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SOCHI, Russia -- The New York Islanders lost their star and captain for the rest of the season because of an injury at the Sochi Games. Goedkoop Air Max Kopen . "John Tavares has an MCL and meniscus tear in his left knee," team spokesman Kimber Auerbach wrote in an email Thursday. "He will remain with Team Canada for the remainder of Olympics and return home after for further evaluation." Tavares was hurt by a big hit along the boards by Latvias Arturs Kulda in the second period of Canadas 2-1 victory Wednesday night. He writhed in pain on the ice for several seconds before skating to the bench and going to his teams dressing room. "Thats tough," Canadian teammate Jeff Carter said. "He was a big part of our team and obviously, you dont want to see anybody get hurt no matter who they are playing for. He was a great guy in the room." Without Tavares, the defending Olympic champions will face the U.S. on Friday in the semifinals for a spot in the gold-medal game. The Islanders are in last place in their division, nine points behind New Jersey, and are among the teams with the fewest points in the Eastern Conference. Tavares has done his part to help his NHL team. The 23-year-old forward is the leagues third-leading scorer with 66 points in 59 games. He has never had significant injury problems in his five-season professional career, playing in 350 of a possible 354 games with New York. Tavares is the latest player from the league to get injured in Russia, perhaps giving NHL owners another reason to want to keep their players home and playing with them during the 2018 Olympics. The Florida Panthers sent just two players to Sochi, and both got banged up. Aleksander Barkov is expected to be out for about a month with a knee injury he got while playing for Finland. Tomas Kopecky is out indefinitely after getting elbowed in the head in a game for Slovakia. Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers had a hand injury that ruled him out of Norways finale against Russia. Detroit Red Wings and Swedish captain Henrik Zetterberg aggravated a pre-existing back injury, which the Olympic team said was a herniated disk, after his Sochi Games opener and is out indefinitely. Nike Air Max Outlet Nederland . He looked very comfortable Wednesday night. Konerko had a big three-run double and Gordon Beckham homered for the second straight game, leading the Chicago White Sox to an 8-3 victory over the sliding Chicago Cubs. Nike Air Max Goedkoop .“I always did my stuff ahead of the deadline. The best deal Ive ever done was the Darryl Sydor deal. We did that at the end of January in 04, and Syd was the missing piece. http://www.airmaxnederland.nl/ .Inter Milan and Napoli also advanced to ensure there will be at least three Italian clubs in the last 32 of Europes secondary competition.Spurs victory, secured by Benjamin Stamboulis 49th-minute winner, was overshadowed by a succession of pitch invasions that forced the referee to halt the game after 41 minutes.Stefan Ratchford admits Warringtons Super League table-topping clash with Wigan on Thursday could be pivotal in the race for the league leaders shield. The two clubs are locked on the same number of points just past the halfway point of the regular season and Ratchford sees the visit of the Warriors - and with it the chance to complete a quick-fire double - as a glorious opportunity to lay down a marker.Its going to be a real tough game, it always is regardless of the positions in the table but this is a top-of-the-table clash and, if we can get two points ahead of them and then pick up some more wins in the next few weeks it puts you in a good position for the rest of the year, Ratchford said. The Wolves made a statement with their 28-16 win at the DW Stadium at the start of the month but then suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of St Helens and Huddersfield.They returned to winning ways at Widnes last week and Ratchford concedes they are still striving for consistency. Warringon v Wigan: Key battles Three head-to-heads which could decide Thursdays contest We performed quite well at Wigan but we dont want to be a team that performs one week and then drops off the week after, he said. We want to be consistent in our performances.At Huddersfield we were way off the levels we expect of ourselves so at Widnes it was about getting back to that. I think we did that quite well but we are going to have to play at another level to get another victory against Wigan. Warrington recorded an emphatic derby victory over Widnes last weekend Thursdays game will be Shaun Wanes 150th as head coach of the Warriors, one more than he achieved as a player with his hometown club, but he is more interested in his teams prospects than any individual milestone and is anticipating another difficult test.Theyve got some very good players and theyre playing well, he said. Theyve done well with injuries and haave had the same team out a lot this year. Nike Air Max Uitverkoop. Theyre playing a good brand of rugby league so its got the makings of a great game. Sky Live: Warrington v Wigan George Williams returns for Wigans trip to the Halliwell Jones Stadium Wigan have been decimated by injuries while a flu virus was also a contributory factor in their 62-0 thrashing by Wakefield and Richard Agar is full of admiration for their ability to sustain a tilt for the top.I think Wigan are doing remarkably well at the moment, said Warringtons assistant coach.You always expect them to be right up there when the whips are cracking but the amount of injuries and disruption theyve had would have tested the very best and its a real testament to the depth and strength of their club that they are where they are, with a chance to go top. Wigan finished strongly to defeat Huddersfield at the DW Stadium in round 12 Theyre up there despite having so many influential changes and missing the spine of the team altered on a fairly consistent basis.Its a really big game. Both teams are sat on equal points on the ladder so theres a lot riding on it.Wigan have received some respite from their injury crisis with stand-off George Williams set to return from a two-month absence to line up against Ratchford, who rates the England international.Hes a real good player is George, said Ratchford. Hes a special talent. He has a lot of speed and he creates a lot for them.Hes been missing for a long time so if hes back hell be a big boost for them.Watch Warrington v Wigan live on Sky Sports 2 HD on Thursday from 7.30pm. Catch the match for £6.99 on NOW TV. No contract. 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