Flawless Norway retain ski jumping team world title
OBERSDORF, GERMANY (Reuters) – World ski jumping champions Norway won their second successive men’s team title after effervescent performances by individual gold medalist Daniel Andre Tande and compatriot Andreas Stjernen on Sunday.
Olympics: Tonga’s bare-chested flagbearer qualifies for Pyeongchang
(Reuters) – Pita Taufatofua, the bare-chested and oiled Tongan taekwondo athlete who carried his country’s flag at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has qualified for the Pyeongchang Games as a cross-country skier.
Biathlon: Frenchman Fourcade wins last race before Olympics
(Reuters) – France’s Martin Fourcade underlined his Olympic biathlon credentials when he won the last race before the Pyeongchang Games, the mass start in Antholz-Anterselva in Italy on Sunday.
Fleetwood fires on back-nine to defend Abu Dhabi title
(Reuters) – Briton Tommy Fleetwood produced a sparkling display on the back nine for a closing round of 65 in gusty conditions to retain his title at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday.
Tennis: Kyrgios bows out defeated but wins over Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios’s Australian Open ended with a gallant fourth round defeat by an inspired Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday but the maverick talent leaves Melbourne Park after winning over a nation.
Alpine skiing: Kristoffersen wins at last to end Hirscher’s run
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) – Henrik Kristoffersen ended his frustrating run of second-place finishes with an empathic win in the slalom at Kitzbuehel on Sunday and, in doing so, put a stop to Marcel Hirscher’s winning run in the discipline.
Tennis: Dimitrov stays cool to subdue Kyrgios in thriller
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov kept cool in the Rod Laver Arena maelstrom to knock home favorite Nick Kyrgios out of the Australian Open in a fourth-round thriller on Sunday.
Tennis: Contender Svitolina races past Allertova
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina firmed as a strong contender for the Australian Open title with a ruthless 6-3 6-0 demolition of Czech qualifier Denisa Allertova in the early hours of Monday morning.
Halep tests her powers of recovery in Osaka clash
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Simona Halep’s powers of recovery will be put to the test on day eight of the Australian Open on Monday when the world number one meets Japan’s Naomi Osaka in a tricky fourth round clash.
Tennis: Double delight for Taiwan’s Hsieh at Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ten years after a stunning run to the fourth round of the Australian Open on her main draw debut, Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei has enjoyed double good fortune at Melbourne Park this week.
