Jim Ratcliffe claims ‘unpopular’ Man Utd changes are ‘beginning to pay off’
Jim Ratcliffe has admitted some of the decisions he has taken at Manchester United made him “very unpopular”, but says they are now paying off.
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NBA suspends Stewart, Duren, Bridges, Diabate for Monday's brawl - ESPN
The NBA has suspended Detroit Pistons forward-center Isaiah Stewart seven games for leaving the bench area and participating in a fight in Monday night's brawl-marred game against the Charlotte Hornets.
Orioles' Jackson Holliday to have hand surgery, miss Opening Day - ESPN
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday will undergo surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand Thursday and will miss Opening Day, president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Elias said Wednesday.
Sources: Diamondbacks' Carroll to have hand surgery, miss WBC - ESPN
Arizona Diamondbacks star outfielder Corbin Carroll broke the hamate bone in his right hand and will undergo surgery Wednesday, sources told ESPN, leaving him out of the World Baseball Classic and in question to be ready for Opening Day.
Biathlon-Pichler masterminds Bulgarian bronze as Hristova delivers
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 11 : Bulgaria's Lora Hristova pulled off the biggest shock so far at the biathlon competitions of the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday, winning a brilliant bronze medal that virtually no one had expected - except perhaps for the Bulgarian team's legendary German coach, Wolfgang Pichler.
Alpine skiing-Golden joyride continues for Von Allmen, the Stelvio's smiling assassin
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 11 : Franjo von Allmen sported a smile in the gondola taking him up to the start of Wednesday's Olympic super-G and it got broader as he waited in the leaders' seat in the finish area as skier after skier failed to dislodge him.
Olymipcs-Biathlon-Steely Simon strikes again for France with brilliant win in Milano Cortina
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 11 : Described by her coach as the strongest athlete mentally in the sport, French biathlete Julia Simon proved him right again on Wednesday with another superb display of skiing and sang-froid as she hit 19 of 20 shots to claim the Olympic title in the women's 15km individual race.
Freestyle skiing-America's Lemley takes moguls gold to deny Anthony repeat
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 11 : American freestyle skier Elizabeth Lemley won a surprise gold medal in moguls with two neat and quick runs in the Alpine town of Livigno at the Winter Games on Wednesday.