Luge-Germans win team relay for fourth Games in a row
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Germany maintained their grip on the Olympic luge team relay on Thursday when they took gold for the fourth Games in a row since it was introduced in 2014.
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Alpine-Brignone's rivals impressed by awesome super-G run
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Federica Brignone's rivals were just as surprised, and almost as delighted, as the Italian after her stunning Olympic super-G success on Thursday.
Figure skating-Malinin making history with skating's first Olympic backflip in decades
MILAN, Feb 12 : When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milano Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis great Novak Djokovic to his feet with his hands on his head in disbelief.
Biathlon-Bakken's mother congratulates Botn after emotional Norway gold
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 12 : When Norway's Johan-Olav Botn crossed the line to win Olympic gold in the men's 20km individual race on Tuesday, he did so with an emotional cry of "Sivert, we did it!" in honour of Sivert Guttorm Bakken, the friend and former teammate he found dead in their hotel weeks before the Games.
Alpine skiing-Johnson misses a medal but gets a ring and a fiance
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson ended up with an engagement ring instead of a medal on Thursday after crashing out of the women's super-G at the Milano Cortina Games and then saying yes to her fiance.
Tottenham winger Odobert sidelined with ACL tear
LONDON, Feb 12 : Tottenham Hotspur's French winger Wilson Odobert has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear, the Premier League club said on Thursday, after the 21-year-old was forced off during Tuesday's 2-1 loss at home to Newcastle United.
Speed skating-Italy's Lollobrigida seizes 5,000m title for second gold at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 12 : Francesca Lollobrigida delivered another spectacular performance on home ice, blasting to victory in the women's 5,000 metres on Thursday to secure her second gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics.
India thump Namibia ahead of Pakistan clash
NEW DELHI, Feb 12 : Defending champions India continued their march towards the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup with a 93-run plastering of Namibia in a group A contest at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.