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Vancouver, BC (SportsNetwork.com) - Drew Tate had a pair of rushing touchdowns and the Calgary Stampeders held off the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20-16 on Sunday to win the Grey Cup. Bo Levi Mitchell was named the games Most Outstanding Player after throwing for 334 yards on 25-of-34 passing with an interception. Eric Rogers had 108 yards receiving for the Stamps, who won their seventh Grey Cup title and first since 2008. Jon Cornish, the CFLs leading rusher, was held in check for just 25 yards on the ground. We had a very good week of preparation, said Calgary coach John Hufnagel. Hamilton had a lot of moxie to get back into the game. Zach Collaros led a furious rally for the Ticats, throwing for 342 yards with a touchdown in the loss. Brandon Banks had an 80-yard punt return negated late in the fourth due to a clipping penalty that would have given Hamilton the lead. He hauled in two passes for 81 yards with a touchdown. The Tiger-Cats have lost back-to-back Grey Cups. They fell to Saskatchewan in the final last season. We got a good young football team, said Hamilton coach Kent Austin. Its not always going to go our way. Thats how it is sometimes. Hamilton trailed by 13 entering the fourth and methodically marched down the field for a field goal from Justin Medlock early in the quarter. Delvin Breaux then intercepted Mitchell on Calgarys subsequent possession, but the Ticats settled for another field goal from Medlock, a 12-yarder that cut the deficit to 20-13 with 5:35 left in the game. Nic Grigsby was stuffed on consecutive plays from inside the 5 before Medlock made it a one-touchdown game. The Hamilton defense forced another stop and got the ball back with over four minutes left. Collaros hit Luke Tasker for 22 yards and converted a 19-yard pass to Bakari Grant to move the ball to the Calgary 24. The Stampeders did not break, and Medlock knocked down his third kick of the quarter to make it 20-16. Hamilton forced another punt and looked to take its first lead of the night. Banks picked up the rolling kick, backtracked a few yards and bolted down the sideline for a touchdown, but it was nullified after the penalty early in the return. We had other opportunities to win. Until I see the play Im not going to comment further, Austin said of the return. The Ticats had to go 98 yards from there and managed to make it to their 54. Collaros was hit on his final throw as the ball fell incomplete and Calgary held on for the championship. We had to fight through a lot of injuries this year. This (Grey Cup) is for Calgary, this is for you, Mitchell yelled to the crowd after receiving his MOP award. Hamilton looked to be playing for field position to start the contest, but Grigsby had the ball knocked loose at midfield and it was eventually recovered deep in their territory, leading to a punt. Because of the near turnover, Calgary flipped the field and Mitchell fired a quick strike to a wide open Rogers for a gain of 28 yards to the Hamilton 27. Later in the drive, the Stamps called for a screen right off the center to Nik Lewis, who sprinted up field before leaping into a pair of defenders and getting wrestled down at the 1. Tate, the backup quarterback, then plunged in from a yard out on the following play to give the Stamps an early 7-0 lead. Calgary added on with a seven-play drive that was capped early in the second with another 1-yard score from Tate. Mitchell and Simon Charbonneau-Campeau hooked up for a 28-yard completion to the Ticats 36. Brandon Stewart was flagged for pass interference in the back of the end zone which set up Tate, who ran up the left side of the line until finding some daylight for the touchdown. Hamiltons most promising drive of the half to that point stalled at the Stamps 19, and the field goal attempt was blocked by Demonte Bolden. It was a great team effort blocking that kick, said Hufnagel. It was important because we marched right down and scored. Mitchell immediately went deep to Rogers for a 43-yard pickup, but the TiCatss defense held up and Rene Paredes booted an 11-yard field goal to make it 17-0. Hamilton had an answer, however, as Collaros tossed a 45-yard dart to Banks for a touchdown that cut the deficit to 17-7 at halftime. Paredes supplied the only points of the third quarter with his 20-yard field goal that made it 20-7 with 4:20 remaining. Game Notes Hamilton last won the Grey Cup in 1999 ... Cornish had 26 yards receiving on two catches ... Hufnagel won his second Grey Cup with Calgary. Keith Tkachuk Jersey . According to the Red Wings Twitter feed, Zetterberg plans to practice with the team on Thursday and is aiming for a second round comeback. 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However, Real coach Carlo Ancelotti has lingering fitness doubts about Ronaldos strike partner Karim Benzema and defender Pepe. "Cristiano doesnt have any problems, he has trained well," Ancelotti said Friday about the competitions 16-goal record scorer, who missed Madrids final league match last weekend to rest a leg muscle injury. Benzema and Pepe have not trained this week due to hamstring and calf injuries, respectively. Ancelotti said the teams practice session Friday evening on the Stadium of Light pitch "will be crucial to decide" if they can start. Madrids vaunted forward line -- the so-called BBC of Gareth Bale, Benzema and Cristiano -- have combined to score 26 goals in this Champions League season, plus 63 in La Liga. Benzema has thrived playing between the two speedy wingers, though Ancelotti played down the significance of the France forward, or any one player in a city derby between teams which have met four times already this seasson.dddddddddddd "Benzema has had a great season and I dont know that we are losing him," the coach said, adding "we will use another player who has similar characteristics." "This is not going to be a match where individuals count so much as the two teams," Ancelotti said. Atletico has injury concerns about its own star forward, Brazilian-born Spain international Diego Costa, who had a horse placenta treatment on his right thigh this week. Real defender Sergio Ramos said he hoped all the best players lined up Saturday. "If Diego Costa is there or (Arda) Turan or any other, well, thats no problem as far as I am concerned," the Spain defender said. "What concerns me is Karim, Pepe, Cris who have been injured in these past few days." For Real, attacking midfielder Isco could be asked to replace Benzema, whose France teammate Raphael Varane is a likely deputy for Pepe. Ancelotti is deprived of holding midfielder Xabi Alonso who is suspended, and Germanys Sami Khedira could start just two weeks after returning from a six-month absence due to a knee injury. ' ' '