By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue bent down and kissed the the ice where the Olympic rings were painted after skating to a bronze medal at the Beijing Games. The longtime American standard-bearers in ice dancing embraced after their free dance to Anne Sila’s “Drowning”
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The best player so far in the men’s hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics is also the youngest. Seventeen-year-old Slovakia forward Juraj Slafkovsky is tied with Sweden winger Lucas Wallmark for the tournament lead with four goals in four games. Only three players have more points
Continue ReadingBy FARES AKRAM Associated Press In the months since it mediated a cease-fire in Gaza last May, Egypt has sent crews to clear rubble and promised to build vast new apartment complexes. Egyptian flags and billboards praising President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi have sprung up across the Palestinian territory. After years of working mostly behind the scenes
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Goldman Sachs executive pocketed $35 million in “secret kickbacks” in the multibillion-dollar ransacking of a Malaysian state investment fund. Prosecutors said Monday that Roger Ng played a “crucial” role in the massive money laundering and bribery scheme that bankrolled lavish spending
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Goldman Sachs executive pocketed $35 million in “secret kickbacks” in the multibillion-dollar ransacking of a Malaysian state investment fund. Prosecutors said Monday that Roger Ng played a “crucial” role in the massive money laundering and bribery scheme that bankrolled lavish spending
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U.S.-born Eileen Gu of China had trouble 630’ing out off a rail on Run 1, then cleaned up with a switch 900, cab 720 and 900 Buick in Run 2, receiving her score of 79.38 while eating lunch to make the slopestyle final.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El equipo Fluff ganó el domingo la edición 18 del Puppy Bowl contra el equipo Ruff por un estrecho margen con un marcador final de 73-69 después de un enfrentamiento que duró tres horas. Los memes del show de medio tiempo con las estrellas del rap en el Super Bowl LVI El
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United States speed skater Erin Jackson won the women’s 500m gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. She then had a chance to celebrate with her family virtually during the post-race interview.
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USA’s Jamie Anderson, reigning silver medalist, had trouble landing a cab double underflip on Runs 1 (30.00) and 2 (29.50), then stomped a perfect FS double 1080 (89.75) in big air qualifying; she didn’t advance in 15th.
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USA’s Maggie Voisin went blindside 630 out off the last rail then rightside 540, switch 900 and left 720 to score a 72.78 on Run 1, qualifying fourth into the freeski slopestyle final; teammate Darian Stevens took 18th.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its ruling less than 12 hours after a hastily arranged hearing
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its ruling less than 12 hours after a hastily arranged hearing
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Estonian Kelly Sildaru issued an empathic statement on her second run of freeski slopestyle qualifying, pretzeling on the rails and upping all three of her Run 1 jumps with a 900 and two switch 1080s to score a 86.15.
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Defending women’s downhill gold medalist Sofia Goggia continued to impress in training, just three weeks after suffering a major knee injury.
Continue ReadingBy CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country. A blowout loss to the U.S. wasn’t shown on the country’s main sports channel and
Continue ReadingBy CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country. A blowout loss to the U.S. wasn’t shown on the country’s main sports channel and
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Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi (83.00/75.50), USA’s Jamie Anderson (30.00/89.75), New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (85.50/91.00) and Japan’s Kokomo Murase (85.00/86.00) took third, 15th, first and second in big air qualifying.
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Marie-Philip Poulin is arguably the top women’s hockey player in the world, and it’s not hard to see why after her dazzling backhand goal against Switzerland in the women’s semifinals.
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Canadian government is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time to address the impact of continued protests across the country over Covid-19 health measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday. The Emergencies Act can provide for the use of the military, but may not necessarily
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking emergency powers to weaken the protests by demonstrators who are paralyzing the capital city of Ottawa and blocking border crossings. The protests over over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions have been raging for more than two weeks.
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