Ryo Matsumoto fails to wrest WBA super bantamweight title from Daniel Roman

Challenger Ryo Matsumoto failed to capture the WBA super bantamweight title on Wednesday after being defeated by American Daniel Roman on a unanimous decision.In his ...

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger irked by scrutiny about future

Irked that his future is again under scrutiny, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reminded his critics he “turned the whole world down” to stay at the ...

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Aaron Wolf pulls out of national invitational judo meet with knee injury

Japanese judoka Aaron Wolf will sit out the national invitational weight class championships in April due to a lingering left knee injury, the All Japan ...

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Japanese industrial league club helps MLB free agents stay loose

Tyler Clippard wore a black jersey with a white players’ union logo and pitched hitless ball for two innings against industrial league players wearing the ...

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Luis Nery stripped of title after failing to make weight for bout against Shinsuke Yamanaka

Mexican boxer Luis Nery has been stripped of his WBC bantamweight title after failing to make weight Wednesday ahead of his match against challenger Shinsuke ...

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Sumo-rich Osaka ready for stormy Spring Basho

That stretch in the evenings and the plum blossoms in bloom means just one thing to sumo fans — it’s time for the Osaka Basho.With ...

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Italy coach Luigi Di Biagio claims he persuaded Gianluigi Buffon to extend international career

Gianluigi Buffon’s international career might not be over after all.Interim Italy coach Luigi Di Biagio believes he has convinced the 40-year-old goalkeeper to stay on ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu reflects on Olympic glory

Yuzuru Hanyu achieved his fairy-tale ending at the Pyeongchang Olympics, winning another gold medal while enduring the pain of the serious ankle injury he suffered ...

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U.S. Education agency investigating Michigan State over Larry Nassar

The U.S. Education Department said Monday it has opened an investigation into how Michigan State University handled allegations of sexual assault against Dr. Larry Nassar, ...

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Challenger Shinsuke Yamanaka, champion Luis Nery ready for rematch with WBC bantamweight title on line

The fighters are ready.The boxing gloves are still a work in progress. Shinsuke Yamanaka and WBC bantamweight champion Luis “Pantera” Nery both insisted they’re ready ...

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All Blacks prop Wyatt Crockett to retire

All Blacks prop Wyatt Crockett, who has experienced defeat in only three of his 71 tests, has announced he will retire from international and Super ...

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Seahawks QB Russell Wilson works out with Yankees

Russell Wilson’s head knows football was the right choice. Baseball still has his heart.A 2014 Super Bowl champion quarterback with the Seattle Seahawks, the 29-year-old ...

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Two Japanese judoka disqualified for being too passive in final

There was an embarrassing twist in the men’s heavyweight final of the Dusseldorf Grand Slam as both Japanese judoka were disqualified for being too passive.No ...

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Blue Jackets take fight to Capitals

Hours after the trade deadline, the Columbus Blue Jackets had the kind of first-period offensive explosion they’ve been missing this season.The Blue Jackets scored four ...

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Lightning get McDonagh in blockbuster deal

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman now has something in common with Boston Bruins counterpart Don Sweeney.They both tapped the New York Rangers before ...

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In pictures: One last look at the Pyeongchang Olympics

For Japan, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics were one to remember, as its national team won 13 medals, the most the nation has ever one in ...

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Ohtani drives in run in spring debut at plate

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a much better big league debut as a hitter than he did as a pitcher.After patiently drawing walks in his ...

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Japan’s Olympic medalists give thanks for support in Pyeongchang

One day after the Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, the Japanese delegation returned home Monday and its medal-winning athletes expressed their gratitude to the fans ...

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Ruika Sato and Sara Asahina continue Japan’s judo gold rush in Germany

Ruika Sato took out the women’s 78-kg class and teammate Sara Asahina captured the open-weight title Sunday to bring Japan’s final tally at the Dusseldorf ...

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Sabres spoil Rick Nash’s debut with retooled Bruins

Kyle Okposo and the Eastern Conference’s last-place Buffalo Sabres head into the uncertainty of the NHL’s trade deadline sure of one thing.They were better than ...

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Sunwolves trio take lessons from defeat

The Sunwolves may have come up short in their 2018 season opener, but the contest provided valuable experience for those younger players making their Super ...

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Ryota Morioka hits double for Anderlecht

Japan midfielder Ryota Morioka scored a brace Sunday to help Anderlecht beat Mouscron 5-3 at home in the Belgian first division.Morioka scored his first goals ...

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Spurs withstand big game by Lebron in win over Cavaliers

The Spurs ended their “rodeo” road trip by roping the Cavaliers.LeBron James thought San Antonio got some help. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points, Danny Green ...

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Tochinoshin returns to sekiwake for Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

On the back of his overpowering championship run in January, Georgian wrestler Tochinoshin will compete in March at sumo’s third-highest rank of sekiwake, according to ...

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Old guard provides spark for Manchester City in League Cup final

After finishing his first season in England empty-handed, Pep Guardiola finally collected his first trophy with Manchester City on Sunday.Thanks to some familiar faces. Despite ...

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Message of peace delivered as Pyeongchang Olympics wrap up

A message for peace and harmony, featuring a mythical Korean “turtle” representing longevity, set the theme as the curtain fell at the closing ceremony of ...

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Organizers, IOC made many mistakes in planning, staging Pyeongchang Games

Parting thoughts and parting shots from Pyeongchang:• It was terrible to see Gangneung Ice Arena with so many empty seats at the start of the ...

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Kenyan Dickson Chumba wins Tokyo Marathon for second time

Yuta Shitara clocked a national record Sunday at the Tokyo Marathon, but it wasn’t enough to outrun two-time winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya.Shitara finished in ...

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German squad completes sweep of bobsled gold medals

Francesco Friedrich’s four-man German bobsleigh team won gold on Sunday with their victory at the Olympic Sliding Centre completing Germany’s sweep of the bobsleigh gold ...

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Marit Bjoergen wraps up illustrious Olympic career with 15th medal

outh KoreaMarit Bjoergen was so far ahead of the rest of the field in the women’s 30-km cross-country race that nobody else on the course ...

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From start to finish, Olympics entertained

The Pyeongchang Olympics have had a bit of everything since Yuna Kim ignited the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony on Feb. 9. Political theater, ...

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OAR defeats Germany in OT to capture Olympic crown

The Russians triumphed in the no-NHL tournament where they were favored, winning the men’s hockey gold medal Sunday at a Winter Olympics where they couldn’t ...

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Shohei Ohtani pulled early in spring debut with Angels

Shohei Ohtani went only one way in his spring training debut for the Los Angeles Angels and got pulled early.The star pitcher and hitter was ...

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Nana Takagi emerges from sister’s shadow with gold medal in mass start

Miho Takagi arrived in South Korea amid much media hype about her chances for gold in women’s speed skating at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.But it ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 16: First time for everything

It was a day of big firsts. Finland picked up its first gold of the games, and Nana Takagi become the only woman to get ...

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Japan women’s curling squad triumphs over Great Britain in bronze-medal match

Japan’s incredible run in women’s curling culminated in a 5-3 win Saturday over Great Britain in the bronze-medal match.With the win, Japan skip Satsuki Fujisawa ...

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Lee Seung-hoon delivers mighty finish to nab top prize in men’s mass start

Top favorite Lee Seung-hoon skated a masterful race and unleashed a final sprint that no one could match to take gold for South Korea in ...

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Nana Takagi zooms to gold in women’s mass start final

Japan’s Nana Takagi won the gold medal in the women’s mass start final at Gangneung Oval on Saturday night.The gold was the second here for ...

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Still no Olympic news coverage in North Korea

While millions of people around the world get ready to watch the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, North Koreans are still waiting to ...

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U.S. men outplay Sweden for first Olympic curling title

American skip John Shuster produced a masterstroke to earn a rare five-pointer as the United States beat Sweden 10-7 to win its first ever Olympic ...

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Iivo Niskanen triumphs in 50-km mass start race for Finland’s first gold of Pyeongchang Games

Iivo Niskanen put on new skis with 10 kilometers remaining in the 50-km cross-country mass start race.Russian rival Alexander Bolshunov did not. The tactical decision ...

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Jo scores decisive goal as Grampus top Gamba in return to J1

Nagoya Grampus marked their return to the top flight in winning style Saturday with a 3-2 away victory over Gamba Osaka.Following a year in the ...

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Canadian skier arrested for stealing a car

Canadian arrested for stealing a carFreestyle skiing reuters — Canadian ski cross athlete David Duncan has been charged with stealing a car in the early ...

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Second Russian athlete fails doping test

Second Russian fails doping testBobsled ap — A second Russian athlete failed a doping test at the Pyeongchang Games, a day before the IOC’s executive ...

