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

By Sakura Murakami BEIJING (Reuters) - Sweden's Nils van der Poel crossed the finish line in the men's 10,000 race at the Beijing Olympics to smash his own world record and scoop his second Beijing go...

By Mitch Phillips and Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) -Norway's Marte Olsbu Roeiseland hit a perfect 10 out of 10 shots before roaring to victory in the women's 7.5km biathlon sprint race...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin vowed on Friday to support Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, whose positive doping test dating back to last December could cost her an Olympic gold medal. Kremlin sp...

By Sakura Murakami BEIJING (Reuters) - Laurent Dubreuil will try to do something no Canadian has managed since the turn of the century when he bids for a spot on the podium in the men's 500m at the Be...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant display of skiing to win gold for Finland in the men's 15km classic race at the Beijing Games on Friday, adding the t...

By Tony Munroe and Muyu Xu BEIJING (Reuters) - China and its mostly foreign-born men's hockey players looked ahead to their next game after the country's unusual project to field an Olympic team from ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The president of the Russian Olympic Committee said on Friday that ice-skater Kamila Valieva's positive doping test may have been deliberately held back to coincide with the end of ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who won gold in the team event at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, failed a drug test for a banned substance before the Games. Here is a summar...

By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami finally got her hands on super-G gold at the Beijing Games on Friday, completing her long and often painful journey from teenag...

Second-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina produced hot streaks in both tiebreakers and emerged with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) win over Spain's Jaume Munar on Thursday in the second round of the Argentina ...