With the Nashville Predators out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association announced Wednesday that Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn would be joining the national team for the World Hockey Championship. Houston Texans Jersey . The Kostitsyns join fellow Predators Martin Erat (Czech Republic), Roman Josi (Switzerland) and Craig Smith (USA) at the World Championship, while the Russian Hockey Federation confirmed Wednesday that Nashville winger Alexander Radulov wont be playing because of knee surgery. The brothers are expected to play their first game for Belarus on Saturday against Slovakia. Andrei, making his seventh appearance at the Worlds, had 16 goals and 36 points in 72 games this season with the Predators and Montreal Canadiens. Sergei, 25, had 17 goals and 43 points in 75 games with Nashville this season. It will be his second time playing in the tournament. Both brothers have been playing together since the Canadiens traded Andrei to the Nashville Predators in February. The brothers also played parts of three seasons together in Montreal.Brian Cushing Jersey .com) - There was clearly no looking ahead for the U. DeAndre Hopkins Jersey . Dribbling on the perimeter with the final seconds ticking off the clock and Washington down by a point, Wall found his opening.CURITIBA, Brazil -- Cesc Fabregas says Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho convinced him to sign with the Premier League club after Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said there was no place for the midfielder at his former club. Fabregas will join Chelsea after the World Cup though Arsenal had first right to buy the 27-year-old Spain international. Wenger told Fabregas that Arsenal "had that position well covered and it wwould be hard to find a place for me. Ryan Fitzpatrick Jersey. " Fabregas says Mourinho, meanwhile, "very quickly told me what I wanted to hear. He won me over and convinced me. It all happened very quickly from that point." Fabregas leaves Barcelona after three seasons with his boyhood club where he was never fully embraced: "My era at Barcelona is over and there is nothing more to say." ' ' '