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Markus Schairer mulls return to competition after undergoing neck surgery

Schairer mulls return after injurySnowboarding AP — The Austrian snowboarder who broke his neck in a crash at the Olympics last week is considering a ...

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Ester Ledecka claims historic Olympic double with snowboarding gold

Nobody could get close to Ester Ledecka on this slope. Nobody should be too surprised that she took another gold medal, either.The Czech snow star ...

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Brumbies edge Sunwolves in Super Rugby season opener

The Brumbies narrowly beat the Sunwolves 32-25 in their Super Rugby season opener on Saturday, coming from behind to seal a thrilling contest.Flyhalf Christian Lealiifano ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 15: The sweet smell of success

It wasn’t the sunniest day for fans of Japan at the Olympics. South Korea’s seemingly unstoppable “Garlic Girls” beat the Japanese team as they continue ...

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Mike Havenaar equalizer earns Vissel draw against Tosu in J. League season opener

Former Japan international Mike Havenaar scored a late equalizer as Vissel Kobe earned a 1-1 draw at Sagan Tosu as the J. League kicked off ...

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Who to watch for Day 16 (Saturday, Feb. 24)

9 a.m. Snowboarding, women’s parallel GS: Originally scheduled for Thursday, the final has been moved to Saturday because strong winds are in the forecast. Tomoka ...

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South Korea’s ‘Garlic Girls’ overpower Japan in curling semi

Skipper Kim Eun Jung and the South Korean women’s curling team continued an unlikely run at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Friday, beating Japan to progress ...

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Nuis wins men’s 1,000-meter crown; Oda finishes fifth

Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands captured the gold medal in the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating event at the Gangneung Oval on Friday night.The 28-year-old Dutchman won ...

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Switzerland beats Canada for bronze in men’s curling

Switzerland beat Canada 7-5 to take men’s curling bronze Friday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, sending the pre-tournament favorite home without a medal for the ...

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Second Russian athlete tests positive for doping at Pyeongchang Olympics

A second Russian athlete has failed a doping test at the Pyeongchang Games, a day before the International Olympic Committee’s executive board is to decide ...

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South Korea’s curling ‘Garlic Girls’ taking Olympics by storm

Forget Lindsey Vonn and Adam Rippon. The real rock stars of the Pyeongchang Olympics are a humble group of Korean curlers who have no idea ...

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Who to watch for Day 15 (Friday, Feb. 23)

10 a.m., Figure skating, women’s singles, free skating: Four-time national champion Satoko Miyahara and 2017 runner-up Kaori Sakamoto ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, after Wednesday’s ...

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Japan falls to 0-3 in Asian qualifers with one-point loss to Taiwan

The Akatsuki Five remain winless in the Asian qualifiers first round for the 2019 World Cup after a 70-69 loss to Taiwan at Yokohama International ...

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Cross-country skiing dominance guides Germany to glorious result in Nordic combined team event

Germany delivered a superb display of cross-country skiing to glide to victory in the men’s Olympic team event on Thursday and complete a clean sweep ...

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Skating coach Kim Muir returns to orphan roots in South Korea

Kim Muir can now say that she has made it all the way back.To the place where her life began in so much uncertainty. To ...

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Wu Dajing victorious in men’s short-track 500 meters

Wu Dajing clocked a world record on Thursday en route to winning short-track speedskating men’s 500 meters for China’s first gold medal of the Pyeongchang ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu says he won’t serve as flag-bearer at closing ceremony

Yuzuru Hanyu said Thursday he has no plan to act as Japan’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Games.Speaking after practice for ...

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U.S. women beat Canada in dramatic fashion in shootout to capture gold medal

A goal by Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson in the sixth round of the shootout gave the United States a dramatic 3-2 victory over Canada in the women’s ...

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Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo opts to skip 50-km race, leaves South Korea with three golds

Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has decided three gold medals is enough at the Pyeongchang Games and is skipping Saturday’s 50-km race and heading ...

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Japan’s curlers qualify for women’s semifinals

Japan’s female curlers suffered an 8-4 defeat at the hands of Switzerland on Wednesday, but booked a spot in the semifinals with a 5-4 record ...

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Sweden’s Andre Myhrer shocks field, triumphs in men’s slalom

The shock wasn’t only about who won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s slalom, it was also about who failed to even finish the ...

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Michelle Gisin holds off Mikaela Shiffrin to win Alpine combined

Michelle Gisin had been perplexed by the slalom for some time, showing a flair for the discipline but rarely putting together an exceptional full run.That ...

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Hamilton, Cousins reflect on Hanyu’s brilliance, drawing power

It’s not often that you get to chat with a legend in skating.But two in one day? Well, that is remarkable in itself.Ice Time spoke ...

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CAS announces Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky found guilty of doping

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation after testing positive ...

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Sagan, Vissel meet in opener as teams aim for Frontale’s crown

The 2018 J. League season kicks off with just one fixture on Friday, but every club in the 18-team division will get the chance to ...

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Who to watch for Day 14 (Thursday, Feb. 22)

9:30 a.m. Snowboard, women’s big air final: Originally scheduled for Friday, the final has been moved ahead to Thursday because strong winds are in the ...

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Japan women shatter Olympic record, conquer defending champion Netherlands in team pursuit final

Japan’s women captured the team pursuit gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, beating the defending champion Netherlands on Wednesday.The world record-holding trio of sisters Miho ...

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Nigeria savors its Olympic bobsled debut moment

Nigeria was winning the Olympic women’s bobsled race.Yes, really. That sentence is 100 percent accurate — albeit with some massive reservations. The Nigerians were the ...

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Japan faces tough German test in Nordic combined team event

Japan will take the fight to Germany once again at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday in the Nordic combined team event.Since Akito Watabe succumbed to ...

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Finland prevails over Olympic Athletes from Russia to claim women’s bronze medal

For the third time in six Olympic women’s hockey tournaments, Finland is the best of the rest.With the United States and Canada maintaining their stranglehold ...

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Norway’s Marit Bjoergen earns 14th medal, becomes most successful Winter Olympian in history

Marit Bjoergen made Olympic history and the United States women’s cross-country team won its first medal ever — and it was gold.Bjoergen won her 14th ...

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Czech Republic prevails in shootout, eliminates United States in quarterfinals

Pavel Francouz stopped all five shooters and Petr Koukal scored the shootout winner as the Czech Republic eliminated the United States from the Olympics with ...

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South Korea men end Japan’s hopes of reaching curling playoff stage

The Japan men’s curling team lost 10-4 to South Korea in a preliminary round match on Wednesday, ending its chances of advancing to the playoff ...

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Brady Leman victorious in men’s ski cross

Ski cross is built on one very simple tenant: to go as fast as you possibly dare for as long as you possibly dare and ...

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Frontale lose again in ACL; Reysol pegged back for draw

Kawasaki Frontale lost 2-1 away to Ulsan Hyundai in their Asian Champions League clash Tuesday night, remaining winless in Group F after two matches.Despite having ...

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Germany records clean sweep in Nordic combined large hill event

Akito Watabe had his heart broken for the second time at the Pyeongchang Olympics, missing gold again on Tuesday, this time in the Nordic combined ...

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Martin Fourcade becomes first Olympian with three gold medals at Pyeongchang Games

Martin Fourcade on Tuesday night earned a third gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Games and solidified his legacy as the most successful Olympic champion ...

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South Korea grabs gold in women’s short-track 3,000-meter relay

South Korea defended its women’s Olympic short-track 3,000-meter relay title on Tuesday, overtaking China with two laps to go in the penalty-filled final.The team of ...

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Japan men, women curling squads stumble

The Japan men’s and women’s curling teams struggled on Tuesday, going down to powerhouses Canada and Great Britain, respectively, at the Pyeongchang Olympics.In the day’s ...

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Switzerland edges Smile Japan to earn fifth-place finish

Switzerland defeated Smile Japan 1-0 in the fifth-place game at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Tuesday night.Evelina Raselli picked up a loose puck for a ...

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Shinsuke Yamanaka says preparation going well for rematch with Luis Nery

With less than 10 days left until a fight in which he’ll try to avenge the only loss of his professional career, Shinsuke Yamanaka didn’t ...

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Slovenia’s Ziga Jeglic tests positive for fenoterol, suspended for rest of 2018 Winter Games

Slovenia men’s ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended for the remainder of the Pyeongchang Winter ...

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Cassie Sharpe soars in freestyle halfpipe

Cassie Sharpe wears a mouth guard with a gold tooth painted in the middle and raps to herself just before she drops into the halfpipe, ...

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Ten interesting notes from Pyeongchang’s first 10 days

As the Pyeongchang Games moved into the second week, here are some observations on the first 10 days:1 There has been a disjointed feel here ...

