The sporting weekend in pictures
Sadio Mane got the better of Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah as Senegal beat Egypt to lift the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time during a dramatic weekend of sport.
Winter Olympics Sport News
Peng Shuai meets IOC chief at Beijing Winter Olympics
Peng Shuai has met Olympic chief Thomas Bach at the Beijing Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday, while US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin suffered bitter disappointment in her first attempt at gold in China. The IOC said tennis player Peng, who sparked global concern in November when she fell silent after alleging that a top Chinese politician had forced her into sex, dined with Bach on Saturday and watched curling. Peng reappeared in public nearly three weeks after her allegation, and later withdrew it, insisting her online comments had been taken out of context. But fears for her safety and well-being remained. Separately, in an interview published Monday with French sports daily L'Equipe, Peng repeated her denial. "I never said anyone had sexually assaulted me in any way," said the former world number one doubles player. Asked why she deleted the social media post containing the allegation, Peng said: "Because I wanted to." "There was a huge misunderstanding in the outside world following this post," she said. "I don't want the meaning of this post to be twisted anymore. And I don't want any further media hype around it."
Alpine skiing-German Schwaiger stretchered off in men's downhill
YANQING, China : Germany's Dominik Schwaiger was stretchered off the course after crashing heavily early in the men's downhill race at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday.
Chinese tennis player Peng denies making accusation of sexual assault
BEIJING: Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has denied she ever accused anyone of sexual assault, adding that she herself had deleted her social media post in November that had appeared to make such a claim.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Exactly what you need’ – Bruce Mouat bullish after GB beat USA in mixed doubles action
Team GB pair Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds completed their mixed doubles round-robin matches with an 8-4 win against USA on Monday. The GB pair will now face Norway in the semi-finals. And Bruce Mouat said after the match that it was exactly the preparation they were after ahead of the semi-final against Norway.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Kamila Valieva the first woman to land a quadruple jump as ROC win team event figure skating gold
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) claim gold in the figure skating team event after Kamila Valieva's almost-flawless performance confirmed top spot. The 15-year-old dazzled viewers in the women's free skate and despite falling after an attempted quad toe loop, produced a world class score of 178.92, over 30 points clear of second place Kaori Sakamoto. Ad/> Valieva became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at an Olympics; a day after becoming the first European woman to land a triple axel at a Games in the short programme.
Censors step in after Weibo users savage Chinese figure-skater Zhu Yi over fall at Winter Olympics
China's censors appear to have stepped in after a naturalised US-born figure-skater was savaged online after falling flat on the ice and finishing last at the Beijing Games.
Winter Olympics 2022 - The Russian Olympic Committee have won the figure skating team event
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) claim gold in the figure skating team event after Kamila Valieva's almost-flawless performance confirmed top spot. The 15-year-old dazzled viewers in the women's free skate and despite falling after an attempted quad toe loop, produced a world class score of 178.92, over 30 points clear of second place Kaori Sakamoto.