'I can't really believe it': Canadian snowboarder Liam Gill making Olympic debut as last-minute replacement
Liam Gill's crazy week is only now just starting to sink in.
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Jenner scores twice, Poulin on a penalty shot in Canada's win over U.S.
BEIJING — Ann-Renée Desbiens was of two minds about her workload in Canada's 4-2 win over the United States in Olympic women's hockey Tuesday.
Olympics on NHL ice should make for faster, better hockey
BEIJING (AP) — NHL players are not at the Olympics. NHL ice is, and that should make for better hockey.
Sligo land New Zealand defender Nando Pijnaker on loan from Rio Ave
New Zealand defender Nando Pijnaker has joined Sligo Rovers on loan from Portuguese side Rio Ave for the 2022 SSE Airtricity League season.
Winter Olympics 2022: ‘Real camaraderie’ – Eileen Gu consoles Tess Ledeux after snatching big air gold
Eileen Gu comforted a tearful Tess Ledeux after snatching the gold medal away from her in the women’s freestyle skiing big air final at Beijing 2022. The Chinese sensation, 18, trailed France’s Ledeux and Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud heading into the third and final jump but dropped a career-first double cork 1620 to catapult up the standings. Ad/> She reacted in disbelief after landing the trick, which she said she had never even attempted, as she secured China’s third gold medal of the Games.
New import wins ALW game for Victory
A goal from American signing Brooke Hendrix in her first start has given an otherwise wasteful Melbourne Victory a valuable 1-0 away win over Newcastle in A-League Women.
Eileen Gu wins debut of freeski big air at 2022 Winter Olympics
The debut of women’s freeski big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics featured perhaps the best showing of women’s freeskiing in history.
Winter Olympics 2022: Slopestyle next for Team GB’s Kirsty Muir after brilliant big air - then it’s back to school
Team GB freestyle skier Kirsty Muir is not focusing on a return to exam preparation yet — after making a “dream come true” by competing at the Winter Olympics and finishing fifth in her debut final — the big air competition. The 17-year-old was in bronze medal position after scoring 93.75 in her first run, thanks in part to landing her ‘dub 12’ trick, but was unable to break into the 80s over her next two runs, with China’s American-born star Eileen Gu taking gold ahead of Tess Ledeux of France and Mathilde Gremaud from Switzerland. Ad/> But Muir showed her immense promise, and she will now focus on slopestyle, before she crashes back down to reality.