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Canada, Germany share two-man bobsled gold

Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz were thoroughly confused when they crossed the finish line. They knew they had just won an Olympic gold medal for ...

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U.S. trounces Slovakia to secure spot in quarterfinals against Czech Republic

Ryan Donato scored two goals, Troy Terry had three assists and the United States beat Slovakia 5-1 in the qualification round Tuesday to advance to ...

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Mikaela Shiffrin relaxed after pulling out of Olympic downhill race

Relaxed, fast and excited.It was a good day for Mikaela Shiffrin on the Olympic downhill course Tuesday. Shiffrin will no longer start in the downhill ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 11: Drama on the ice

Japan is still celebrating Nao Kodaira‘s golden victory, not only for her athletic prowess but also her kindness. Stories are filling the web about Kodaira ...

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Lindsey Vonn avoids viewing upcoming downhill as her last at Olympics

Lindsey Vonn prefers not to dwell on what shapes up as a significant story for the women’s downhill at the Pyeongchang Games.“I’ve tried not to ...

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Veteran Noriaki Kasai determined to compete at Beijing 2022 at age 49

Noriaki Kasai is going for No. 9.Kasai, the only eight-time Winter Olympian in history after competing at the Pyeongchang Games at the age of 45, ...

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Japan rallies past Sweden to improve semifinal chances

Japan strengthened its chances of a semifinal berth in women’s curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a gutsy 5-4 comeback win over Sweden on ...

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Who to watch on Tuesday, Day 12 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

9:05 a.m. Curling, men’s preliminary round: World No. 8 Japan plays top-ranked Canada and ninth-place Denmark. The men’s national team has made its first Olympic ...

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Satoko Miyahara works out ahead of Olympic title bid

Satoko Miyahara did a run-through of her free skate to “Madame Butterfly” during a 40-minute workout at the practice rink beneath Gangneung Ice Arena on ...

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Norway’s Havard Lorentzen takes men’s 500-meter gold; Daichi Yamanaka finishes fifth

Japan’s men’s 500-meter speedskaters were left wanting Monday, Daichi Yamanaka only managing fifth as Norway’s Havard Lorentzen won gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.Lorentzen, a ...

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Mikaela Shiffrin drops out of downhill after schedule change

Back at the last Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin exuberantly talked about chasing five gold medals this time around. Now it turns out she’ll only enter three ...

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Japan moves into women’s speedskating team pursuit semis

World record-holding gold-medal favorite Japan advanced to the semifinals of the women’s team pursuit at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday.Miho Takagi, who won individual ...

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Ayana Onozuka earns spot in ski halfpipe final

Ayana Onozuka claimed her spot in the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, finishing fifth in the qualification round on Monday.Onozuka, ...

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Team LeBron edges Team Stephen in NBA All-Star Game

LeBron James picked a winner in the NBA All-Star Game.James scored 29 points and hit the go-ahead layup with 34.5 seconds to play, winning his ...

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Yuka Fujimori and Reira Iwabuchi move on in inaugural Big Air competition

Snowboarders Yuka Fujimori and Reira Iwabuchi placed second and third, respectively, in the women’s Big Air qualifying round Monday to earn their places in the ...

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Curlers left bemused by doping allegation

Of all the questions surrounding reports of a Russian curler’s alleged doping infraction at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the biggest is why?Why would an athlete in ...

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U.S. women beat Finland to reach ice hockey final

The United States women’s ice hockey team will play for the Olympic gold medal that has eluded it for nearly two decades after shutting out ...

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Lindsey Vonn is the downhill favorite, says rival Sofia Goggia

The form book suggests there is little to choose between the world’s top two women downhill skiers ahead of Wednesday’s Olympic race at the Jeongseon ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 10: Team Japan skates to another gold

Getting a morale boost from Yuzuru Hanyu’s dominance of men’s figure skating, Nao Kodaira found the will to skate to an Olympic record time of  36.94, ...

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Gold medalist Nao Kodaira cites Yuzuru Hanyu’s heroics as inspiration

Sprint queen Nao Kodaira credited compatriot and men’s figure skating repeat champion Yuzuru Hanyu for her explosive gold medal win in the women’s 500 meters ...

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Fans ejected in Chicago for racist taunts toward Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly

Four Chicago Blackhawks fans were ejected during Saturday night’s game after making racist taunts toward Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly.Capitals coach Barry Trotz called the ...

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Noriaki Kasai books spot on Japan’s four-man squad for team final

Noriaki Kasai has qualified for the men’s team large hill ski jumping final at the Olympics.After failing to qualify for the large hill final on ...

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Russian athlete involved in meldonium doping case: source

A Russian athlete at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been implicated in a doping case involving the banned substance meldonium, a source close to the ...

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Nao Kodaira sets Olympic record en route to gold in women’s 500 meters

Nao Kodaira captured the gold medal in the women’s 500 meters in Olympic record time at Gangneung Oval on Sunday night.The 31-year-old native of Chino, ...

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Who to watch on Monday, Day 11 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m., Figure skating, Ice dance, short dance: Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed will perform in the pairs event for the first time at the ...

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Frenchman Martin Fourcade victorious in men’s 15-km mass start

Martin Fourcade became France’s most successful Olympian of all time on Sunday with a brilliant display of shooting and skiing to win the men’s 15-km ...

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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo guides Norway to coveted cross-country relay gold

Norway’s 4×10-km cross-country relay team did not just have to contend with the other 13 teams in the field in Sunday’s race — it also ...

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Smile Japan triumphs on Ayaka Toko’s overtime goal against Sweden

Ayaka Toko’s overtime goal gave Smile Japan its second straight victory with a 2-1 triumph over Sweden at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Sunday night ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu’s second Olympic title reaffirms greatness

Yuzuru Hanyu’s epic performance in the free skate at Gangneung Ice Arena on Saturday was one for the ages.Though not as technically sound as his ...

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Hirscher blitzes field to nab giant slalom gold

Marcel Hirscher has turned his domination in the giant slalom into a second gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics.The 28-year-old Austrian star extended his first-run ...

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British women continue unlikely dominance

Lizzy Yarnold’s second successive gold and a bronze for teammate Laura Deas underlined Britain’s extraordinary dominance of Olympic women’s skeleton racing on Saturday — made ...

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Oystein Braaten captures gold in slopestyle

Norway’s Oystein Braaten used a 95.00-point opening run to win the men’s freestyle skiing slopestyle on Sunday.The near-flawless opener, capped by massive back-to-back switch double ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 9: Japan strikes gold on the ice

Japan acquired its first gold of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as skating superstar Yuzuru Hanyu turned in a virtually flawless performance for the free skate ...

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Japanese curlers earn convincing victory over U.S.

Japan cruised to its third win of the men’s curling round robin with a resounding 8-2 victory over the United States on Sunday at the ...

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Self-proclaimed ‘icon’ Adam Rippon leaves mark on Pyeongchang Olympics

Adam Rippon put his hands over his face and let the cheers wash over. He waved and smiled, and when the crowd kept clapping, he ...

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Ilya Kovalchuk remains sharp despite years away from NHL

Ilya Kovalchuk may have been out of the NHL for almost five years, but he remains an impressive player.The former New Jersey Devils wing and ...

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Japanese women beat OAR to stay on track for curling semis

The Japanese women’s curling team beat the Olympic Athletes from Russia 10-5 on Saturday, bouncing back after a 7-6 loss to China, their first defeat ...

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No medals for Japan in large hill jump; Noriaki Kasai eliminated in first round

Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi, Taku Takeuchi and Junshiro Kobayashi were unable to medal in the men’s large hill jump on Saturday night at the Alpensia Ski ...

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Kamil Stoch defends large hill title

Kamil Stoch retained his large hill ski jump title with a dominant display on Saturday to become Poland’s most successful Winter Olympic athlete.With the final ...

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Nao Kodaira, Lee Sang-hwa await showdown in women’s 500 meters

Nao Kodaira will look to emulate men’s figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu when she takes her second crack at a sprint gold medal in the ...

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Skeleton racer Lizzy Yarnold grabs Britain’s first gold

Lizzy Yarnold retained her Olympic skeleton title and secured Britain’s first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Games on Saturday, as teammate Laura Deas took bronze.Yarnold ...

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With no NHL players, more mistakes and goals at Olympics

Hockey is a game of mistakes and it’s on display in fine form at the Olympics.It doesn’t look beautiful, of course, with players all outside ...

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Samuel Girard triumphs in men’s 1,000-meter short-track speedskating competition; Choi Min-jeong wins women’s 1,500

Samuel Girard of Canada has won Olympic gold in the 1,000-meter short-track speedskating on Saturday at the Pyeongchang Games.John-Henry Krueger of the U.S. earned silver ...

