Hearing in Russia curler case canceled, says CAS
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday that the hearing in the case of Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky had been canceled and that a decision would be made on the basis of written submission…
Alpine skiing: Third gold eludes Hirscher as slalom king crashes out
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – In the end, Marcel Hirscher’s bid to finally clinch an Olympic gold medal in his favorite event lasted less than 30 seconds on Thursday, the Austrian slalom king thwarted by an uncharacteristic error and the Pyeongc…
Alpine skiing: Vonn leads Mowinckel after combined downhill, Shiffrin lurks
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn said she had an “outside chance” in the women’s combined after she led following the downhill leg of the competition on Thursday.
Curling: Five-star Schwarz sends Swiss into semis
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Skip Benoit Schwarz produced one of the shots of the Games to earn a rare five-pointer in the ninth end to give Switzerland a 9-5 victory over Britain in their men’s curling playoff and earn an Olympic semi-final agai…
Freestyle skiing: New Zealand’s Byron Wells injures leg and out of halfpipe final
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Byron Wells suffered a leg injury in practice for the ski halfpipe final on Thursday and was forced to withdraw.
Snowboarding: Austria’s Gasser wins first Olympic big air gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Austrian Anna Gasser won the first Olympic snowboarding big air gold medal on Thursday with a combined score of 185.00 from her two best runs in the Pyeongchang Winter Games final.
Alpine skiing: Kristoffersen takes early slalom lead as Hirscher bombs out
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Norways’s Henrik Kristoffersen opened up an early lead in the first leg of the men’s slalom on Thursday as favorite Marcel Hirscher failed to complete the course, in one of the biggest skiing shocks of the Olympics….
Panama company pleads guilty to bribing Costa Rican soccer official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Panama-based company on Wednesday pleaded guilty to bribing a Costa Rican soccer official and was ordered to pay a fine and restitution totaling $1.4 million, the latest penalty imposed in the U.S. prosecution of corruption in in…
Russian curlers to hand back bronze medals after positive doping test: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian curlers Alexander Krushelnitsky and Anastasia Bryzgalova will hand back the Olympic medals they won in Pyeongchang, the Russian news agency TASS reported, citing a Russian curling Federation spokeswoman.
No joke! Honda-powered Toro Rosso makes trouble-free debut
LONDON (Reuters) – Honda’s partnership with the Toro Rosso Formula One team got off to a positive start on Wednesday with a seemingly smooth track debut of their new car on a limited mileage filming day in Italy.
