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HELSINKI, Finland -- Defending champion Russia was upset 2-1 by France, which shocked a team dominated by NHL and KHL players at hockey worlds on Thursday. Russia lost to a group of mainly French league players, who ended its 13-match winning streak at the world championship. "Its so big for French hockey, its hard to describe," France coach Dave Henderson said. France wasnt good enough to play Russia or the Soviet Union until 1992. It had lost all six previous games, the last 7-2 in 2009. All the goals on Thursday were scored in the middle period. Alexander Perezhogin gave Russia the lead at 6:57, shortly after teammate Aleksandr Radulov missed a penalty shot. France forward Damien Fleury evened the score at 9:52 with a slap shot. Antoine Roussel, Frances lone NHL player, scored the winner at 16:48 when he broke in from the left and backhanded through Vasili Koshechkins legs. Both teams fielded their third-string goalkeepers. Frances Florian Hardy finished with 28 saves, and Koshechkin 17. "It was my first start, an unbelievably good result for us," Hardy said. "I dont know what to say, Im so happy. When I watched the clock with five minutes to play, I thought that this is for real, that it is possible to win. "All the team played an unbelievable game defensively. When the Russian player took the penalty shot and I stopped it, I just followed the puck and that was it." Frances second win in four games gives it a good chance of staying in the premier group at the worlds and an outside chance of making the quarterfinals with a top-four finish in its group. It still has to play the United States, Latvia and Germany. In Stockholm, the Czech Republic beat Denmark 2-1 after a shootout, with Zbynek Irgl scoring on his teams fifth and sixth shots. Zbynek Michalek scored in the last period for the Czechs and Morten Poulsen tied the game with four minutes to go. Asics Shoes Outlet Australia . 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Lativas Tomass Dukurs was third, 1.41 seconds off the pace. Jon Montgomery of Eckville, Alta. LOS ANGELES -- Shaqquan Aaron scored 15 points and Southern California rallied over the final 8:49 to beat Omaha 82-72 Sunday after trailing most of the game.Chimezie Metu had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Jordan McLaughlin added 12 points for the Trojans (2-0).Marcus Tyus scored a career-high 33 points and TreShawn Thurman had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Mavericks (1-1), who were trying to beat a Pac-12 team for the first time. They hit eight 3-pointers, one less than they had in a season-opening win at UC Santa Barbara.The Mavs led by six early in the second half when the Trojans got loose for three consecutive dunks, two by Metu and one from DeAnthony Melton to tie the game 49-all.Aarons 3-pointer tied the game for the last time at 53-all. From there, USC closed the game on a 31-19 run.Tyus and Thurman did their best to keep the Mavs in it, combining to score 17 of their final 19 points.The Mavs opened the game on a 16-7 run, with Tyus scoring 12 of their points, including three 3-pointers.USC answered with a 14-5 spurt that tied the game at 21-all. The Mavs came right back annd outscored USC 12-5 for a 33-26 lead.ddddddddddddaron keyed eight unanswered points for the Trojans, who took a 34-33 lead on a free throw by Charles Buggs. Thurman closed the half with a jumper and layup to send Omaha into the locker room ahead 37-34.BIG PICTUREOmaha: Picked to finish fourth in the Summit League, the Mavs will go as Tra-Deon Hollins and Thurman go. Hollins led the nation in steals (127) and steals per game (3.9) as a junior last season, when he averaged 12.5 points. Thurman averaged 13.9 points as a sophomore. The Mavs have a tough nonconference schedule, with road games at Kansas State, Iowa, No. 24 Iowa State and Pittsburgh.USC: The Trojans protected their home court, where they are in the midst of playing five of six games.UP NEXTOmaha: The Mavs visit Kansas State on Tuesday to finish off three road games in four days to open the season.USC: Visit Texas A&M on Friday in just the teams second-ever meeting. USC won 26-18 on Dec. 18, 1936. ' ' '