American pool, the United States defeats Slovakia 3–1 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Americans finish the group stage with a 1–2 record, while the Slovaks drop to 0–2. In the European pool, the Czech Republic also earn their first win of the tournamentwith a 7–2 win over Germany in Prague. The Czechs finish round-robin play with a 1–2 record, while the Germans finish 0–3. (WCH website)(WCH website) September 2, 2004 (Thursday) Rugby union: England national team coach Sir Clive Woodward resigns, after having been dissuaded from doing so yesterday. Andy Robinson is named acting coach of England. Woodward has expressed his interest in switching codes to soccer. The media reports that he may be appointed to a role at Southampton Football Club. (BBC (1)), (BBC (2)) World Cup of Hockey: Russia wins its opening North American pool match against the United States by a 3–1 score in St. Paul, Minnesota, dropping the Americans to 0–2. Finland records a 3–0 win against Germany in a European group match in Cologne, improving the Finns to 2–0 and ensuring home-ice advantage for themselves and Sweden in the quarter-finals. The Germans drop to 0–2. (AP)(CP) September 1, 2004 (Wednesday) Horse racing: In early morning raids by 130 officers in three counties, British police arrest three jockeys including champion jockey Kieren Fallon, a trainer, and twelve other people as part of a long-running investigation into race-fixing. (BBC) World Cup of Hockey: Canada defeats Slovakia 5–1 in a North American pool match in Montreal, improving the Canadians to 2–0 and dropping the Slovaks to 0–1. In the European group match in Stockholm, Sweden defeats the Czech Republic 4–3 and moves to 2–0, while the Czechs drop to 0–2. (AP) References 09