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TORONTO - Nashville Predators right wing Adam Hall and Buffalo Sabres center Tim Connolly signed with European teams Monday, making it 200 NHL players who have headed overseas during the lockout.

Hall, signed with the Finnish second-division team KalPa. Hall had 13 goals and 14 assists in 79 games for the Predators last season.

Connolly is playing for the Swiss club Langnau. He missed the entire 2003-04 season because of a head injury during an exhibition game a year ago. Connolly, the fifth overall pick in the 1999 entry draft, had 12 goals and 13 assists in 80 games the previous season.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Olympic champion Justine Henin-Hardenne ended her season Monday, saying she was exhausted after two years of a relentless effort to become the WTA Tour's top-ranked player.She said an energy-sapping virus that weakened her since April was a symptom of a more general malaise caused by her pursuit of titles and the No. 1 ranking.Despite months of fatigue, in August she won the singles gold medal at the Olympics.The 22-year-old Belgian withdrew from last week's tournament in Filderstadt, Germany. She was to play in next week's event in Zurich, Switzerland, before November's season-ending WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles.

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