Alpine skiing: Gut battling for full fitness after knee injury
ST MORITZ, Switzerland (Reuters) – Widely seen as Switzerland’s great hope for a skiing gold at the 2018 Games, Lara Gut is still struggling to regain race fitness after suffering a knee injury a year ago.
Alpine skiing: Speed queen Vonn ready for battle in Pyeongchang
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn has vowed not to take the safe option at what are likely to be her last Winter Olympics next month despite being dogged by questions about her health after recent crashes.
Alpine skiing: American Shiffrin sees herself as multiple medal threat
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – American Mikaela Shiffrin relishes the opportunity to be a multiple-medal threat at the Olympics in Pyeongchang next month and is brimming with confidence after a dominant run through World Cup events in the lead up to the Games…
Dominant Svitolina cruises into Brisbane quarter-finals
(Reuters) – World number six Elina Svitolina continued her charge at the Brisbane International as she eased past Croatia’s Ana Konjuh and into the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-1 win on Wednesday.
Teenagers De Minaur and Mmoh score upset wins in Brisbane
(Reuters) – Australian teenager Alex De Minaur delighted his home fans with an inspired performance to stun fourth seed Milos Raonic and move into the Brisbane Open quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Halep rallies past Duan, ensures top billing for Australian Open
(Reuters) – World number one Simona Halep assured herself of top billing for the Australian Open after powering past local hope Duan Yingying and into the quarter-finals of the Shenzhen Open in China on Wednesday.
Impressive Wozniacki continues march in Auckland
(Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki continued to build on her WTA Finals victory late last year with another impressive performance on her way to a 6-2 6-2 victory over Croatia’s Petra Martic to reach the quarter-finals of the Auckland Classic on Wednesday….
Golf: Confident Spieth ready to be ‘the man’ in 2018
(Reuters) – Jordan Spieth’s victory in last year’s British Open had boosted his self-belief, convinced him to ignore any critical nay-sayers and gave him the confidence to become ‘the man’ in golf in 2018, even if Tiger Woods was planning a comeback.
NFL: Cardinals QB Palmer announces retirement
(Reuters) – Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday after 15 seasons, leaving the team with two big voids after their head coach made the same decision this week.
NFL: Grateful Bills fans donate to Bengals QB’s foundation
(Reuters) – Grateful supporters of the long-suffering Buffalo Bills have overwhelmed Andy Dalton’s foundation as a way of thanking the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback for his role in snapping the team’s 17-year NFL postseason drought.