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Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzmina claims biathlon gold after pair of runner-up finishes in Pyeongchang

After two silver medals, Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzmina finally found gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics.Kuzmina hit 19 of 20 targets and won the women’s 12.5-kilometer mass ...

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Norovirus cases now at 261: officials

Pyeongchang Olympics organizers say the total number of norovirus cases has increased to 261 with the detection of 17 more.Of those, 44 people are still ...

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Norwegian Marit Bjoergen equals Winter Olympics medals record

Marit Bjoergen skied a triumphant final leg to write her name in the Olympic record books, delivering gold for Norway in the women’s 4×5-km relay ...

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Switzerland’s Pius Suter notches hat trick in rout of South Korea

Pius Suter scored a hat trick as Switzerland overpowered the South Korea men’s ice hockey team 8-0 on Saturday to claim its first win of ...

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China hands Japan women’s curling squad first loss

The Japan women’s curling team suffered its first loss of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Saturday, the foursome letting an early lead slip from its fingers ...

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Painting the Olympics — with a dash of vodka

The opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang Olympics was so cold that artist Marc Ahr used vodka to stop his paint freezing and when his brush ...

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OAR women move on to semifinals

The Olympic Athletes from Russia trounced Switzerland 6-2 in an entertaining clash at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Saturday to book a spot in the ...

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Czech Republic beats Canada in shootout

The Czech Republic beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday in a back-and-forth preliminary game in the men’s Olympic ice hockey tournament.Petr Koukal and ...

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Nearly 93 percent of tickets sold: IOC

Olympics organizers say they’ve sold almost 93 percent of tickets for the games and aren’t entirely sure why there are so many empty seats visible ...

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Sarah Hoefflin soars to slopestyle gold

The Olympics were never part of Sarah Hoefflin’s plan.The goal when she entered university in Cardiff, England, a decade ago was to become a doctor. ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno’s Olympic performances light up Tokyo

Pyeongchang is 1,000 km away from Tokyo.But fans in Japan erupted into wild cheers of joy at the same moment that Japanese skaters took the ...

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Who to watch on Sunday, Day 10 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

8:56 p.m., Speedskating, women’s 500 meters: After winning a silver medal in Wednesday’s 1,000 meters, Nao Kodaira, Japan’s ace speedskater, will attempt to become the first ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 8: The return of the Ice Prince

Figure skating took center stage Thursday during the men’s short program. Yuzuru Hanyu, who won the gold medal at the Sochi Games in 2014, gave ...

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Ryoyu Kobayashi places third in large jump qualifier

Ryoyu Kobayashi placed third in the qualifying round of the men’s large hill jump at the Alpensia SkiJumping Centre on Friday night to clinch a ...

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Switzerland bests Japan’s men’s curling team

Japan fell to its second defeat in a row, a 6-5 loss to Switzerland, in men’s curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Friday.Switzerland took ...

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Robert Johansson leads large hill qualifying; Noriaki Kasai places 22nd

Robert Johansson carried his hot form into the men’s large hill ski jumping final at the Pyeongchang Olympics.The mustachioed Norwegian, with his trademark red handlebar ...

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Esmee Visser wins women’s 5,000 as Dutch claim more speedskating gold

Esmee Visser continued the Netherlands’ unrivaled run in Pyeongchang Olympic speed skating Friday, winning the 5,000-meter gold medal, her country’s sixth at Gangneung Oval at ...

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Hanna Huskova soars to gold in women’s aerials

Hanna Huskova survived the tricky wind at Phoenix Snow Park to give Belarus a second straight Olympic gold medal in women’s aerials.The 25-year-old Huskova narrowly ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu enters Pyeongchang free skate mindful of mistakes made in Sochi

Mindful of his error-riddled free skate at the Sochi Olympics, defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu refuses to get carried away after winning the men’s figure ...

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Olympic Athletes from Russia rout Slovenia

The Olympic Athletes from Russia are looking more like the gold-medal favorites everyone expected them to be.Minnesota Wild prospect Kirill Kaprizov scored a hat trick ...

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‘Super Dario’ pulls off three-peat in cross-country 15K free

Switzerland’s Dario Cologna has solidified his legacy as one of the best distance cross-country skiers of all time.Cologna, known throughout his sport as “Super Dario,” ...

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Who to watch on Saturday, Day 9 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

9:05 a.m. Curling, women’s preliminary round: Entering the fourth day of the preliminary round, Japan will face China and the Olympic Athletes from Russia. Japan, ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu charms audiences at Tokyo public viewings

Over 200 figure skating fans watched Yuzuru Hanyu’s bid for Olympic immortality on Friday at NHK Fureai Hall in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, which was hosting ...

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Frida Hansdotter takes slalom gold as meek Mikaela Shiffrin finishes fourth

Frida Hansdotter held off the conservative-skiing Mikaela Shiffrin and the rest of a tightly bunched field to win the Olympic slalom title Friday at the ...

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Bittersweet Valentine’s gift fires Noriaki Kasai up for large hill

Noriaki Kasai had a bittersweet Valentine’s Day.On Wednesday, teammate Yuki Ito, who finished out of the medals in ninth in the Pyeongchang Olympics women’s ski ...

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Ted-Jan Bloemen eclipses Jorrit Bergsma’s minutes-old Olympic record, captures 10,000-meter gold

Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen captured the gold medal in the men’s 10,000 meters speedskating at Gangneung Oval on Thursday night in Olympic record time.Bloemen, the world ...

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Germany collects gold in team relay

Germany has capped the luge portion of the Pyeongchang Olympics in style, winning gold in the team relay.And it was a history-making win for Natalie ...

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North Korean cheerleaders attend South Korea-Czech Republic men’s match

North Korea’s cheerleading squad made an unexpected appearance at the South Korean men’s hockey game against the Czech Republic on Thursday, marking its first attendance ...

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Swiss couple cycle 17,000 kilometers to watch son compete in freestyle skiing

A year and 17,000 kilometers later, a Swiss couple arrived in Pyeongchang this week to watch their son compete in the Winter Olympics.The father and ...

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Canada women notch pair of second-period goals to down archrival U.S.

Meghan Agosta and Sara Nurse each scored in the second period and defending Olympic champion Canada clinched the top spot in pool play by edging ...

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Shaun White apologizes for comments on sexual misconduct lawsuit

Shaun White has apologized after dismissing the sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as “gossip” shortly after winning his third Olympic ...

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Unheralded Swedish sharpshooter Hanna Oeberg takes shock biathlon gold

Sweden’s Hanna Oeberg made all 20 shots to pull off a shock victory in the women’s Olympic 15-km individual biathlon on Thursday, holding off Germany’s ...

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Who to watch on Friday, Day 8 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m. Figure skating, men’s short program: Defending Olympic champion and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu takes part in his first competition since he injured his ...

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Discovery bets on Olympic Games to break European language barrier

Inside a hulking five-story building at the Winter Olympics, TV production crews are working with video in 21 languages, all part of a plan by ...

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Yun Sungbin on track for South Korea’s first Olympic sliding medal

Yun Sungbin has spent thousands of hours at the sliding track his nation built for the Pyeongchang Olympics, studying every nuance and scrutinizing every inch.He ...

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Hirano, White consider runs at skateboarding gold in 2020

A day after claiming his second straight Winter Olympic halfpipe silver medal, teenage snowboarder Ayumu Hirano said Thursday he is considering a bid to compete ...

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Ragnhild Haga zooms to victory in women’s cross-country 10-km freestyle race

A stunning second lap by Norway’s Ragnhild Haga propelled her to Olympic gold in the women’s cross-country 10-km freestyle race in a time of 25 ...

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Upbeat Yuzuru Hanyu gears up for short program

Yuzuru Hanyu went through his next-to-last training session on Thursday afternoon at the practice rink beneath Gangneung Ice Arena and pronounced himself ready for the ...

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Pierre Vaultier defends men’s snowboard cross title

Pierre Vaultier of France is back atop the Olympic podium in men’s snowboard cross.Vaultier defended the title he won at the Sochi Games four years ...

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Mikaela Shiffrin lives up to top billing in giant slalom

Mikaela Shiffrin placed her right glove over her heart soon after crossing the finish line, her mouth slightly agape in astonishment.Indeed, that really did happen. ...

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Nao Kodaira looks ahead to 500 after missing out on gold in 1,000

Japanese ace Nao Kodaira insists her silver-medal winning performance in the women’s 1,000 meters on Wednesday night has put her in good stead for her ...

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Germans defend men’s doubles luge title

Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won their second consecutive Olympic doubles luge gold medal, prevailing in a bit of a surprise at the Pyeongchang ...

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Fans advised to seek shelter from strong winds at Olympic Park

Organizers temporarily shut shops in Olympic Park in Gangneung and advised spectators to seek shelter indoors due to strong winds on Wednesday afternoon at the ...

