You are free to leave if you don’t like it here, IOC tells Pound
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday told its longest-serving member, Dick Pound, he was free to leave the organization after the Canadian labeled fellow members ‘old farts’ for not being tougher on Russ…
Goggia outpaces Vonn to win women’s downhill gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Italy’s Sofia Goggia ensured that Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic career would end without another downhill gold medal when she carved up the Jeongseon slope to win a thrilling race on Wednesday.
Hearing yet to be set in Russian medalist doping case: CAS
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – A hearing in the case of Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky, who tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, was yet to be scheduled, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Wednesday.
Curling: Stunned Canada out of women’s competition
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – World and defending Olympic champions Canada, the most dominant force in women’s curling, were knocked out at the preliminary stage after losing to Britain on Wednesday in one of the biggest shocks of the Pyeongchang …
Alpine skiing: Goggia holds lead in women’s downhill after top 20
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Italy’s Sofia Goggia was leading the Olympic women’s downhill with a time of one minute, 39.22 seconds after the first 20 skiers had completed the run at the Jeongseon Alpine center on Wednesday.
Serena says ‘almost died’ after giving birth
(Reuters) – Serena Williams “almost died” after giving birth to her daughter last September, the former women’s world number one tennis player wrote in a column for CNN that was published on Tuesday.
Tiger named as U.S. Ryder Cup vice captain
(Reuters) – Fourteen-times major winner Tiger Woods will serve as one of the vice captains on the U.S. Ryder Cup squad that will try to snap a 25-year drought on European soil later this year, Jim Furyk said on Tuesday.
Coleman headlines U.S. world indoor championships team
(Reuters) – New 60 metres world record holder Christian Coleman and defending world champions Brittney Reese, Vashti Cunningham and Marquis Dendy headline a 49-member American team for next month’s IAAF world indoor championships in Birmingham, England…
Curling: Viva Las Vegas, curling is ready to rock the Strip
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas but when the world’s best curlers sweep into Sin City in April the sport’s officials want the world to know.
Golf: Universal world handicap system to be introduced from 2020
(Reuters) – Golfers will be able to take a universal handicap to courses around the world from 2020 in a shake-up of the system announced by organizers on Tuesday.
