Bobsleigh: No reason given for my Jamaica team demotion, says Kiriasis
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Former Olympic and world champion Sandra Kiriasis on Thursday blamed her sudden departure as coach of the Jamaican women’s bobsleigh team to an inexplicable demotion by team officials that she could not have accepte…
Alpine skiing: Gut crashes out of women’s giant slalom
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Lara Gut crashed out of the first leg of the women’s Olympic giant slalom on Thursday, in an incident that saw the Swiss downhill specialist veer into photographers at the side of the course. No one appeared to be hurt, however….
Olympics: Bobsleigh: No reason given for my Jamaica team demotion says Kiriasis
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Former Olympic and world champion Sandra Kiriasis on Thursday blamed her sudden departure as coach of the Jamaican women’s bobsleigh team to an inexplicable demotion by team officials that she could not have accepte…
Olympics: Alpine skiing-Gut crashes out of women’s giant slalom
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Lara Gut crashed out of the first leg of the women’s Olympic giant slalom on Thursday, in an incident that saw the Swiss downhill specialist veer into photographers at the side of the course. No one appeared to be hurt, however….
Olympics: Skeleton: South Korea’s Yun banks on home comforts
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin is not getting distracted in his bid to win his country’s first gold medal in the men’s skeleton at the Pyeongchang Olympics, his team’s head coach said on Wednesday.
Soccer: Low-cost Asensio upstages Neymar and Mbappe in Real win
MADRID (Reuters) – Paris St Germain spent 400 million euros ($498 million) on Neymar and Kylian Mbappe last year but it was Real Madrid’s bargain signing Marco Asensio who stole the show when Real beat the Parisians 3-1 in Wednesday’s showcase Champion…
Federer pummels Bemelmans to move closer to top spot
(Reuters) – Roger Federer moved a step closer to reclaiming the top spot in men’s tennis when he beat Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans 6-1 6-2 in the Rotterdam Open on Wednesday.
Motor racing: Haas first Formula One team to show off their 2018 car
LONDON (Reuters) – Haas set Formula One’s launch season rolling on Wednesday as the first of the 10 teams to offer a glimpse of their new car complete with the new ‘halo’ head protection device.
Dominant Wozniacki, Halep cruise into Qatar Open third round
(Reuters) – Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki swatted aside German Carina Witthoeft at the Qatar Open on Wednesday while an equally dominant Simona Halep joined the world number one in the third round making short work of Ekaterina Makarova.
World Chess Federation says Swiss accounts frozen over Syria sanctions
ATHENS (Reuters) – The World Chess Federation (FIDE) says its Swiss bank accounts have been frozen because its president – with whom the FIDE secretariat is embroiled in a power struggle – is under U.S. sanctions for alleged dealings with the Syrian go…
