On this day in history, Feb. 22, 1980, US Olympic men's hockey team shocks Soviets in 'Miracle on Ice'
Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, said he 'couldn't believe' the statement by American athlete Chelsea Wolfe.
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Maidstone’s Ben Jelf joining up with Portugal’s Duarte Benavente once again in the F1 Atlantic Team as F1H20 World Championship gets under way in Lake Toba, Indonesia
Maidstone powerboat racer Ben Jelf will once more mix it with top-class opposition when the F1H20 World Championship gets under way this week.
Germany clinch normal hill team gold in Rasnov
Germany clinched World Cup gold in the men's normal hill team event in Rasnov, as Karl Geiger and Andreas Wellinger powered to victory. Wellinger followed up individual victory on Saturday with bronze medallist Geiger, as the pair finished a comfortable 33.8 points ahead of Slovenia's Maksim Bartolj and Ziga Jelar.
Andreas Wellinger romps to Rasnov gold ahead of the World Championships with a second World Cup win in a week
Andreas Wellinger maintained his fine form ahead of the World Championships with a second World Cup win in a week on the normal hill in Rasnov. The German, who grabbed his first win of the season in Lake Placid a week ago and then backed it up with a silver medal 24 hours later, narrowly beat Ziga Jelar to the top spot.
Greater Manchester man, 26, drowned after falling off paddleboard in Lake District trip
A 26-year-old man who couldn't swim drowned while paddleboarding with a friend, an inquest heard. Olumide Favour Giwa from Rochdale fell off the paddleboard when he got into difficulty near the Aira Point in Lancashire close to the ferry pier on August 7.
'Heightened alert': US jets down fourth flying object in eight days
A US fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over US airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime precedent.
Alpine skiing-Former world downhill medallist Fanchini dies aged 37
Italian Elena Fanchini, who won the downhill silver medal at the 2005 Alpine skiing world championships, has died aged 37, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) said on Wednesday.
Britain's four-man bob win first world medal for 84 years
Britain has won its first four-man bobsleigh medal at a world championships for 84 years with a silver in St Moritz on Sunday.