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From Staff and Wire Reports

Olympic skiing medalist Vegard Ulvang of Norway expressed relief that the body of his missing brother had been found.

Ulvang’s older brother, Ketil, disappeared in the mountains near his arctic hometown last October. His body was spotted this week by an army helicopter in a lake about five miles off the path he was following when he disappeared during a sudden snowstorm.

Two light heavyweight titles and one cruiserweight belt will be at stake July 23 on a boxing card at Bismarck, N.D., promoter Don King said.

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The tentative card will include five reigning champions, including Bismarck favorite Virgil Hill and IBF cruiserweight champion Alfred Cole.

Officials at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minn., confirmed the death of a Canadian motorcycle racer competing in a Central Roadracing Assn. sprint race.

Jason Scraba, 24, of Calgary was killed when his brakes failed.

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