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Winter Olympics: Russian Athlete Fails Anti-Doping Test

An anti-doping case has been opened against Russian medal-winning curler Alexander Krushelnitsky, says the Court of...

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Teenager Gerard Wins First Gold For US At 2018 Winter Olympics

Teenager Red Gerard snatched a dramatic gold medal in the men’s slopestyle to win the United States’ first gold of...

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Sweden’s Kalla Wins First Gold of Games

Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla won the women’s skiathlon to secure the first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018. The...

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Ziptv Streams Winter Olympics Live On Phone

Ziptv, the premium Internet TV, brings to Ghanaian lovers of sports a 24-hour coverage of the Winter Olympics on NBC...

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IOC Disappointed Russian Bans Were Lifted

A decision to lift life bans for doping on 28 Russian athletes was “extremely disappointing and surprising”, says...

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IOC Rejects Request To Invite 15 Banned Russian Athletes

The International Olympic Committee has rejected a request to invite 15 Russians to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics...

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South Korea’s Moon Urges IOC Help To Invite North To Pyeongchang

South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged the International Olympic Committee to help with inviting North...

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North Korea To Discuss Co-Hosting 2018 Olympic Games

A North Korean official Friday said he will discuss the idea of co-hosting South Korea's 2018 Winter Games with Olympic...

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Austrian Veteran Skier Goergl Retires

Elisabeth Goergl of Austria won two World Championship golds, both of them at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011, and two...

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Miller Missing From USA’s 2017-18 Alpine Ski Team List

Bode Miller was not on the US Alpine ski team for the 2017-18 season unveiled Thursday, but that doesn't mean he can't...

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Olympic Games Chief Shrugs Off Korean Tensions

Military tensions on the Korean peninsula should not prevent the nuclear-armed North sending a team to the 2018 Winter...

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US Olympic Speed Skater Banned For Doping

US Olympic speed skater Chris Creveling has been banned for four years after testing positive for a...

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US Olympic Champion Bobsledder Holcomb Dies

Olympic gold medal-winning bobsledder Steven Holcomb was found dead Saturday in his room at the US Olympic Training...

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Japanese Skater Asada Bows Out With ‘no Regrets’

Japan's former world champion Mao Asada said she had nothing left physically or emotionally to give to figure skating...

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Japan Thanks Retiring Figure Skater Asada

Japan on Tuesday expressed national thanks to former world champion figure skater Mao Asada, a day after she shocked...

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Japan’s Former World Champ Asada Retires

Japan's former world champion Mao Asada retired from figure skating Monday in a bombshell announcement, citing a lack...

International

Russia Probes Metro Bomber Contacts As Thousands Rally

Russian investigators on Thursday raided acquaintances of the suspected Saint Petersburg metro bomber, as the country...

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Pyeongchang Hopeful NHL Stars Will Play

Winter Olympics organisers said on Wednesday they hoped that ice hockey's top names would still come to Pyeongchang in...

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NHL Won’t Participate In 2018 Olympic Games

The National Hockey League announced on Monday that it will not shut down it's regular season to allow top players to...