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Jiayehecii Ovechkin 18 was the overwhelming s favorite befpre'the NHL's Central Scouting deparimerit ranked him first aiming Bufopcan skaters He was- praised speed size lon-hi- 3 one-tw- 3 HuS 5 - five-inch-hi- gh - 'V-- V ” ' - - ’ ' - v ! three-tim- " make ls 5-- 0-- j -- have been eliminated: defending champion France Spain Italy England and Germany The final is July 4 in Lisbon The Dutch were in the semifinals four years ago at home Sweden was tryihg to reach the semifinals for the first time since 1992 when it was the tournament host “I think we had a very good game playing on this level equal with the Dutch team” Sweden coach Lars Lagerback said “It was a really good match and it could ha e gone either way” Olof Mellberg failed to convert the decisive penalty kick for Sweden his shot saved by goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar Robben then won it for the Dutch “I didn't think put my brains in neutral and told myself 'I will it'” Robben said Robben came close to scoring in the third minute ofovertime His low shot was fumbled by Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isakssdn onto the post and Roy Mukaay was unable to get to the rebound In the 6th minute Isaksson 1 made save on Sccdorf's free kick from 20 yards At the other end Henrik Larsson hit the crossbar and Fredrik Ljungbcrg's hard shot bounced off the post of Van dcr one-hand- Sar'sgoal “I don't know if you call it good luck or back luck or a bad day” Lagerback said “It doesn’t matter for me” In other Euro 2004 new s: — England's Wayne Rooney will need about two months to recover from a broken right foot aiiM probably will miss the start of ':i' and stickhandling its wcli as his w illingness lojuinpback on defense S' v3-‘rvbeen waiting forthis day for maybe J ! two years” he siiid He might have to wait longer: Ninety-eigplayets -'- 58 from North America and 40 from Europe -- L- were chosen ifi the- first three rounds Saturday' The final six rounds will he held Sunday Bul ii's not clear when these play ers w ill step onto NHL icc The league’s collective ' bargaining agreement with its players expires Sept 15 and with no agrccnient near a lockout is a distinct possibility' Ovechkin's situation is also complicated The Russian Ice Hockey Federation indicated it might not be part of a new deal betw een the NHLand the International Ice Hockey Feder- ation because it wants more money for play- ers its clubs lose to North America ' Moscow D namo has said it would demand cash from any NHL club that wants Ovechkin for next season because it still has him under contract McPliec said he doesn't know how that w ill affect the Capitals In 53 games last season for Dynamo Ovechkin had 3 goals and 10 assists His Af-- l - feels great and especially knowing I'm going to be leading the team goiog intp AthcnSi" McClure was never mmuch danger of losing his grip on sec- - ond place cvcnafteta fall offthe ' high bar resulted jiv a score of He more than made lip for it with a pommel horse routine that netted a 9875 inipor- tant because that event has long caused problems' for the United 5 high-kicki- States Dutch beat Swedes to reach Euro semis LOULE Portugal ( AP) — The Netherlands reached the semifi-'naof the European Champi-- onships defeating Sweden 4 on penalty kicks Saturday and avoiding the fate that has claimed a host of soccer powers The quarterfinal was tied 0 after regulation and overtime It was the first time in five attempts' the Dutch won a penalty-kic- k shootout at a major championship “At last we were able to do it — fantastic” said Aijen Robben who made the clinching kick “We showed character fought and always remained positive” The Netherlands will face host Portugal on Wednesday The other semifinal is Thursday between Greece and the winner of Sunday's game between the Czech Republic and Denmark Five of Europe's strongest teams '' s the season for Everton in the League The ward scored four goals in the 1 Prc-mi- er for- ' tournament -- Swiss referee Urs Meier defended his decision to disallow England's goal in the 90lh minute of its quarterfinal loss to Portugal saying it followed an “obvious" foul on the goalkeeper Meier said — he has received 6000 :v3 - 1 father! Mikhail is a former professional soccer player and his mother Tatiana won Olympic gold medals in basketball in 197b and i980 Malkin is a forward who had three goals and nine assists for Magnito1 gorsk flag-wav-i- front-pag- ' r 1 some threatening — after an Eng- lish newspaper published his Internet address — Greece's upset of France prompted thousands of fans to gather in Athens' Omonia Square minutes after the game Fireworks lit the sky over the Acropolis and other monuments “Europe is too small for Greece" wrote the Ethnos newse paper “Gods” said a headline in Adcsmeftos Typos ht : 41 Ilya Kovalchuk who had an NHL-hig- h goals this season was the first Russian player chosen No! I by Atlanta in 2001 Three other Russians have previously been picked No 2: Andre Zyuzin in 1996 Oleg Tverdovsky — Ukrainian-bor- n but a past member of Russian national teams — in 1994 and Alexei Yashin in 1992 Washington had three picks in the first round the most among the 30 teams and used its final two on defensemen Jeff Schultz and Mike Green al 27 and 29 : 'i'll |