Figure skating-Italy's Rizzo and Grassl cheered despite mistakes after team bronze party
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Ice hockey-US wallop Canada, Germany beat Italy and Sweden stay perfect
MILAN, Feb 10 : The United States stunned arch rivals Canada 5-0 at the Milano Cortina Games on Tuesday, while Germany took second place in Group B after a 2-1 win over Italy and Sweden ended the group stage of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament unbeaten with a 4-0 win over Japan.
'Quad God' Malinin flips into top spot for U.S. after men's short program
Ilia Malinin of the United States currently sits in the gold medal position after the men’s figure skating short program qualification round on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi's Former Teammate Reveals When He 'Wasn't Happy' At Barcelona
Lionel Messi had to "score all the time" at Barcelona or he "wasn't happy", a former teammate of the Argentine GOAT has revealed. World Cup winner Samuel Umtiti worked with the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner at Camp Nou and got to witness up close the relentless drive that carries the very best in the business to the top of the global game.
What makes 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin so good at landing the hardest jump in figure skating?
U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin is no stranger to making history on the ice. The 21-year-old, who hails from Virginia, underlined his gold medal-clinching free skate on Sunday night with a backflip that he landed on one blade — also known as “the Bonaly flip,” named after French skater Surya Bonaly, who was the first to pull off the move at the 1998 Nagano Games, when it was still banned.
Ice hockey-Italy just want to have fun against women's hockey giants
MILAN, Feb 10 : Italy are heading into an unexpected quarter-final at the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament where they are likely to meet either of the favourites Canada or the United States but they intend to keep playing their own game and having fun.
Biathlon-Botn hopes gold makes late teammate Bakken proud
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 10 : Norway's Johan-Olav Botn roared the name of late teammate Sivert Guttorm Bakken as he crossed the line as winner of the men's 20 km individual biathlon on Tuesday, pointing to the heavens in a moment of triumph and grief.
Biathlon-Tearful Norwegian confesses to cheating on girlfriend, begs forgiveness after bronze medal win
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 10 : Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid followed up his bronze medal in the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday with a stunning confession that he had cheated on his girlfriend, before openly begging her for another chance.