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Sweden beats France at worlds; Britain, Poland relegated

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PRAGUE -- Sweden beat France 3-1 to preserve a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship and clinch a group top spot Monday.

Lucas Raymond scored and added an assist, defenseman Erik Karlsson scored his fourth goal of the tournament on a power play, and Andre Burakovsky had an empty net goal for Sweden to record a sixth win in six Group B matches.

Charles Bertrand scored the lone goal for France, which is seventh.

In Group A, Norway beat last-place Britain 5-2 and was sixth.