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

By Elvira Pollina and Cristina Carlevaro MILAN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - When Milan tram driver Stefano De Blasio tuned in to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, he was delighted to see Italian mot...

By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 14 (Reuters) - World Curling said on Saturday that it would have officials monitoring for rule violations during the rest of the competition at the Olympics ...

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Khaleb McRae ran 400m in 44.52 seconds to break the indoor world record on Friday, 0.05 seconds faster than fellow American Kerron Clement's mark set 21 years ago. McRae, 25, shaved...

By Mitch Phillips CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 14 (Reuters) - American bobsleigh rivals Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries have 81 years, 11 Olympics, nine medals and three children...

By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Yannick Schwaller's Switzerland continued their perfect start at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, beating Brad Jacobs's Canada ...

By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin has her second chance of a medal in Sunday's Olympic giant slalom but the U.S. Alpine ski great could struggle to end her ...

By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 14 (Reuters) - As Olympic skiers hurtle down slopes at frightening speeds, and snowboarders and ski jumpers soar through the skies, curlers are renowned more...

(corrects to four-times world champion Browning in paragraph 14) By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Olympic greats including Scott Hamilton and Apolo Ohno offered words of encouragement to f...

By Rory Carroll MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov emerged as the shock winner of the men's competition at the Milano Cortina Games on Friday as heavy favourite Ilia Malinin's fr...

By Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Switzerland forward Kevin Fiala has undergone surgery after suffering an Olympic tournament-ending leg injury during Friday's game against Canada, his country'...