Olympics-Ice hockey-Germany out, debutants Denmark reach quarter-finals
By Steve Keating
Russia Sport News
Ice hockey-Germany out, debutants Denmark reach quarter-finals
BEIJING : Defending silver medallist Germany crashed out of the Beijing Winter Games men's ice hockey competition while Olympic debutants Denmark moved onto the quarter-finals on Tuesday as the tournament lived up to its unpredictable billing.
Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB face Japan in curling before Kamila Valieva returns to ice
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Speed skating-Japan to face Canada in women's team pursuit final
BEIJING : Japan will meet Canada in the final of the women's speed skating team pursuit at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday in a bid to retain the title they won four years ago in Pyeongchang.
Lawyers for Kamila Valieva say Russian skater's failed doping test due to contamination from grandfather's medication
BEIJING — Kamila Valieva's lawyers say the Russian skater failed a doping test before the Olympics because of contamination from medication her grandfather was taking.
Kamila Valieva ‘happy but tired emotionally’ after being cleared to compete in figure skating singles at Beijing 2022
Kamila Valieva admits she is “happy but tired” after being cleared to compete in the women’s individual figure skating event at the Winter Olympics. Valieva failed a drugs test in December, but the positive only came to light during Beijing 2022 – after she had helped the Russian Olympic Committee win gold in the team event.
Djokovic stays top of ATP rankings with Medvedev lurking
Novak Djokovic holds on to the world number one spot ahead of Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday. But the Russian could end the Serb's record-breaking two-year domination of the rankings from February 28 next, with Djokovic set to compete in Dubai and Medvedev in Acapulco the same week. There were no changes in the top 10 this week, with Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime edging closer to eighth place after capturing his first ATP title in Rotterdam on Sunday with victory over world number four and top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Freestyle skiing-Russia to protest Tatalina's low score in slopestyle final - RIA
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Russia's Freestyle Federation said on Tuesday it would complain about the low score for Russian Olympic Committee skier Anastasia Tatalina in the women's freeski slopestyle final to the sport's governing body, the RIA news agency reported.