and a perfect ending in Dallas' highest-scoring quarter of the season, helping the Mavericks put together a record-setting rally during a 105-99 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Nowitzki hit four straight 3-pointers in the final 1:41 of the third quarter, when Dallas went ahead to stay after overcoming a 24-point deficit.

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SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela: Giancarlo Maldonado scored two of Venezuela's three goals in the final eight minutes and rallied the Vinotinto to a 5-3 victory over Bolivia on Wednesday, its second win in four World Cup qualifying matches.

Alejandro Guerra equalized 3-3 in the 82nd, and Maldonado added goals in the 89th minute and injury time to give Venezuela six points.

Bolivia's Marcelo Martins scored in the 19th and 78th minutes as Bolivia took the lead three times.

Daniel Arismendi equalized immediately after Martins' first goal and again in the 40th, 13 minutes after Juan Carlos Arce put Bolivia ahead 2-1.

Maldonado, who plays for Atlante in Mexico, gave Venezuela its first led in the 89th minute, heading over Arias.

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Lineups:

VENEZUELA: Leonardo Morales, Alejandro Cichero, Jose Manuel Rey, Jorge Rojas, Roberto Rosales, Luis Seijas (Edder Perez, 64), Luis Vera (Miguel Mea Vitali, 59), Ricardo David Paez (Alejandro Guerra, 74), Juan Arango, Daniel Arismendi and Giancarlo Maldonado.

BOLIVIA: Carlos Arias, Ronald Raldes, Luis Gatty Ribeiro, Limbert Mendez, Luis Gutierrez, Ronald Garcia, Gualberto Mojica (Limberg Gutierrez, 70), Alejandro Gomez, Joselito Vaca (Sacha Lima, 46), Juan Carlos Arce, Marcelo Martins (Jaime Moreno, 82).

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado: Jared Bunde has been suspended from the sport of cycling for two years after a failed doping test.

Bunde, 31, tested positive for clomiphene on July 28 at the Point Premium Root Beer International Cycling Classic, the U.S.

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MELBOURNE, Australia: For a European PGA Tour event, the Australian Masters has turned out to have a shortage of Europeans.

Danish golfer Thomas Bjorn was the only European player in the top 100 to travel to Melbourne's Huntingdale for the event, which is being co-sanctioned with the Australasian PGA Tour.

But Bjorn was forced to pull out of the tournament Wednesday to return to Denmark, where his wife, Pernilla, will undergo back surgery.

When Bjorn arrived Tuesday, he said the timing at the end of an extensive European season, the long-haul travel and lower prize money compared with other tournaments contributed to the low player turnout.

“Times have changed very much, especially the European Tour has changed in that we play a season that begins in the middle of January and finishes a week before Christmas,” Bjorn said.

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LONDON: Hours after saluting David Beckham as one of the world's best right-sided midfielders, England coach Steve McClaren reportedly was preparing to bench the Los Angeles Galaxy star for Wednesday's European Championship qualifier against Croatia.

Several major England daily newspapers, including the Independent, Daily Mail and the Times of London, all were reporting Wednesday the 32-year-old midfielder would be relegated to the bench after being selected for the England team for the first time since the 1998 World Cup.

With Russia heavily favored to beat Andorra, England needs at least a draw against Croatia to avoid missing the finals of a major tournament for the first time since the 1994 World Cup.

In October 2001, Beckham's goal from a free kick earned a 2-2 draw with Greece and sent England to the World Cup.

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DENVER: The United States' No. 2 official responsible for fighting drugs sees the indictment of Major League Baseball home run king Barry Bonds as a success, the upcoming report on steroids in MLB as a positive and envisions a day when all pro American pro leagues will adopt the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules.

“They don't want to sign on right now, because it's tough and it's specific.

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