For Olympic athletes, tools for medal chase include video analysis apps
(Reuters) – Teams striving for medals from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are turning to video analysis apps to help them fine-tune their performance and give them a competitive edge.
Omnipresent Putin keeps IOC ‘very happy’
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be everywhere at the Sochi Olympics these days, whether it is the competition venues, team headquarters or even posing for pictures with sports fans and volunteers.
Olympian mind games the everyday exerciser can play
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For everyday athletes hoping to glean more than vague inspiration from watching the elite compete at the Olympic Games in Sochi fitness experts say let the mind games begin.
East rally to win record-setting All-Star game
(Reuters) – Kyrie Irving and Carmelo Anthony set aside the unrest with their respective teams and put on a dazzling show that vaulted the Eastern Conference to a 163-155 comeback win over the West in the highest scoring NBA All Star game ever on Sunday…
Stenson to meet Thai Aphibarnrat in Match Play first round
(Reuters) – Swedish world number three Henrik Stenson was drawn on Sunday to play Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat in the first round of next week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona.
Men’s mass start postponed again due to fog
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – The Olympic biathlon men’s 15km mass start at the was postponed to 1530 local time (11.30GMT) on Monday due to poor visibility after heavy fog descended on the Laura centre for a second day, organizers said.
NFL’s Rice, anti-bullying advocate, arrested with fiancée after fight
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, known for his anti-bullying advocacy, was arrested over the weekend with his fiancée at a hotel-casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after a physical altercation between the couple, police said on Sunday.
Watson storms home to seal two-shot win at Riviera
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) – Bubba Watson was rewarded for his impressive early season form when he stormed to his first PGA Tour title since the 2012 Masters with a two-shot victory at the Northern Trust Open on Sunday.
Ice dancers glide to center stage at Sochi Games
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The climax to the Olympic ice dance competition will be a showdown between the United States and Canada in what should be the most captivating of seven medal events in Sochi on Monday.
Dillon wins pole for Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Austin Dillon, driving a car bearing the famed number three of late NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, won pole position for the Daytona 500 race on Sunday.
