Ligety chasing gold eight years after first success
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – American alpine skier Ted Ligety’s form curve looks to be peaking at just the right time for Sochi, eight years after he won his first gold medal.
Chan peaking towards the 300-mark barrier
(Reuters) – When a five-year-old Patrick Chan took his first wobbly steps on a skating rink, he piled on the warm layers on his skinny frame to escape the chill. Little did he know that over the next 18 years he would have to develop a thick skin – lit…
Furious Kenyans threaten to defect over taxes
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Top Kenyan athletes may consider defecting to other countries if the east African nation goes ahead with plans to tax athletes’ earnings, they said on Wednesday.
Virtue and Moir eye second gold
(Reuters) – Reigning Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have worked with circus acrobats and ballroom dancers to boost their title defence at February’s Sochi Games in a sport they believe has evolved significantly in the past four…
Clock ticking down on Miller time
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – There have been Winter Olympics in which Bode Miller seemed more focused on claiming a gold medal in partying than reaching the top of the podium.
World Cup not exempt from match-fixing attempts
ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Cup finals are not exempt from attempts to rig games and FIFA is leaving nothing to chance, the head of security at soccer’s governing body told Reuters in an interview.
Neymar transfer investigation goes to court
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The transfer of Neymar to Barcelona is to be investigated by a Spanish court over claims of misappropriation of funds and club president Sandro Rosell may be called to give evidence.
Federer wins Murray dog fight, Nadal gets lucky
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer’s revival gathered pace as he edged Andy Murray in a late-night dog fight to set up a blockbuster Australian Open semi-final with world No.1 Rafa Nadal who earlier on Wednesday had rode his luck to beat Bulgarian Gri…
Double points a ‘fake fix’ for Fernandes
LONDON (Reuters) – Awarding double points for the final Formula One race of the season is a ‘fake fix’ for pressing problems the sport must address, according to Caterham team owner Tony Fernandes.
Amateur event launched to grow game in Latin America
(Reuters) – In a bid to grow amateur golf in South and Central America, the sport’s governing bodies and organizers of the Masters tournament have created a new event, the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), to be launched next year.
