Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States and the United Arab Emirates are seeking an additional $4 billion of global investment in an initiative launched last year to make agriculture re...

By Chang-Ran Kim and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) - A teen doping scandal, "Ice Prince" mania, and a home gold to cap it all: the Beijing Games will go down as one of the most memorable ...

By David Kirton YANQING, China (Reuters) - The Yanqing National Sliding Centre is in a suburban district in Beijing, but Germany's sliders turned the "Flying Snow Dragon" into a Bavarian fortress, yie...

By Mitch Phillips ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Ski jumping's gold medals were spread around the sport's superpowers but the big talking point of the Olympic programme was the slew of "suit violation...

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain would seek to cut off Russian companies' access to U.S. dollars and British pounds if the Kremlin orders an invasion of Ukraine, British Prime Minister...

By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - Switzerland dominated Alpine skiing at the Beijing Olympics while the biggest name in the sport, American Mikaela Shiffrin, left without a medal from her six ...

By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Eileen Gu came into her maiden Olympics with just one goal, although a lofty one. To win a medal at each of her three freestyle events. The ...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Russia's Alexander Bolshunov and Norway's Therese Johaug grabbed most of the headlines at the Beijing Olympics, each collecting three gold medals in a...

By Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Shaun White, whose name and achievements have long loomed large over the sport of snowboarding, said his farewells at the Beijing Winter Games. Ripping off...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - In a sport where one missed shot can be the difference between Olympic gold and calamity, biathlon provided some of the most enthralling action of the...