From Red Gerard advancing to the finals, to Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Walter Wallberg securing gold in their respective events, Day 2 of the Winter Olympics was filled with thrilling action on the slopes.
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Tahli Gill and her Australian mixed doubles curling teammate Dean Hewitt thought they were out of the Beijing Olympics after getting a devastating phone call that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Another call came a few hours later. They were back in. They barely had
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Dutch speed skater Patrick Roest set an Olympic record in the men’s 5000m at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. He was surpassed by Swedish skater Nils van der Poel and won the silver medal.
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN The so-called caliphate has lost its leader again. On the surface, the US commando raid in Syria that left ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi dead may look like a game-changer, but experts warn the resurgence of the group is likely to press on undeterred. “Thanks to the
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Georgia prosecutors proved Ahmaud Arbery’s killers guilty of murder. Now, lawyers for the federal government will try to prove they chased down the 25-year-old jogger because he was Black. That case may be tougher to make. Following jury selection, Assistant US Attorney Barbara Bernstein laid out the crux of her
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Get ready for a big day of Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics with broadcast and streaming info for the women’s giant slalom and men’s downhill.
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Sven Kramer of the Netherlands, the most decorated Olympic men’s speed skater of all time, raced in the final Winter Olympic 5000m event of his legendary career. The 35-year-old finished in ninth place.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Germany is back at another Olympics without NHL players hoping to go on another improbable run. Reaching the final in 2018 and coming away with a silver medal was the pinnacle of German hockey. The team in Beijing has 10 returning players from Pyeongchang. German players
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Su Yiming, 17, of China, two-time reigning Olympic bronze medalist Mark McMorris of Canada and December’s Laax Open winner Sean FitzSimons of the U.S. took the top three spots in men’s snowboard slopestyle qualifying.
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A Bend man was injured Saturday afternoon when his snow bike struck a tree near Kwohl Butte, south of Mt. Bachelor, and a satellite GPS monitoring device helped prompt a rescue effort and air ambulance flight to the hospital, authorities said.
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Australia’s Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt made history Sunday, defeating Switzerland for the country’s first Olympic curling win.
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In a turbulent men’s skiathlon with challenging conditions on the course, ROC’s cross-country skiers Alexander Bolshunov and Denis Spitsoz took the top two spots of the podium. Iivo Niskanen of Finland took bronze.Â
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It took an extra end, but in the end it was Canada coming away victorious in a mixed doubles curling win over the Czech Republic.
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American Jamie Anderson fell on her first and third runs and botched a Rodeo 540 attempt off “The Matrix” quarterpipe on her second to finish ninth overall, ending a two-Games gold streak in women’s snowboard slopestyle.
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Schools in Nepal are demanding the government open up physical classes that were shut down for weeks as the number of COVID-19 cases began to decline. Teachers say online education was limited to only a small part of the population living in the urban parts of
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Athletes from ROC and Finland come together on the podium after their top place finishes in the men’s cross-country skiathlon. Bolshunov and Spitsoz of ROC take the top two spots. Bolshunov wins his first Olympic gold.
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have cleared two areas in a southwestern province of separatist militants after they attacked two army camps. The attacks left nine soldiers dead and six others wounded. It says 20 militants were killed in intense, hourslong firefights and follow-up operations. The
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN The attorneys general of 13 states and Washington DC this week expressed support for a federal lawsuit by the Mexican government that accuses a group of American gun manufacturers of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to criminals in Mexico, fueling gun violence. In a brief filed in federal court in Massachusetts,
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It wasn’t the coldest February day, but dozens of hardy souls hit the Deschutes River at Riverbend Park for Saturday’s Special Olympics Oregon Polar Plunge.
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM and EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers Surfing great Kelly Slater won another contest just short of his 50th birthday. Slater defeated a rider less than half his age to win one of the sport’s iconic events, the Billabong Pro Pipeline near the renowned reef off of Oahu. Now that he’s on top,
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