'It was a gift': French goalie Junca's birthday was a memorable one despite 10-2 loss to Canadian stars
Chris Jones reports from Milan.
'It was a gift': French goalie Junca's birthday was a memorable one despite 10-2 loss to Canadian stars
Arsenal stroll to Wigan win as Leeds beat Birmingham, Wolves survive Grimsby mud bath
LONDON, Feb 15 : Arsenal scored all their goals in the opening 27 minutes of Sunday's 4-0 FA Cup fourth-round win over League One Wigan Athletic, while Leeds United needed penalties and Wolverhampton Wanderers endured a mud bath on a good day for top-flight sides.
France batter beleaguered Wales with record 54-12 win in Cardiff
Feb 15 : Matthieu Jalibert put in a masterful display at flyhalf as France ran in eight tries in a record 54-12 bonus-point victory over beleaguered Wales in their Six Nations Championship clash at a subdued Principality Stadium on Sunday.
Longer careers open door for athletes to combine sport and motherhood, says Italy’s Lollobrigida
MILAN, Feb 15 : Longer competitive careers in winter sports are giving women more opportunities to become mothers without having to hang up their skates, Italian double Olympic champion Francesca Lollobrigida told Reuters on Sunday.
Skeleton-Weston and Stoecker claim first mixed team gold for Britain
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 : Britain became the first Olympic champions in the skeleton mixed team event when individual men's champion Matt Weston produced a superlative performance as he and Tabitha Stoecker set a track record with the final run at the Milano Cortina Games on Sunday.
Figure skating-Japan's Sakamoto battles America's 'Blade Angels' in wide open women's singles
MILAN, Feb 15 : Japan's Kaori Sakamoto faces a trio of rising Americans and a little-known but potentially dangerous Russian teenager when the women's Olympic singles figure skating event starts on Tuesday.
Alpine skiing-No pressure secret to Brignone's success, she says
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 15 : Italy's Federica Brignone said the secret behind her giant slalom gold medal on Sunday was the absence of pressure and a sense of complete freedom.
Biathlon-Wierer calls for Italian TV to back biathlon after Vittozzi's glorious gold
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 15 : Italy's Dorothea Wierer has called on Italian broadcasters to take the sport of biathlon seriously after Lisa Vittozzi claimed a sensational gold medal in Sunday's women's 10km pursuit race at the Milano Cortina Games.