Priska Nufer, 30, tops Olympic champs Ledecka, Goggia, Suter for breakout downhill win
If Swiss skier Priska Nufer was going to have a breakout success at age 30, it surely was going to be on home snow at Crans-Montana.
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Para Archery World Championships: Pooja Jatyan wins historic silver
Pooja Jatyan on Sunday scripted history as she became the first Indian to win a silver in an individual section of the Para World Championships. Pooja lost to Italian Petrilli Vincenza in the summit clash to end her World Para Championships dream run with a silver medal. Eyeing to become the first woman archery world champion at the senior level, the 24-year-old from Gurugram was up against Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist from Italy in the final. Pooja, who is afflicted with polio since childhood, put up a valiant show racing to a 3-1 lead but the world No. 7 Italian used her vast experience to bounce back and down the Indian 3-7 (24-24, 23-21, 26-28, 24-26, 25-27).
Ukraine invasion puts Russia's elite sports status at risk
Russia spent upwards of $50 billion US to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, then concocted the most elaborate doping scheme in history — all to cement its standing as a global sports superpower.
Grainger vows Team GB will improve after Beijing disappointment
Katherine Grainger insists the 'huge disappointments' of the Winter Olympic Games will form key catalysts for change as Team GB bosses plot a road to recovery ahead of Milan Cortina 2026. British athletes failed to win a medal until the penultimate day of Beijing 2022 as Bruce Mouat and Eve Muirhead's curlers salvaged a misfiring campaign with silver and gold Ad/> UK Sport had set an ambitious target of three to seven medals at the Games after British athletes had bagged five in PyeongChang four years ago.
International Judo Federation suspends Vladimir Putin's honorary president status
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Paralympics - Calls grow for Russia ban in sport, IPC to meet next week
BERLIN : Calls for a blanket ban of Russia in sport grew louder on Sunday with Germany's elite athletes' grouping demanding tougher sanctions and the International Paralympic Committee set to discuss Russia ahead of next week's Beijing Paralympics.
Waacking on the world stage: Montreal dancer choreographs Olympic gold-medal routine
Anxious and crying, Montreal dancer Axelle Munezero watched her TV intently as the French skating champions she had trained for a year competed at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.