Olympics: Nigeria bobsledders welcomed home in Lagos ahead of Games
LAGOS (Reuters) – Three women set to make history by becoming the first people to represent Nigeria in the winter Olympics arrived in Africa’s most populous country on Thursday amid final preparations ahead of the Games.
NFL players with long, short careers have similar death risk: study
(Reuters) – A study on the health of football players released on Thursday found career participation in the NFL was not associated with a statistically significant increase in death rates when compared with other players who spent less time in the lea…
Dominant Wozniacki races into St Petersburg quarter-finals
(Reuters) – World number one Caroline Wozniacki, fresh off her Australian Open victory, dropped just one game in a dominant performance to beat Russian youngster Anastasia Potapova at the St Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy on Thursday.
Olympic officials failed to act on Nassar sex abuse claims: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic Committee officials were told in 2015 that an investigation by USA Gymnastics had uncovered possible criminal sexual abuse by team doctor Larry Nassar but they failed to intervene, The Wall Street Journal reported on T…
U.S. hails Olympics security plan; opposes North Korea military parade
(This January 31 story corrects figures and name in 10th paragraph; Ricardo Colon was initially identified at State briefing as Richard)
AMA head injury study compares NFL veterans with other football players
(Reuters) – An American Medical Association study on head injuries released on Thursday found career participation in the NFL was not associated with a statistically significant increase in death rates, at least when compared with other football player…
Motor racing: Formula One races to start later in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One races in Europe and Brazil will start an hour later this season in a move aimed at boosting television audiences, organizers said on Thursday.
Olympics: CAS overturns doping bans on 28 Russian athletes
ZURICH (Reuters) – Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned and results from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi reinstated after their appeals were upheld by sport’s highest tribunal on Thursday.
Russia, Israel exchange on 2018 soccer World Cup security: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, has discussed security issues at this year’s soccer World Cup with his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat, RIA news agency reported on Thursday.
Golf: Englishman Paisley takes clubhouse lead in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Englishman Chris Paisley struck a spotless seven-under-par 65 in hot and humid conditions to take the clubhouse lead on a weather-hit opening day of the Maybank Championship on Thursday.
