Ice hockey: Canada, United States primed for grudge match
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Canada and the United States were preparing to take centre stage at the Sochi Winter Games in a mouth-watering men’s ice hockey grudge match on Friday with the winners earning a shot at Olympic gold.
Canada beat U.S. in men’s semi-final
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Canada beat the United States 1-0 in the Sochi Olympic men’s ice hockey semi-final on Friday.
Cornet stuns Serena to prevent all-Williams Dubai final
DUBAI (Reuters) – France’s Alize Cornet beat a despondent Serena Williams 6-4 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships on Friday in what the world number 26 described as the biggest win of her career.
Minute’s silence respected at Ukraine news conference
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Ukrainian Olympic biathlete Olena Pidhrushna on Friday asked the audience at a news conference to respect a minute’s silence in memory of the people who died in Kiev amid anti-government protests.
UEFA charges apologetic City boss Pellegrini
MANCHESTER (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has been charged with misconduct for his comments about the referee after his side’s 2-0 Champions League home defeat by Barcelona, UEFA said on Friday.
Ruthless Canada win third straight gold
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Canada crushed Britain 9-3 on Friday to win the men’s Olympic curling title for the third successive time and complete a golden double after their women also triumphed.
Alpine skiing: Shiffrin wins slalom gold
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – U.S. ski sensation Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest Olympic slalom champion on Friday after winning the final women’s race of the Alpine programme.
U.S. Speedskating, Under Armour OK deal through 2022 Olympics
SOCHI, Russia/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Speedskating is renewing its partnership with Under Armour Inc through the 2022 Olympics despite recent criticism of the team’s suits at the Sochi Games, the company’s chief executive said on Friday.
Speed skating: U.S. pursuit teams fail, medal hopes over
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The United States speed skating team will depart the Winter Olympics without a medal for the first time since the 1984 Sarajevo Games after their men’s and women’s team pursuit trios were both knocked out in the first round on…
German Sachenbacher-Stehle fails dope test in Sochi
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle has tested positive for a banned stimulant at the Sochi Games, the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) said on Friday.
