Spanish ace Marquez signs new two-year deal with Honda
(Reuters) – Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has signed a new two-year deal at Honda to keep him with the factory team until the end of the 2020 season, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) said on Monday.
Russia could be reinstated to IOC in coming days: Russian IOC member
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday Russia could be reinstated to the IOC on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, the RIA news agency reported.
Snowboarders and freestyle skiers provide half of U.S. team’s medals
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The United States got their lowest Winter Olympic medals haul in 20 years at the Pyeongchang Games but things could have been even worse without the snowboarders and freestyle skiers.
Speed skating: Japan’s women make their mark at big Oval in Gangneung
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Dutch showed they are still the dominant force in speed skating by winning seven of the 14 gold medals at the Gangneung Oval during the Winter Olympics, but competition is more intense than it was four years ago.
Germany dominant in feet-first sliding, work to do on skeleton
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Germany has been the dominant nation in sliding sports for two decades and, after a rare blip in Sochi where they failed to medal at all in their beloved bobsleigh, they roared back to the top of the tree with a cru…
Curling: Breakthroughs for U.S. and Asia, double disaster for Canada
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s dream run to the women’s final, a spectacularly-achieved first gold for the United States and a third triumph in four Games for Sweden’s women were the headline stories of the 18-day curling competition …
Figure skating featured farewells, new stars, North Koreans and Hanyu
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ice dance legends announced their retirement, a five-time Olympian pairs skater finally gained gold, and two North Koreans won hearts if not medals in an Olympics packed with more drama than usual even for figure skat…
Russia miss flag target but leave with silverware
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Russian athletes walked away from the Pyeongchang Games with a medal count equivalent to that of Vancouver 2010 but fell short of their main goal: leave the Olympics with their flag.
Americans face uphill battle as veterans bow out
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The spotlight cast on American skiers Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn in Pyeongchang obscured the fact that the nation’s Alpine bench is relatively light and, apart from Shiffrin, could struggle to contend for med…
NHL absence led to many firsts in men’s tournament
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – The lengthy list of firsts witnessed in men’s ice hockey at the Pyeongchang Olympics is both impressive and in many cases outright stunning, contributing to one of the most topsy-turvy tournaments in memory.