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From Russia with love: OAR skier weds skeleton racer not invited to Winter Games

Russian freestyle skier Semen Denshchikov on Wednesday married a skeleton racer who was not invited to compete in Pyeongchang in a Valentine’s Day ceremony meant ...

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Nao Kodaira, Miho Takagi collect silver, bronze in women’s 1,000

Dutch skater Jorien ter Mors bounced back spectacularly from an injury-plagued season by claiming a gold medal in the Olympic women’s 1,000 meters at the ...

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Who to watch on Thursday, Day 7 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10:15 a.m., Figure skating, pairs, free: The duo of Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara look to avenge their mistake-marred performance in the team competition earlier ...

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Smile Japan records first-ever Olympic victory by trouncing combined Korea squad

Smile Japan scored a historic victory with a 4-1 triumph over Korea on Wednesday in their final Group B preliminary-round game at Kwandong Hockey Centre.Japan ...

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Akito Watabe earns second consecutive Nordic combined silver medal

Eric Frenzel of Germany survived a thrilling last lap to successfully defend the Olympic title he won in Sochi, taking the gold medal in the ...

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Finland’s knitting passion is latest Pyeongchang yarn

Yarns, stitches, loops and purls, instead of spins, flips and slides … the Finnish team in Pyeongchang is using the soothing effects of knitting when ...

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Japan women make winning start in curling

Japan jumped out to an early lead with a two-point steal in the first end and never looked back, winning its women’s curling preliminary match ...

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Oompah band Kleintje Pils enjoys Olympic spotlight

Next stop is Tokyo in 2020 for the oompah band Kleintje Pils, aka “the Dutch giants on clogs” at the Pyeongchang Games.It will be full ...

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Wind plays havoc with Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for glory

The start of Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for multiple medals at the 2018 Olympics was delayed yet again when the women’s slalom was postponed from Wednesday ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu participates in 40-minute practice

Yuzuru Hanyu on Wednesday went through his third official practice since arriving for the Pyeongchang Games.The superstar took the ice in the practice rink underneath ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 5: Surprises and stiff competition

Team Japan’s speedskaters suffered another unexpected blow Tuesday after it was announced that Kei Saito had withdrawn from competition after testing positive for a banned ...

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Frontale, Reysol lose Asian Champions League openers

Japan’s clubs had a poor opening to the 2018 Asian Champions League on Tuesday, when Kawasaki Frontale and Kashiwa Reysol both tasted defeat in their ...

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Shohei Ohtani reports to Angels

Shohei Ohtani came onto the field with a bat in his hand after taking some swings in the cage, on his way to throw some ...

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Yu Darvish finalizes $126 million, six-year deal with Cubs

When Yu Darvish met with Theo Epstein and other Chicago Cubs’ officials last December in the Dallas area, the pitcher liked what he heard.“The Cubs ...

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Natalie Geisenberger retains Olympic luge title

Natalie Geisenberger refuses to call herself the best women’s luge athlete ever.The history books may do it for her. Germany has yet another Olympic gold ...

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Norway’s Johannes Hoesfolt Klaebo triumphs in men’s sprint classic

Johannes Hoesfolt Klaebo powered to a stunning victory in the men’s sprint classic on Tuesday to claim another cross-country gold medal for Norway with a ...

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Dutch dominance continues on speedskating oval

Four races, four gold medals for the Dutch speedskaters at the Olympic Oval.Kjeld Nuis earned the latest on Tuesday, setting off at a blistering pace ...

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Canadian curlers overpower Switzerland to capture first mixed doubles crown

Canada was crowned the first Olympics mixed-doubles curling champion on Tuesday claiming gold with a 10-3 blowout win over world champion Switzerland.The victory placed John ...

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OAR tops Norway for mixed doubles curling bronze

Despite a highly unusual tumble on the ice, a team of Russian athletes roared back to win the bronze medal in mixed doubles curling by ...

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Nao Kodaira honed skills, developed mean streak while living in Netherlands

Nicknamed the “Angry Cat” for her posture and a mean streak developed during two seasons honing her skills in the Netherlands, Nao Kodaira has sharpened ...

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Canada trounces Finland, remains unbeaten

The Canadians are playing on their favorite stage at the Olympics, and their top line of captain Marie-Philip Poulin, Megan Agosta and Melodie Daoust is ...

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Japan Skating Federation doing an inadequate job of finding, developing pairs and ice dance prospects

The more things change, the more they stay the same.Or so it seems. Japan finished a distant fifth, again, in the team skating event on ...

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Who to watch on Wednesday, Day 6 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m. Figure skating, pairs short program: The pair of Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara will compete. Kihara competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, pairing ...

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Mirai Nagasu’s story won’t end with triple axel

The wonderful thing about the inspiring — shall we call it Olympian? — story of Mirai Nagasu is that it’s not over.Not even close. Nagasu ...

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Spanish star Javier Fernandez says he’s confident, ready for Olympic competition

After Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez won his sixth consecutive European title last month, he knew he still had work to do for a chance ...

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Ayumu Hirano, Shaun White easily qualify for men’s halfpipe final

U.S. snowboard great Shaun White began his bid for a third Olympic gold in convincing style, easily separating himself at the top of qualifying for ...

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Veteran goalie Ryan Zapolski named starter for U.S. opener against Slovenia

Ryan Zapolski will start in goal for the U.S. men’s hockey team in its opener against Slovenia on Wednesday.USA Hockey announced the decision Tuesday, removing ...

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Marcel Hirscher finally adds Olympic gold to resume

One of the greatest skiers of all time is finally an Olympic champion.Marcel Hirscher, a six-time overall World Cup champion, won the men’s combined at ...

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U.S. sensation Chloe Kim soars to gold medal with dominant performance in women’s halfpipe final

Chloe Kim’s coronation is complete.The 17-year-old from Torrance, California, dominated the Olympic women’s halfpipe snowboarding final on Tuesday, soaring to a gold medal four years ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu ready to give ‘dream performance’ at Pyeongchang Olympics

Yuzuru Hanyu went through a 40-minute practice on the main rink at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Tuesday morning and then met the media afterward ...

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Miho Takagi’s coach praises performance in 1,500-meter race

Miho Takagi was unable to conceal her disappointment at missing out on the women’s 1,500-meter speedskating gold medal, but her Dutch coach Johan de Wit ...

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Speedskater Kei Saito fails doping test at Pyeongchang Olympics

Kei Saito, a member of the Japanese short track speedskating team at the Pyeongchang Olympics, has failed a drug test, multiple sources told Kyodo News ...

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Four years later, Sara Takanashi lands Olympic medal

Sara Takanashi exorcised the ghost of Sochi with a bronze medal in the normal hill jump at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on Monday night.The 21-year-old ...

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Ireen Wust shocks Miho Takagi to take women’s 1,500

Heavy favorite Miho Takagi of Japan was beaten Monday by Ireen Wust in the women’s 1,500 meter speed skating, the Dutchwoman reclaiming the gold she ...

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Freestyle skier Daichi Hara wins Japan’s first medal of Pyeongchang Olympics

Daichi Hara won Japan’s first medal of the Pyegongchang Olympics on Monday when he took bronze in the men’s moguls. The 20-year-old Hara was beaten ...

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Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier claims biathlon double

Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier beat the opposition and freezing conditions to claim her second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics in the biathlon pursuit on Monday, ...

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Switzerland all but ends Japan’s hopes of women’s ice hockey medal

Japan fought hard but was unable to overcome Switzerland in the women’s ice hockey competition on Monday, falling 3-1 in its second preliminary round match ...

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What to watch for on Day 5 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m. Snowboard, women’s halfpipe final: Haruna Matsumoto and Sena Tomita have advanced to the final. Matsumoto placed third in Monday’s heat with 84.25 points ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu has first practice since arriving at Pyeongchang Olympics

The real highlight of the skating day on Monday came not during the team event upstairs in the Gangneung Ice Arena, but downstairs in the ...

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Japan takes fifth in team event as Canada secures gold

Japan settled for fifth place in the figure skating team event on Monday at Gangneung Ice Arena with a final score of 50 points.Canada (73) ...

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Jamie Anderson makes Olympic history with successful defense of slopestyle crown

Jamie Anderson of the United States defended her Olympic snowboarding title in convincing fashion, winning the women’s slopestyle event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on ...

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Pyeongchang biathlon no honeymoon for Japan’s Tachizaki husband and wife duo

Pyeongchang was supposed to be about the joy and excitement of the Olympic Games for Japanese biathlete Mikito Tachizaki.The 29-year-old was poised to share his ...

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North Korea’s skiing coach honored to participate in Olympics

North Korea’s Alpine skiing coach says it’s an “honor” to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics, though he doesn’t expect much from any of his three ...

