Blackburn Rovers' Paul Robinson is glad of his gloves as snows hit the weekend English Football League fixtures [GALLO/GETTY]
20 Dec 2009
Mark Hughes gets some sympathetic background for his last match in charge of Manchester City [AFP]
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Snow is scraped from the pitch of the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara as Bologna v Atalanta in the Italian Serie A is called off [EPA]
Fiorentina v AC Milan is also abandoned as ice makes the stands slippery in Florence [AFP]
No chance of the Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup being called off as Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson celebrates first place in Colorado [GALLO/GETTY]
Federico Raimo of Italy takes the scenic route in the Snowboardcross World Cup in Colorado [GALLO/GETTY]
Back in Europe and American Lindsey Vonn takes 1st place in the Women's Super Combined at the Alpine Ski World Cup in Val d'Isère [GALLO/GETTY]
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Rugby Union's first European Cup match in Belgium is put off as snow cancels Stade Francais v Ulster at Stade Roi Baudoin in Brussels [AFP]
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