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Paying the penalty: Zaha joins the spot-kick sufferers

Wilfried Zaha fluffed his lines as he missed a penalty in Crystal Palace’s draw at Premier League rivals Norwich on Wednesday night.

ROC star Nikita Gusev: Top things to know

Those familiar with recent Olympic ice hockey history will be well aware of ROC's Nikita Gusev.

Russian paper says figure skater Valieva tested positive for angina drug

MOSCOW: Russian newspaper RBC reported on Wednesday that star figure skater Kamila Valieva had tested positive for Trimetazidine, a drug used to treat angina, at the Beijing Olympics.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Russians start men's ice hockey title defence with narrow win over Switzerland

The Russian Olympic Committee have begun their men's ice hockey title defence with a tight 1-0 win over Switzerland in their opening game at the Winter Games in Beijing. CSKA Moscow forward Anton Slepyshev opened the scoring with less than three seconds to go in the first period, after his cross took a huge deflection off Enzo Corvi into the back of the net.

Diplomatic frenzy: How to prevent Russian invasion of Ukraine?

Macron and Vladimir Putin are talking up areas where compromise might be possible. How did the French leader's good cop routine in Moscow go down in Kiev? And what is the right road to de-escalation?