Olympics: Snowboarding – Ledecka doubles up with historical PGS gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ester Ledecka became the first person in Winter Olympics history to capture gold medals in unrelated events after the Czech won the snowboard parallel giant slalom on Saturday to go with her stunning Alpine skiing s…
Olympics: Curling – Sth Koreans pray Garlic Girls can score crushing victory
sUISEONG/GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Ninety-two-year-old Kim Won-hee doesn’t know much about the sport of curling, but she and millions of other South Koreans are counting on her granddaughter, skipper of the “Garlic Girls”, to lead the nation t…
Olympics: Russian bobsledder Sergeeva admits anti-doping violation – CAS
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva has admitted an anti-doping violation and has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Saturday.
Biathlon: American team to boycott Russian World Cup meet over doping concerns
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The U.S. team will boycott the season’s final International Biathlon Union (IBU) event next month in Tyumen, Russia amid continuing concerns about the lack of a functioning anti-doping agency there, the U.S. nationa…
Olympics: Alpine skiing – Switzerland pip Austria to win inaugural team gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Pyeongchang individual medalists Wendy Holdener and Ramon Zenhaeusern led the way as Switzerland beat Austria 3-1 in a final showdown of traditional Alpine powerhouses to win the inaugural team gold at the Winter Ol…
Olympics: No NHL? Can’t always have caviar, says IIHF head
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The men’s ice hockey tournament at the Pyeongchang Games might not have turned out to be a gourmet meal so far with the absence of NHL players, but it has not entirely been without flavor, the International Ice Hock…
Butler awaits scan on knee after injury against Rockets
(Reuters) – Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Jimmy Butler injured his right knee and had to be carried off the court during a game against the Houston Rockets on Friday.
Olympics: Snowboarding – Galmarini upgrades to men’s PGS gold in Pyeongchang
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Nevin Galmarini upgraded his silver medal from four years ago when he held off the challenge of South Korea’s Lee Sang-ho to win gold in the men’s snowboard parallel giant slalom on Saturday.
Olympics: Snowboarding – Big air champion Toutant brings Canada some cheer
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Sebastien Toutant soothed Canada’s wounded pride by winning the first Olympic men’s snowboarding big air gold medal on Saturday, taking the title with a combined score of 174.25 from his two best runs in the Pyeongc…
Switzerland pip Austria to win inaugural team gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Pyeongchang individual medalists Wendy Holdener and Ramon Zenhaeusern led the way as Switzerland beat Austria 3-1 in a final showdown of traditional Alpine powerhouses to win the inaugural team gold at the Winter Ol…
