Figure skating: Two Russians barred from Olympics, hockey players also excluded
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian figure skater Ksenia Stolbova and ice dancer Ivan Bukin will not be allowed to take part in next month’s Olympic Games, the Russian Figure Skating Federation said on Tuesday, citing a directive from the International Olympic …
Alpine Skiing: South Africa aims to become winter wonderland for skiers
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa may be more associated with sun than snow, but the country has made strides in recent years as a popular destination for professional skiers to compete in the European summer.
Wozniacki sees off Suarez Navarro to reach semi-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki marched into her second Australian Open semi-final by beating Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0 6-7(3) 6-2 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Bobsleigh: British women’s pair selected after crowd-funding
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British women bobsledders who resorted to crowd-funding to keep alive their hopes of competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics were named on Tuesday in a 10-strong team for the Games in South Korea.
Quarter-final curse fells Nadal again as Cilic advances
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal’s Australian Open quarter-final curse struck again on Tuesday, an injury forcing the top seed to retire in the fifth set against Croatia’s Marin Cilic.
Figure skating: Two Russians barred from Olympics
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian figure skater Ksenia Stolbova and ice dancer Ivan Bukin will not be allowed to take part in next month’s Olympic Games, the Russian Figure Skating Federation said on Tuesday, citing a directive from the International Olympic …
Britain’s Edmund subdues Dimitrov to reach semis
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Unseeded Briton Kyle Edmund bludgeoned his way to a shock 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over third seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday.
Two Russian figure skaters barred from South Korea Olympics
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian figure skaters Ksenia Stolbova and Ivan Bukin will not be allowed to take part in next month’s Olympic Games, the Russian Figure Skating Federation said on Tuesday, citing a directive from the International Olympic Committee …
Keys set for brutal test against Kerber, says Davenport
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Madison Keys faces a brutal test against former champion Angelique Kerber in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday but the American is in a “great place,” said her coach Lindsay Davenport.
The next Djokovic? Chung serves notice in South Korea
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – It was only last weekend that Chung Hyeon admitted he goes largely unrecognized on the streets of Seoul because tennis is not a high-profile sport in South Korea.
