Mountain village gets thumbs up from athletes
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Russian Alpine skier Elena Yakovishina was busy killing zombies in the Olympic athletes’ Mountain Village on Tuesday.
No self-pity for injured Horgmo
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Norwegian snowboarder Torstein Horgmo has every reason to feel sorry for himself but that is definitely not his style.
Two Austrians get kidnap threats on eve of Games
VIENNA/SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Two Austrian competitors have received kidnap threats on the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, heightening security concerns at the Games and triggering an investigation by counter-terrorism experts.
Two Texas ‘Tykes’ football coaches suspended; pushed kids to hurt, swear
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Two volunteer coaches of the eight- and nine-year old football players featured on the reality TV show “Friday Night Tykes” have been suspended for encouraging dangerous play or bad behavior, league officials said on Tues…
American Kenworthy wants warm snow
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – United States slopestyle skier Gus Kenworthy wants the man-made snow to warm up at the Sochi Olympics in order to make the course safer.
Arsenal’s Mertesacker says defensive stats unreal
(Reuters) – Arsenal have not lost a Premier League match where Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny have completed the full 90 minutes for more than two years – a statistic the German defender struggles to comprehend.
CAS dismisses Austrian freestyle skier’s Sochi bid
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Austrian freestyle skier Daniela Bauer’s appeal to be included in her country’s Olympic team for the Sochi Games.
McMorris to ride through pain barrier in Sochi
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Canada’s Mark McMorris will ride through the pain barrier when he competes in the snowboard slopestyle in Sochi after sustaining a broken rib at the X Games 10 days ago.
Don’t protest for gay rights in Sochi: Olympic village mayor
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion and mayor of the mountain Olympic village Svetlana Zhurova has appealed to protesters not to use the Games as a platform to protest about gay rights in Russia.
Pole vault queen Isinbayeva to return to training in 2015
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has her sights set on a third gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games but will not return to training until next year.
