Germany, Denmark move closer to Euro handball semis
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Holders Germany took a stride toward the European handball championship semi-finals with a rugged 22-19 win over the Czech Republic while Olympic champions Denmark followed in their footsteps after a 31-28 victory against Slovenia on…
Yun chalks up a Korean first with World Cup skeleton title
(Reuters) – South Korean slider Yun Sung-bin made history for his country on Friday by winning the men’s skeleton overall World Cup and ending a run of eight titles in a row for Estonia’s Martins Dukurs.
Olympian abused by team doctor sees USA Gymnastics as ‘rotten’
LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman blasted U.S. gymnastics officials on Friday for failing to protect her and other women from years of sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar, calling the sport’s governing body “rotte…
Fernandez blows away rivals to claim sixth European title
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A flawed routine could not stop Javier Fernandez becoming the first man in more than 80 years to win six consecutive European figure skating titles on Friday as the Spaniard proved he will be among the title favorites at next month’s…
Patriots’ Brady won’t discuss hand injury
(Reuters) – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady declined to discuss his injured hand on Friday or say if it would keep him from playing in Sunday’s AFC Championship game where a Super Bowl berth is on the line.
IOC reduces pool of Russian athletes eligible to compete at Olympics
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee said on Friday it had reduced the pool of Russian athletes eligible to compete at next month’s Pyeongchang winter Olympics to 389 from 500.
Motor racing: Stirling Moss retires from public life at 88
LONDON (Reuters) – British Formula One great Stirling Moss is retiring from public life at the age of 88 to rest and spend more time with his family, his son Elliot announced on Friday.
Olympic gymnast Raisman harshly criticizes Nassar, USA Gymnastics
LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – Three-time gold medalist Aly Raisman excoriated former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar Friday for sexually abusing her and other young women entrusted to his care and also lambasted the Olympic organization that faile…
Pele is resting, not suffering exhaustion: spokesman
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer great Pele is resting at home in and reports that he was taken to hospital because of exhaustion are “fake news,” his spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
As South Korea counts down to Olympics, a ghost ski resort festers
GANSEOUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – The chairs of an abandoned ski lift sit on a barren, ghostly mountainside in South Korea; like gravestones for what was one a vibrant holiday resort.
