Ice hockey: Russian players tested after arrival in Korea
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) signaled that Russian athletes cleared to compete at the Winter Games will come in for heavy scrutiny after whisking more than half the women’s ice hockey team away for testing shortly before …
China’s winter resorts face tougher terrain despite Olympics excitement
MENTOUGOU, China (Reuters) – At its peak a decade ago, the Muchengjian mine churned out mountains of coal on the western outskirts of Beijing.
Evidence against Russians strong despite CAS blow: IOC
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Evidence against Russian athletes was strong enough to merit sanctions despite its rejection by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the head of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) probe into doping at the 2014 …
Settlement calls for Little Leaguer to use optic yellow baseballs
(Reuters) – A federal prosecutor in Michigan said on Monday he had reached an agreement with Little League Baseball that would allow a player with a vision-related disability to use an optic yellow baseball, settling an Americans with Disabilities Act …
Super Bowl draws 103 million viewers, down 7 percent from 2017
(Reuters) – Sunday’s historic Super Bowl victory by the Philadelphia Eagles averaged 103.4 million viewers on U.S. television network NBC, a 7 percent drop from last year’s football championship game, according to Nielsen ratings data released on Monda…
Super Bowl security document found on commercial flight
(Reuters) – A U.S. government document outlining plans for responding to a possible biological attack at Sunday’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis was left on a commercial jetliner, CNN reported on Monday, saying one of its employees found the paper in a seat…
Super Bowl MVP may be Eagles’ backup next season
(Reuters) – The Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles may have a quarterback controversy brewing – or at least a tough decision.
Super Bowl audience dips from last year, early data shows
(Reuters) – The U.S. television audience for Sunday’s Super Bowl championship game of the National Football League on Comcast Corp’s NBC dropped nearly 3 percent from last year, preliminary data by the Nielsen ratings agency showed on Monday.
Amazon faces test of ambition in English Premier League soccer auction
LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon’s sports broadcasting ambitions will be tested this week in a multi-billion pound auction of English Premier League soccer rights, potentially pitting it against Sky and BT.
Olympics: No Pyeongchang invite for CAS-cleared Russians – IOC
PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Fifteen Russian athletes and coaches who had their lifetime bans overturned by world sport’s highest tribunal will not be invited to this month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Mon…
