Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Sports News (Master Feed)

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Alexander Bolshunov brushed off fears of frostbite to take gold for the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's 50km freestyle race on Saturday, saying...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang has ordered an investigation into a Taiwanese speed skater who posted a video of herself wearing a Chinese uniform shortly before the Beijing Winter Ol...

By Winni Zhou and Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - There is an old saying in China that "women can hold up half the sky", and that proverb rang true at the Beijing Olympics where female Chine...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Irene Schouten swept around the National Speed Skating Oval on Saturday to win gold in the women's mass start and continue the Dutch dominance of the event at the Beijin...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - A stomach complaint prompted Norwegian skier Johannes Klaebo to cut short his final attempt at winning gold in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start on...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - South Africa arrived in New Zealand on a high note after a hard-fought home series win over India, but a punishing defeat in their first test against New Zealand in Christchurch...

By Karolos Grohmann and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - Just 97,000 spectators have attended events at the Winter Olympics, a Beijing official said on Saturday, the second-to-last day of the Games, af...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Belgian Bart Swings beat rivals in a blistering skate rounding the final corner of the men's mass start at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday to win his country's first Winter Games g...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartient and fellow Frenchman Martin Fourcade became International Olympic Committee (IOC) members on Satur...

By Sakura Murakami BEIJING (Reuters) - Defending champion Nana Takagi crashed out at the semifinal of the women's mass start speedskating on Saturday, falling on the same corner that she slipped on at...