LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee on Thursday stripped 10 athletes of medals from the 2008 Olympics after banned substances were found during retests of samples from the games.The IOC says the 10, nine of whom hail from former Soviet nations, had all tested positive for various steroids.No gold medalists were among the 10, though there were three silver medalists from weightlifting and wrestling. Track and field was also hit, with Greek triple jumper Chrysopigi Devetzi and Ukrainian pole vaulter Denys Yurchenko losing their bronze medals. Yurchenkos ban could elevate Derek Miles of the United States to the bronze medal position.Six athletes who did not win medals in 2008 were also disqualified.There could be another U.S. medal for high jumper Chaunte Lowe, who originally finished sixth but is now in line to inherit bronze.Among those disqualified Thursday were the athletes who had finished in the two places immediately above Lowe, Russias Elena Slesarenko and Ukraines Vita Palamar. The bronze medal position was vacated last month when the IOC said Russian Anna Chicherova had tested positive for the steroid turinabol.The IOC ruling also casts a shadow over the career of Slesarenko, who was the gold medalist in 2004, though she will not be stripped of that title under Thursdays ruling.The three silver medalists affected are Azerbaijani wrestler Vitaly Rahimov, Russian wrestler Khasan Baroev and Kazakhstan weightlifter Irina Nekrasova. Weightlifting has been by far the worst-hit sport in retests so far and saw nine more athletes sanctioned Thursday, taking the sports total for the 2008 Olympics alone to 22.Other athletes who stand to benefit include Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard, who could move up to the bronze position because of Nekrasovas disqualification, and Mariam Usman, who would become only the second Nigerian to win a weightlifting medal with bronze after Kazakhstans Maria Grabovetskaya was disqualified from third. Jaromir Jagr Flyers Jersey . Lack made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Canucks blanked the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams night. Dave Schultz Flyers Jersey . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. http://www.hockeyflyersauthentic.com/brian-propp-jersey/ . 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In stoppage time, goals from Joao Moutinho and Joao Cancelo completed Portugals second six-goal shutout in four days.After Ronaldo scored four in a 6-0 win over Andorra on Friday, Silva stepped up to ensure Portugal took maximum points from the traditional minnows in Group B.Portugal rose to second place in the standings over the previously unbeaten Faeroese, who had yet to concede a goal in two qualifiers.Still, Portugal trails three points behind Switzerland, which hung on for a 2-1 victory at Andorra to extend its winning streak to three matches.Portugal lags behind because it lost 2-0 in Switzerland in the opener last month without Ronaldo or Silva in the starting lineup. Ronaldo was left out due to the knee injury he sustained in the European Championship final and Portugal led its attack with Eder, whose extra-time goal decided the Euro 2016 final against France.Silva has stayed in the team since Portugal coach Fernando Santos sent him on for Eder when trailing the Swiss by two goals at halftime.His first Portugal goal came last Friday and his international record is now four in four games.Ronaldos goal tally is 66 for a Portugal team thhat has mostly lacked a penalty-area predator to complement his all-around threat.ddddddddddddSilva scored opportunistic goals in the 12th, 22nd and 37th minutes, mostly taking advantage of slack play in the Faeroe Islands defense.Ronaldo struck with a rising left-foot shot from the edge of the penalty area.---ANDORRA 1, SWITZERLAND 2Switzerland has its own prolific scorer in defender Fabian Schaer.The Hoffenheim center back took his goal record to seven in 27 international matches by scoring a 19th-minute penalty. It was awarded for a trip by Andorra captain Ildefonso Lima on Admir Mehmedi who appeared to have lost control of the ball.Mehmedi extended the lead in the 77th for the Swiss by connecting on a close-range header from Xherdan Shaqiris cross on the left side of the penalty area.Andorra scored its first goal in World Cup qualification since September 2009 in the 90th minute. Alex Martinez fired in a shot from distance to the top left-hand corner of the Swiss goal.----LATVIA 0, HUNGARY 2Hungary rose to third in the standings with its first win of the campaign.Winger Adam Gyurcso scored in the 10th and forward Adam Szalai sealed the win in the 77th. Szalai also scored twice in a 3-2 home loss against Switzerland on Friday.Hungary has four points and a better goal difference than the Faeroe Islands which is fourth. Latvia has three points and last-place Andorra has zero. ' ' '