Exclusive: Blatter considering legal action against FIFA
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, currently serving a ban from the sport, told Reuters on Thursday he is considering legal action against the global football body in an attempt to clear his name.
Ice hockey: Jagr rules out Olympic return due to fitness problems
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech ice hockey great Jaromir Jagr, who plans to skate for his hometown team HC Kladno after an unsuccessful stint with the NHL’s Calgary Flames, ruled out playing in this month’s Winter Olympics due to fitness issues.
North Korea figure skating pair arrives in S.Korea with other Olympians
SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean figure skating pair arrived in South Korea on Thursday by airplane, along with eight athletes, to compete in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that will begin next week.
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.
CAS overturns doping decisions on 28 Russian athletes
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld appeals from 28 out of 39 Russian athletes who were given lifetime Olympic bans for doping violations at the 2014 Sochi Games, it said on Thursday.
Suns’ Canaan suffers horrific ankle injury
(Reuters) – Phoenix Suns guard Isaiah Canaan suffered a gruesome left ankle injury on Wednesday that brought back memories of the season-opening fall sustained by Boston’s Gordon Hayward.
North Korea figure skating pair to arrive in South Korea with other Olympians
SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean figure skating pair along with eight other athletes will arrive in South Korea later on Thursday by airplane, set to compete in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that will begin next week.
Everyone thinking about Tom Brady’s retirement except him
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is not thinking about retirement but for everyone else preparing for Sunday’s Super Bowl it seems to be something they are pondering.
Eagles’ Schwartz has tall order in stopping Brady, Pats
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Jim Schwartz has done wonders for the Philadelphia Eagles defense but will need to find one final trick up his sleeve to slow down the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, something only two men have done before in the Tom Br…
Doping: WADA recommends Winter Olympics not use latest sample bottles
(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has recommended the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang use an older version of doping sample bottles after concerns were raised about the latest model, the agency said on Wednesday.
