Soccer: Turkey bans German-Kurdish player for life over ‘ideological propaganda’
ANKARA (Reuters) – A German-Kurdish player previously convicted of support for Kurdish separatists in Turkey has been banned for life, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Tuesday.
Olympics: Burke, Brodeur now calling the shots not stopping pucks
TORONTO (Reuters) – In Martin Brodeur and Sean Burke the Canadian men’s ice hockey team heads to the Pyeongchang Winter Games with one of the greatest goaltending combinations ever seen at the Olympics.
McLaren’s Alonso to drive for Toyota at Le Mans
(Reuters) – Fernando Alonso will drive for Toyota in this year’s Le Mans 24-hour race and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), his McLaren Formula One team said on Tuesday.
UKAD gets six million pounds cash injection from government
(Reuters) – UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) will receive an additional 6.1 million pounds ($8.6 million) funding from the government to promote clean sport in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, sports minister Tracey Crouch said on Tuesday.
Vietnam budget airline gets penalty for football bikini show
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s aviation authority on Tuesday fined budget airline Vietjet for a semi-naked and celebratory display by bikini-clad models aboard a special flight carrying home the country’s under-23 football team from a competition in China…
Olympics: Korean skier files injunction after missing team – report
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean skier Kyung Sung-hyun has filed a court injunction against the Korean Ski Association (KSA) after it overlooked him for selection for next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games, Yonhap News has reported.
Olympics: Russian speed skater Graf rejects Pyeongchang invitation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian speed skater Olga Graf said on Tuesday she had turned down an International Olympic Committee (IOC) invitation to compete at next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games.
IOC ‘concerned’ about potential integrity issues with testing bottles
(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has expressed concern over potential integrity issues with new security bottles used in doping controls and urged the World Anti-Doping Agency to ensure testing procedures at next month’s Winter Games are…
Shark circles Eagles on madcap Super Bowl Opening Night
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – For the New England Patriots, the wackiness of Super Bowl Opening Night was routine but for the Philadelphia Eagles Monday’s scenes, including being interviewed by a shark, were as bizarre as they come.
Wentz left to wonder what could have been at Super Bowl
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – While his team mates soaked up the Super Bowl Opening Night spotlight, injured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz sat alone on Monday wondering what could have been if not for a late-season knee injury.
