Olympics: Ice Hockey – OAR beat Germany in overtime to win gold
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Kirill Kaprizov scored in overtime to give Olympic Athletes from Russia a 4-3 victory over Germany on Sunday.
Olympics: Disappointing U.S. to look at itself, and others, for answers
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Having fallen way short of their Olympic medal target, the U.S. team said on Sunday it would take a hard look at what went wrong in South Korea, and a long look at who fared well.
Olympics: Skaters let their hair down at final Olympic event
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Rappers, Spiderman and a sultry tiger took to the ice on Sunday as the world’s top skaters let their creativity take over in a gala exhibition, the final figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Games.
Olympics: Fun comes first for ‘one of a kind’ Ledecka
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ester Ledecka believes her ability to have fun on snowboard and ski gives her an edge over her rivals and she is not going to let her unprecedented success at the Pyeongchang Olympics change that any time soon.
Protesters target North Korean VIPs heading for Games ceremony
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean protesters tried and failed on Sunday to block a motorcade carrying North Korean dignitaries to the Pyeongchang Winter Games closing ceremony, accusing the delegation’s leader of being behind a deadly 2010 attack on a Sou…
Friedrich’s German team claim four-man gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Francesco Friedrich’s four-man German bobsleigh team won gold on Sunday with their victory at the Olympic Sliding Centre completing Germany’s sweep of the bobsleigh gold medals.
Russia barred from flying flag at Games closing ceremony
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) dashed Russian athletes’ hopes of marching behind their national flag at the Winter Games closing ceremony on Sunday, deciding against immediately lifting Russia’s Olympic s…
Olympics: Curling – Sweden take gold to end Korean fairytale run
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Sweden beat South Korea 8-3 to claim their third women’s curling gold medal in four Winter Games on Sunday, ending the ‘Garlic Girls’ fairytale Olympic run that captivated the home nation.
IOC executive recommends Russia not fly flag at Games
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has recommended Russian athletes not be allowed to march behind the national flag at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Game later on Sunday.
Ohtani erratic in first start for Angels
(Reuters) – Japan’s Shohei Ohtani had a rough outing in his spring training debut with the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, giving up a home run and two runs in less than two innings.
