Winter Olympics: Katie Ormerod misses out on snowboard slopestyle final
British snowboarder Katie Ormerod missed out on a place in the women's slopestyle final as she made her long-awaited Olympic debut.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - 'Amazing to call myself an Olympian' - Team GB's Katie Ormerod happy despite missing final
Katie Ormerod has failed to qualify for the slopestyle final as her best score of 47.38 was not enough to get into the top 12, however she was delighted to finally make her Olympics bow. The 24-year-old goofy footer from Yorkshire was making her first appearance at a Winter Olympics; four years on from breaking both her heels in training at PyeongChang. Ad/> Ormerod finished 19th overall.
Aussies to keep foot on throat in Ashes
The bitter taste of letting England off the hook in the 2017 Women's Ashes is all the motivation Australia need to maintain the rage for the final two ODIs of this series.
Donal Lenihan's Six Nations opening weekend verdicts
I think it's the most exciting championship we’ve had in a long long time. We’re also really thrilled that we have crowds at a Six Nations game for the first time in two years.
IPL media rights: Can Amazon be among the prime contenders?
The bridge is in the way of the superyacht and therefore must be dismantled. What does it have to do with the Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights auction? Nothing. Inconsequential to the IPL, the superyacht is being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, costs US$500m and has its own helipad. He may even pay for the reconstruction of the bridge. Now cut to the IPL. Can Bezos shell out a few billion dollars to buy the Indian Premier League (IPL) broadcast rights for Amazon’s OTT platform, Prime? Such questions don’t befit the man and his company’s profile, subject to him and his company making up their minds.
Fresh Health Setback For New Zealand Great Chris Cairns With Cancer Diagnosis
New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns revealed Saturday he has suffered a further health setback and has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Cairns was only discharged from hospital last week, five months after he underwent a life-saving heart operation and was then paralysed by a subsequent stroke. "Another fight ahead but here's hoping this one is a swift upper cut and over in the first round," the 51-year-old, one of the world's top all-rounders in the early 2000s, said on social media.
Phoenix ALW side facing 'keeper crisis
A-League Women newcomers Wellington Phoenix are facing the prospect of naming an outfield player as their reserve goalkeeper if captain Lily Alfeld receives a New Zealand call-up next week.
Australia confirm first Pakistan tour in 24 years
Australia's men's team will tour Pakistan for the first time in 24 years in March.