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David Gleirscher ends Felix Loch’s reign in men’s luge

David Gleirscher struggled to make Austria’s Olympic team. Chris Mazdzer’s season hit rock-bottom less than a month ago.Didn’t matter. They stood higher than anyone else ...

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Perrine Laffont uses experience to capture France’s first gold in women’s moguls

The practice round came four years ago in Sochi for Perrine Laffont, when she was old enough to make the Olympics, but too young to ...

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NBC apologizes to South Koreans for analyst’s Japan comments

NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that cited Japan as an example that has been important to the ...

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Dutchman Sven Kramer bags speedskating gold; Japanese duo far back but win pairing

The Netherlands’ Sven Kramer skated to his third consecutive men’s 5,000-meter Olympic gold at the Pyeongchang Games on Sunday, further confirming his place among the ...

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U.S. hockey women rally to beat Finland in opener

Goaltender Noora Raty saw Hilary Knight with the puck on her stick and moved to defend against the dangerous American.Knight passed the puck, Kendall Coyne ...

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Simen Hegstad Krueger leads Norwegian sweep of men’s skiathlon

Simen Hegstad Krueger got a surprise gold medal on Sunday and Norway claimed the first-ever Olympic skiathlon podium sweep after dominating the men’s cross-country event ...

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Speedskater Sven Kramer wins third straight Olympic gold in 5,000 meters

There is just no stopping Sven Kramer over 5,000 meters at the Olympics.The Dutch speedskater won his third straight gold medal in the distance at ...

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Miho Takagi shrugs off disappointment to target 1,500 gold

Miho Takagi has put the disappointment of her result in the women’s speedskating 3,000 meters behind her as she bids for a gold medal as ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu arrives in Pyeongchang for Olympic defense

Yuzuru Hanyu swept into Pyeongchang to defend his Olympic crown on Sunday, promising to hit peak condition in his quest for a historic double.The 23-year-old ...

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Men’s downhill postponed until Thursday due to wind

Fierce wind forced the Olympic men’s downhill to be postponed Sunday, moving the marquee race from its traditional place opening the Alpine program.The first race ...

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Chan out to satisfy Canada’s thirst for figure skating glory

Patrick Chan is the king of Canada when it comes to national championships with a record 10.When it comes to chasing men’s Olympic gold, success ...

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U.S. teenager Red Gerard captures slopestyle gold

Red Gerard and his brothers built their own snowboarding features park in the backyard of their Colorado home as kids, one that provided them a ...

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Japan advances in team competition

Japan is in fifth place with 32 points heading into the final day of the figure skating team event following the pairs free skate on ...

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Russian medalist Semen Elistratov served drug suspension

Russian athletes are a “major focus” for anti-doping tests, a senior Olympic official said on Sunday, as it emerged that the first Russian medalist in ...

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Norwegian ski jumper wins admiration for magnificent mustache

Norway’s Robert Johansson soared through sub-zero winds to win ski-jumping bronze at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Saturday, but most of the talk afterwards focused ...

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Combined Korean hockey team makes historic debut

The moment was too important to be overshadowed by a loss.No matter the final score. The Korean women’s hockey team, the first in Olympic history ...

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Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 2: And the first medal of the games goes to . . .

Germany and the Netherlands zoomed to the top of the medal leaderboard, with cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla taking the first gold of the 2018 Winter ...

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Noriaki Kasai fails to medal in men’s normal hill; Andreas Wellinger leaps to gold

The Japan trio of Ryoyu Kobayashi, Noriaki Kasai and Daiki Ito failed to medal in the men’s normal hill jump on Saturday night at the ...

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Noriaki Kasai upstaged by Ryoyu Kobayashi on normal hill; Andreas Wellinger takes gold

The Japan trio of Ryoyu Kobayashi, Noriaki Kasai and Daiki Ito failed to medal in the men’s normal hill jump on Saturday night at the ...

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Yu Darvish agrees to six-year, $126 million deal with Cubs

The winter-long dance is over. Yu Darvish is joining the Chicago Cubs.Darvish has agreed to a $126 million, six-year contract with Chicago, giving the Cubs ...

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Yu Darvish agrees to six-year, $126 million deal with Cubs

The winter-long dance is over. Yu Darvish is joining the Chicago Cubs.Darvish has agreed to a $126 million, six-year contract with Chicago, giving the Cubs ...

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Sara Takanashi inspired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Sara Takanashi found inspiration for the Pyeongchang Olympics from an unlikely source — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Takanashi, vying for her first Olympic medal in women’s ...

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Dutch women earn sweep in 3,000 meters

Miho Takagi was unable to keep pace after a decent start and finished fifth in the women’s 3,000 meters at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Saturday.Aiming ...

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Lim Hyo-jun captures South Korea’s first gold medal

Lim Hyo-jun has given the host country its first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.The South Korean crossed the line first in the men’s ...

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Short-track speedskater Choe Un Song, North Korea’s first Pyeongchang competitor, eliminated in 1,500-meter heats

North Korea’s first competitor at the Pyeongchang Olympics got a big cheer at short-track speedskating Saturday but failed to qualify for a shot at the ...

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Meet Sabrina Simader, Kenya’s lone Pyeongchang Olympian

Sabrina Simader said it was a “dream come true” to be at the Winter Olympics as the first female alpine skier for Kenya.Simader, 19, has ...

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Sweden scores decisive goal in third period against Smile Japan in tournament opener

Smile Japan suffered a 2-1 defeat to Sweden in their opening Group B preliminary-round match at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Saturday night.Japan fell behind ...

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Charlotte Kalla wins first gold of Pyeongchang Games

The Pyeongchang Games got off to a historic start on Saturday.Charlotte Kalla of Sweden won the first gold medal of the games and Norwegian cross-country ...

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Organizers look into possible cyberattack

Pyeongchang Olympic organizers are investigating a possible attack on their internet and Wi-Fi systems that took place about 45 minutes before the opening ceremony.Organizing committee ...

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Norway, Canada dominate slopestyle qualification

Norwegian and Canadian teams dominated qualification for the men’s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday with both nations having all four of their athletes qualify for ...

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Cerezo down Frontale in season-opening Super Cup

Emperor’s Cup holders Cerezo Osaka opened the season on a winning note Saturday, defeating reigning J. League champions Kawasaki Frontale 3-2 in the Fuji Xerox ...

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Tongan goes topless again at Olympics

Tongan cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua stole the show at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony Friday when he entered the stadium bare-chested again, despite icy ...

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Austria’s Matthias Mayer aims for historic defense of downhill title

Austria’s Matthias Mayer will attempt to go where no man has gone before on Sunday when he defends his Olympic downhill title in what looks ...

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American speedskater Shani Davis skips opening ceremony after losing coin toss to carry U.S. flag

Speedskater Shani Davis didn’t attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics after losing a coin flip to carry the U.S. flag and lead American ...

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Spirited opening ceremony marks official start of Pyeongchang Olympics

A ray of light shone and a bell rang out to pronounce the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.All eyes settled ...

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Miho Takagi keeping focus on pursuit of 3,000-meter speedskating gold

Long-distance specialist Miho Takagi will be looking to make more Japanese speedskating history on Saturday when she lines up for the women’s 3,000 meters, the ...

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Freestyle skier Nobuyuki Nishi apologizes for wearing hat with military design

Freestyle skier Nobuyuki Nishi revealed Friday that he has apologized for wearing a hat with a design resembling a controversial Japanese wartime flag at the ...

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Cavaliers revamp roster before trade deadline

Once summer rolls around, LeBron James stars on a different stage.All eyes in the NBA and across the sports world will focus on James during ...

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Ikuma Horishima leads Japanese duo into men’s moguls final

Ikuma Horishima led a strong showing by the Japanese team during the first qualifying session for the men’s moguls final at the Pyeongchang Olympics.Horishima qualified ...

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Like clockwork, Swiss pair delivers perfection on ice

In a sport known for its politeness, the sight of American curlers Matt and Becca Hamilton banging their brooms against the Olympic ice in frustration ...

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American teen Casey Larson becomes 100,000th male Olympian, historian says

Making his Olympic debut at the age of 19, American ski jumper Casey Larson never figured he would be making any historic records at the ...

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U.S. bobsledders pay emotional tribute to late teammate Steven Holcomb

United States bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s untimely death last year shocked the fraternity and brought them closer, members of the team said on Friday.Holcomb, 37, who ...

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U.S. bobsledders pay emotional tribute to late teammate Steven Holcomb

United States bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s untimely death last year shocked the fraternity and brought them closer, members of the team said on Friday.Holcomb, 37, who ...

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CAS dismisses all 47 Russian appeals

Sports’ highest court rejected appeals by all 45 Russian athletes plus two coaches who were banned from the Pyeongchang Olympics over doping concerns in a ...

