Two Malaysian badminton players investigated for suspected match-fixing: New Straits Times
(Reuters) – Two badminton players from Malaysia are being investigated by the sport’s world governing body over suspicions of match-fixing, Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) General Manager Michelle Chai told the New Straits Times newspaper on Tu…
Quotes from the Pyeongchang Winter Games on day four
(Reuters) – Following are some memorable quotes from the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday:
Speed skating: U.S. skaters under pressure after slow start
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – With four races gone and zero Olympic medals in the bag, the U.S. speed skaters are already well off the pace set by their Dutch counterparts in South Korea.
Ice Hockey: American woman sets Olympic record for fastest goals
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – American Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson on Tuesday set an Olympic record for the fastest two goals scored a single player, male or female, when she tallied twice in six seconds against the Olympic Athletes of Russia.
Curling: Canada sweep past Swiss for first mixed doubles gold
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada were crowned the first Olympics mixed doubles curling champions on Tuesday, claiming gold with a 10-3 blowout win over world champions Switzerland.
Russian & American skeleton racers refuse to break the ice
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Russian and American skeleton racers are refusing to speak to each other at the Pyeongchang winter Games in a spat that centers on allegations of widespread Russian doping.
Luge: Geisenberger defends gold, extends German reign
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – German luge queen Natalie Geisenberger defended her Olympic gold medal in the women’s singles in style on Tuesday as her nation extended its stranglehold over the event to 20 years.
Short track: Italian Fontana wins 500m, Korean Choi disqualified
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Italy’s Arianna Fontana won a dramatic Olympic women’s 500 meters race on Tuesday after a photo finish with home favorite Choi Minjeong who was later disqualified.
Never mind the minders: united Korea team bonds to K-pop
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – They sleep in separate dorms, travel in different buses and government minders watch over them, but North Korean members of the united Korean women’s ice hockey team are bonding with their team-mates from the South, t…
Luge: Geisenberger defends luge gold, extends German reign
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger won her second successive Olympic gold medal in the women’s singles luge on Tuesday.
