Calamitous start sees Britain end its 20-year streak of women’s skeleton medals
Great Britain’s 20-year-old streak of Olympic medals in the women’s skeleton is over after a calamitous start by Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley in Yanqing on Friday.
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Curling-Perfect Sweden top men's standings, stone cold US edge Britain
BEIJING : Reigning champions United States knocked off world number one side Britain in the men's curling at the National Aquatics Centre on Friday while favourites Sweden stormed to the top of the standings with a perfect start to their round-robin campaign.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley trail Jaclyn Narracott after two skeleton runs
Laura Deas and Brogan Crowley have a mountain to climb after two runs of the women’s skeleton. With Team GB’s record in skeleton down the years, there was hope that Deas and Crowley would make up for what has been a slow start to the Games. Ad/> But after two of the four runs, Deas and Crowley sit in 21st and 22nd place respectively.
Winter Olympics: Great Britain men's curlers lose to defending champions USA
Great Britain's men's curlers were beaten 9-7 by Olympic champions the United States in the first of their two matches on Friday.
Bilbao and Valencia settle for draw in Copa semi-final first leg
(Reuters) - Athletic Bilbao face a tough battle to make their third successive Copa del Rey final after they were held to a 1-1 home draw in the first leg of their semi-final tie by Valencia on Thursday.
Manchester United should explore transfer for wonderkid who has the club in his blood
There have not been many occasions in recent years where Manchester United have parted with a transfer fee to sign a player from the English Football League.
Diogo Jota's double keeps Liverpool in Premier League title hunt, 10-man Arsenal win at Wolverhampton
Liverpool are not breathing down Manchester City's necks yet, but the Reds remain in the hunt for the Premier League title after Diogo Jota's double beat Leicester City 2-0 at Anfield. Victory for Klopp's men cut City's advantage at the top of the table to nine points, but Liverpool still have a game in hand to come on the English champions. "I don't think they smell our breath already," said Klopp. "But we just try to win football matches." With Mohamed Salah left on the bench from the start after his exertions at the Africa Cup of Nations and Sadio Mane still celebrating his success with Senegal, Jota took centre stage to continue his excellent season. The Portuguese produced two predatory finishes as he smashed home a loose ball from close range to open the scoring in the first half before firing into the far corner three minutes from time to take his tally for the campaign to 17 goals.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Bruce Mouat and Team GB well beaten by USA in men's curling contest
Team GB suffered their first defeat in the men’s curling when losing a topsy-turvy encounter to Team USA. Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie, Grant Hardie and skip Bruce Mouat beat Italy in their Olympic Games opener. Ad/> After trailing 5-2 at one stage to John Landsteiner, Matt Hamilton, Christopher Plys and John Shuster they took the lead after six ends.