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U.S. skater Adam Rippon doesn’t want spat with Mike Pence to become distraction

Adam Rippon doesn’t want his monthlong dispute with Mike Pence over the U.S. vice president’s record on gay rights to overshadow his long-awaited Olympic performance.Or ...

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Noriaki Kasai, three compatriots qualify for men’s normal hill jump finals

Ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai, competing in his eighth Winter Olympics, placed 20th in the qualifying round of the men’s normal hill jump on Thursday ...

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New third-party committee to investigate every Japan Sumo Association member

In response to successive scandals involving physical violence, the Japan Sumo Association announced Thursday that a third-party committee has convened and will question every member ...

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Bode Miller says Mikaela Shiffrin’s exceptional fitness will lead her back to Olympic glory

Mikaela Shiffrin’s results may have dipped slightly since he recently described her as the “best ski racer I’ve ever seen,” but former Olympic champion Bode ...

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Streaking Bruins overwhelm Rangers for 18th win in 23 games

The Boston Bruins have been winning every conceivable way recently. Against the sagging New York Rangers, they used stellar goaltending early and six straight goals ...

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WADA chief Craig Reedie placing faith in Tokyo to restore Olympics’ image

World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie cannot rule out the possibility of the Russian doping scandal carrying over to the 2020 Olympics but is counting ...

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Saori Yoshida still mulling competitive future

Three-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida said Wednesday she has not yet decided whether she will continue to compete and wants to weigh her options ...

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IOC to bar Olympic Athletes of Russia from celebrating with Russian flag

The International Olympic Committee will crack down on independent Russian athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, preventing them from celebrating with their national flag, IOC ...

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Nao Kodaira posts fastest time in 500-meter time trial

Nao Kodaira got a boost ahead of her bid for a double Olympic sprint gold when she posted the fastest women’s 500 meters at a ...

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Egyptian sumo wrestler Osunaarashi referred to prosecutors over car accident

Police referred Egyptian sumo wrestler Osunaarashi to prosecutors on Wednesday for allegedly driving without a license when his car collided with another in central Japan ...

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Magic stun reeling Cavs as Lebron James says he’s staying put

After another embarrassing defeat and two days before the trade deadline, LeBron James let it be known he’s not going anywhere, at least for now.“I’m ...

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Penguins beat Golden Knights to spoil Marc-Andre Fleury’s homecoming

It was an emotional night for the Pittsburgh Penguins and their beloved former goaltender, Marc-Andre Fleury.Fleury was back in the city where he started his ...

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Pyeongchang Games ready to welcome world

The competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics gets under way on Thursday with events in alpine skiing, biathlon, luge, curling and ski jumping, ahead of ...

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Japan arrives in Pyeongchang with high expectations

With figure skating golden boy Yuzuru Hanyu looking increasingly like his afflicted ankle can bear the weight of a nation’s hopes, Japan sees Pyeongchang Olympics ...

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Hanyu aiming to join immortals with second straight Olympic title

Japan’s most popular sport will be the focus of millions over the next two weeks at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, as superstar Yuzuru Hanyu attempts ...

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Josh McDaniels turns down Colts to remain with Patriots

Josh McDaniels has backed out of a deal to become the Indianapolis’ Colts new coach, a decision that shocked the franchise hours after it announced ...

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Metro government says Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic venue construction on schedule

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s construction of new permanent venues for the 2020 Olympics is currently on schedule, officials said Tuesday.TMG is building seven brand new ...

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Sapporo among eight cities starting 2026 bid talks with IOC

Three cities in the United States and Graz, Austria, are considering joining Sapporo and three others in the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, ...

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Norichika Aoki focused on winning in second stint with Swallows

Norichika Aoki says he is only thinking about victory for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, upon returning to the Central League ballclub after seven years in ...

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Contentious IOC meetings kick off with Dick Pound, Gerardo Werthein trading barbs

IOC president Thomas Bach called it “a lively and spirited debate.”That’s an understatement. With the Winter Olympics set to open in only three days, Bach ...

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Kanoa Igarashi named to Japan national surfing team for first time

Twenty-year-old surfer Kanoa Igarashi, a dual citizen of Japan and the United States, has been named to the Japan national team for the first time, ...

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Todd Frazier agrees to deal with Mets

A person familiar with the deal tells AP that free agent third baseman Todd Frazier and the New York Mets have agreed on a two-year ...

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Ekiden guru Susumu Hara calls for big changes to sport

With the remarkable achievements he’s accomplished in collegiate ekiden, including four Hakone titles, Susumu Hara could easily rest on his laurels.Instead, he’s chosen to voice ...

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Connor McDavid sparks Oilers with four goals in rout of Lightning

Connor McDavid scored four goals and added an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers knocked off the top team in the NHL, defeating the Tampa Bay ...

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World Series MVP George Springer, Astros finalize $24 million, two-year deal and avoid salary arbitration

World Series MVP George Springer and the Houston Astros avoided salary arbitration by agreeing Monday to a $24 million, two-year contract.Springer gets $12 million annually ...

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Russian athletes take appeal of Pyeongchang bans to CAS

Six-time Olympic gold medalist Viktor Ahn and three former NHL players are among 32 Russian athletes who filed appeals Tuesday seeking spots at the Pyeongchang ...

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Kasai heads to eighth games seeking gold

When a 19-year-old Noriaki Kasai competed at the Winter Olympics for the first time, Kiichi Miyazawa was Japanese Prime Minister, Bill Clinton was campaigning to ...

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Griffin leads Pistons past Trail Blazers

Stan Van Gundy worried over the weekend that the Detroit Pistons were becoming too reliant on Blake Griffin.That wasn’t a problem Monday night. Andre Drummond ...

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Jamaicans opt against racing in Japanese-made bobsleds

Jamaica’s national bobsled team has decided not to use bobsleds supplied by a group of craftsmen mainly in Tokyo’s Ota Ward, known as a shitamachi ...

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Lions hire Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia to revamp team

The Detroit Lions hired Matt Patricia on Monday, doubling down on the franchise’s hope it can copy the New England Patriots’ formula for success.The expected ...

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Patriots coach Bill Belichick declines to give reason for benching Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was no more forthcoming on Monday about his surprise benching of one-time Super Bowl star Malcolm Butler.Speaking on a ...

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Watford crushes 10-man Chelsea

Antonio Conte’s future as Chelsea manager was cast into further doubt when the struggling English Premier League champion was thrashed by Watford 4-1 on Monday.The ...

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Coach Brian Orser confirms Yuzuru Hanyu will skate in individual event in Pyeongchang

Yuzuru Hanyu will participate in the men’s figure skating individual event beginning Feb. 16 at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, his primary coach Brian Orser confirmed ...

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Kei Nishikori confident he is returning to full fitness

Former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori appears to be on his way to a full recovery from the wrist injury he suffered last August after ...

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Sports climbing gaining hold ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The Olympics have the power to turn obscure sports into much bigger attractions once they’ve been included on the program for the global sports extravaganza.So ...

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Nao Kodaira vows to win gold for late friend

Speedskating star Nao Kodaira has vowed to strike gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics as a tribute to her late friend and former teammate Miyako Sumiyoshi.Kodaira ...

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Eagles fly past Patriots to capture first Super Bowl title

Nick Foles threw the go-ahead 5-yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz with 2:21 to go and the Philadelphia Eagles won their first Super Bowl by ...

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England kicks off Six Nations title defense by routing Italy

Sam Simmonds showed he could be the answer to England’s problems at No. 8 in the defense of its Six Nations title with two tries ...

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Harry Kane secures draw for Tottenham with 100th Premier League goal

Harry Kane scored an injury-time penalty after missing from the spot late in normal time to rescue a 2-2 draw for Tottenham against Liverpool in ...

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Flyweight champ Daigo Higa ties national record for consecutive knockouts

Daigo Higa scored a first-round knockout of Mexico’s Moises Fuentes to win the second defense of his WBC flyweight title on Sunday.The 22-year-old Higa, improved ...

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Diamond Dolphins overturn big deficit to sink NeoPhoenix

The Nagoya Diamond Dolphins trailed by 20 points entering the second half of Sunday’s series finale.For Nagoya, it wasn’t time to push the panic button. ...

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Kaori Sakamoto looking to ride momentum at Pyeongchang Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto arrived in South Korea on Sunday, quietly confident she can ride her wave of momentum in the women’s figure skating competition at the ...

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Thomas Bach warns boxing could be knocked out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Boxing could be excluded from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if the sport’s worldwide governing body does not resolve problems ranging from governance to anti-doping issues, ...

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South Africa’s Desmond Mokgobu pips Hayato Sonoda to win Beppu-Oita Marathon

South Africa’s Desmond Mokgobu crossed the tape three seconds ahead of Japan’s top finisher Hayato Sonoda to win the Beppu-Oita Marathon on Sunday.Sonoda led the ...

