Snowboarding: Ormerod out of the Games with broken heel
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – British snowboarding hope Katie Ormerod was ruled out of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday after fracturing her wrist and heel in training falls.
Champions League costs put brake on Man United profit
(Reuters) – A return to the Champions League came at a price for Manchester United as a related increase in player wages crimped core quarterly earnings for the Premier League soccer club.
Athletics: World champion Gatlin to test out 150-metres in South Africa
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – World 100-metre champion Justin Gatlin will race over a new distance next month at the inaugural Athletics South Africa (ASA) Athletix Grand Prix series meet in Pretoria.
IOC clears Iran, North Korea for gift after Samsung phone row
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian and North Korean athletes at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games will receive Samsung mobile phones, organizers said on Thursday, after Iran summoned South Korea’s ambassador over reports its athletes would not get the g…
North Korean orchestra serenades South Koreans amid protest
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – A 137-strong North Korean orchestra wrapped up its first performance in South Korea on Thursday, serenading hundreds of South Koreans with familiar tunes while dozens of protesters blasted their own music outside to t…
Olympics: Tongan Taufatofua ready to live the dream again
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Having eschewed movie offers and modeling contracts after a telegenic appearance at the Rio Olympics, Tongan taekwondo fighter Pita Taufatofua will compete as a cross-country skier at Pyeongchang, a reinvention wort…
Manchester United profit weighed down by higher wage bill
(Reuters) – English soccer club Manchester United said its core quarterly earnings dipped because of rising wages for its players after its return to the Champions League.
Insurers bet, a little nervously, on smooth Games in South Korea
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – If South Korea’s Winter Olympics go off without a hitch this month, organizers will not be alone in toasting success. Their insurers will also be celebrating a tidy profit.
Alpine skiing: Meillard ruled out after suffering knee injury
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Swiss Alpine skier Melanie Meillard has been ruled out of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after she crashed in training and suffered a knee injury on Thursday.
South Korean envoy summoned after Iranians excluded from Samsung phone gift
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has summoned South Korea’s ambassador over media reports that Iranians at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games would not receive the latest Samsung mobile phone given as a gift to most other athletes.
