Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Figure skating-Russians assured gold ahead of final team event
By Chang-Ran Kim and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian figure skaters were locked into a gold medal in the Beijing Games' team event on Monday with a wide enough lead over second-pl...
Feb 06, 2022
Motor racing-LA Coliseum race could lead to more NASCAR events in unlikely places
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASCAR's first-of-its-kind race on a temporary asphalt track inside LA Memorial Coliseum on Sunday led drivers to offer their thoughts on where similar events c...
Feb 06, 2022
Ex-president Figueres, conservative Alvarado lead early Costa Rica vote count
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres and conservative contender Fabricio Alvarado led a preliminary partial tally of votes in Sunday's presidential election, figures p...
Feb 06, 2022
Soccer-Barcelona boss Xavi urges fans not to boo Dembele
(Reuters) - Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez urged fans not to jeer winger Ousmane Dembele after the France international was greeted with a chorus of boos on his return to the squad in Sunday's LaLig...
Feb 06, 2022
Taiwan says U.S. has not approached it on LNG diversion
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has not been approached by the United States on the issue of diverting some supplies of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe if the Ukraine crisis leads to a disruption, the...
Feb 06, 2022
Olympics-Cross-country skiing-New hope for Norway’s Krueger after negative COVID test
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Norway's double Olympic cross-county ski champion Simen Krueger has tested negative for COVID-19, giving him a chance to make it to the Beijing Games ...
Feb 06, 2022
Soccer-Neuer sidelined for ‘coming weeks’ after knee surgery – Bayern
(Reuters) - Bayern Munich will be without Manuel Neuer for "the coming weeks" after the goalkeeper successfully underwent knee surgery on Sunday, the German club said. Neuer played in Bayern's 3-2 lea...
Feb 06, 2022
Toshiba says it will sell 55% stake in air conditioning unit to U.S. Carrier for 100 billion yen
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Monday it will sell a majority of its 60% stake in air conditioning unit Toshiba Carrier to U.S. joint venture partner Carrier Global Corp for around 100 billion...
Feb 06, 2022
Soccer-Ajax director Overmars quits over ‘inappropriate messages’ to female colleagues
(Reuters) - Ajax director of football affairs Marc Overmars has left his role with immediate effect over a series of inappropriate messages sent to several female colleagues, the Dutch club said late ...
Feb 06, 2022
Japan PM Kishida calls for doubling booster shots to 1 million a day – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday he wants to speed up the country's COVID-19 booster shot programme to 1 million shots a day by the end of the month, about double ...
Feb 06, 2022