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Italy sends Japan back to Davis Cup relegation playoffs

Fabio Fognini won his third match of the weekend to lift Italy into the Davis Cup semifinals at the expense of Japan on Sunday.Fognini, ranked ...

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Devils end Penguins’ four-game winning streak

Just when it looked like the New Jersey Devils were coming back to the pack in the Eastern Conference after a surprising start, they have ...

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SeaHorses star Kosuke Kanamaru drops 32 on Brex in series-opening victory

The SeaHorses Mikawa ran into a red-hot Tochigi Brex squad on Saturday afternoon.The reigning champion Brex, winners of seven in a row entering the series ...

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Kisenosato says he’s determined to regain form

Yokozuna Kisenosato said Saturday he is determined to regain his form after pulling out from five consecutive grand sumo tournaments due to injuries.“I will concentrate ...

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Italy outplays Japan in doubles, takes 2-1 edge in Davis Cup World Group first-round tie

Italy took a 2-1 advantage over Japan in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on Saturday, when Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini defeated Ben ...

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Akito Watabe extends Nordic combined World Cup winning streak to four

Akito Watabe won his fourth straight Nordic combined World Cup on Saturday, after sweeping the men’s event in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture.Watabe jumped 130.5 meters and ...

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Now or never for Dragons hurler Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka stepped into the bullpen for the first time during camp on Friday and threw 32 pitches in his still unfamiliar white No. 99 ...

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Anthony Davis powers Pelicans past Thunder

Anthony Davis set the New Orleans Pelicans’ career scoring record in style.The versatile 208-cm big man scored 43 points to help the Pelicans beat the ...

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Surging Penguins outscore Capitals

The Pittsburgh Penguins spent the first three months of the regular season looking tired, lethargic, blah.Then the calendar flipped to January and the urgency the ...

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Kei Nishikori books spot in ATP Challenger event final

Kei Nishikori defeated Taiwan’s Jason Jung in straight sets on Friday to advance to the final of the RBC Tennis Championships, an ATP Challenger Tour ...

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Yuzuru Hanyu won’t skate in Olympic team event

Yuzuru Hanyu will not participate in the men’s figure skating team event starting Feb. 9 at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, sources said Saturday.The Sochi Olympic ...

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Charles Oakley cleared of misdemeanor assault charges

Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley has officially been cleared of misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a scuffle with Madison Square Garden security guards ...

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Ozzie Newsome to serve as Browns GM for one more season

Ozzie Newsome’s reign as the only general manager in Baltimore Ravens history will come to an end after the 2018 season.Newsome signed a five-year extension ...

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Hideki Matsuyama exits Phoenix Open with thumb injury

Two-time defending champion Hideki Matsuyama withdrew on Friday from the Waste Management Phoenix Open due to an injury at the base of his left thumb.Matsuyama ...

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Striker Rafael Silva OKs move to China’s Wuhan Zall

Brazilian striker Rafael Silva has agreed to join Chinese second-division club Wuhan Zall after playing one season with the Urawa Reds, the J. League team ...

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Sepp Blatter claims he has new evidence to challenge six-year FIFA ban

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he has “new facts” and wants to re-open the financial misconduct case that led to his six-year ban.Blatter wrote ...

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Allister Coetzee done after two rocky years as Springboks coach

Allister Coetzee was forced out as South Africa rugby coach on Friday after two years in which the Springboks plummeted to never-before-seen depths.The departure was ...

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Yuichi Sugita holds off Andreas Seppi as Japan pulls level with Italy in Davis Cup World Group encounter

Local hero Yuichi Sugita dominated his fifth-set tiebreak to pull Japan even in its Davis Cup World Group first-round tie with Italy on Friday.At two ...

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Vissel Kobe selects Lukas Podolski as captain for upcoming season

Former Germany national team striker Lukas Podolski will take the reins as captain of Vissel Kobe this coming season, members of the J. League eam ...

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Bill Haas starts strong with a 7-under 64 at Phoenix Open

Bill Haas’ 9-iron landed to the right of the pin and spun left, settling 3 feet away for a birdie on the par-3 16th in ...

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B. League boosts Kumamoto recovery

Sometimes, the combined efforts of government officials, volunteers, local residents and sports leagues team up to produce a certifiable winner.Such was the case with the ...

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Kei Nishikori advances to semifinals at Dallas tournament

Kei Nishikori reached the semifinals of the RBC Tennis Championships on Thursday by beating Diminik Koepfer.Nishikori, who dropped to world No. 27 after a five-month ...

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Former XFL player Shinzo Yamada optimistic about relaunch

Former linebacker and defensive back Shinzo Yamada says that he is fond of the plan to relaunch the XFL, because it could serve as a ...

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Japan sports leaders not happy CAS overturned 28 doping bans

Japanese officials expressed unease after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday overturned lifetime Olympic bans on 28 Russian athletes.Eight days before the start ...

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Former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel retires

The No. 1 overall pick of the 2013 draft has walked away from baseball without every throwing a pitch in the major leagues.Mark Appel, a ...

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Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil agrees to new three-year deal

German playmaker Mesut Ozil ended speculation over his future at Arsenal by agreeing to a new three-year deal with the team on Thursday.Ozil’s previous deal ...

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Aaron Rodgers aims to follow Tom Brady’s path, continue playing at 40

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wants to take the same path as Tom Brady, still flinging footballs and chasing championships at age 40.He knows he might ...

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Pelicans acquire Nikola Mirotic from Bulls to add scoring punch

The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired forward Nikola Mirotic and a second-round draft pick from the Chicago Bulls for center Omer Asik, guards Jameer Nelson ...

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Vegas sets mark for most wins by first-year team

The Vegas Golden Knights have already made some NHL history. They’re far from finished with what they want to accomplish this season.David Perron scored 3:57 ...

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Patriots welcome Rob Gronkowski’s return

Eleven days after leaving the AFC Championship Game with a head injury, Rob Gronkowski was cleared from NFL concussion protocol on Thursday and practiced without ...

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CAS lifts doping bans on 28 Russians in controversial move

Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on the country into turmoil.The Court of Arbitration for ...

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Blake Griffin leads Pistons by Grizzlies in debut

Blake Griffin was Detroit’s best player in his debut with the Pistons.Griffin had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and although his new team is still ...

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DeMarcus Cousins undergoes surgery for ruptured Achilles tendon

The New Orleans Pelicans said Wednesday that All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins has had surgery to repair his ruptured left Achilles tendon.The club announced that the ...

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Kei Nishikori rallies past Matthias Bachinger in second round of RBC Tennis Championships

Kei Nishikori survived an early scare Wednesday to claim a come-from-behind victory over German Matthias Bachinger in the second round of the RBC Tennis Championships ...

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Hideki Matsuyama targets three-peat at Phoenix Open

Hideki Matsuyama will be looking to tie one of golf legend Arnold Palmer’s records this week when he goes for his third consecutive victory at ...

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Return to roots helps realize an Olympic dream

“She is the one I trust the most.”There is no higher praise for an athlete than to hear a comment like that from their coach ...

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Donte’ Hill hoping to return Iwate to respectability in second half of season

In the rapidly changing Japan pro basketball landscape, the Iwate Big Bulls’ run to the bj-league Final Four in 2015 is, well, ancient history.The team ...

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Fox, NFL finalize five-year deal for Thursday night games

Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games.Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of ...

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Sungoliath cut George Smith after alleged assault

Australian rugby legend George Smith will no longer play for Suntory Sungoliath after the club said Thursday it had canceled the player’s contract for his ...

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Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler, wife killed in car crash

Former NBA forward Rasual Butler and his wife were killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Los Angeles early Wednesday.The Range Rover crashed around 2:30 ...

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Yuto Nagatomo’s six-month loan to Galatasaray confirmed

Yuto Nagatomo’s six-month loan deal with Galatasaray was confirmed Wednesday by both the Turkish giant and the Italian club that owns his rights, Inter Milan.The ...

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Longtime MLB slugger Oscar Gamble passes away at age 68

Oscar Gamble, an outfielder who hit 200 home runs over 17 major league seasons and was famous during his playing days for an Afro that ...

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Justin Holl scores in debut as Leafs blank Islanders

Justin Holl walked into Air Canada Centre on his own a couple hours before Wednesday night’s game, with his minor league equipment bag and a ...

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Manchester City boosts lead as Man United, Chelsea lose

Manchester United and Chelsea couldn’t afford any slip-ups if they were to have even the slightest chance of catching Manchester City in the final months ...

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Goodell says NFL looking at revamp of current rulebook

Roger Goodell wants to see the mystery of the NFL’s catch rule solved, and he’s ensured that the process has begun.The commissioner said at his ...

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