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The International Olympic Committee on Thursday said it was seeking clarification from Russia over the jailing of a leading activist who criticised the environmental...
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Defending champions Germany and the United States are favourites in the Olympic two-man bobsleigh, but it’s rag-to-riches Jamaica, powered to Sochi by a global...
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Yevgeny Plushenko, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin bring their star powers to bear on the Winter Olympics on Thursday while veteran biathlete Ole Einar...
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Double Olympic gold medallist Yevgeny Plushenko, three-time world champion Patrick Chan, and Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu all have Winter Games history in...
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Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze shared women’s downhill gold in the first dead heat in Olympic skiing history as Russia took the figure skating...
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Kaitlyn Farrington upset three former Olympic champions to take women’s halfpipe snowboarding gold at the Sochi Games on Wednesday. The American had failed to...
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The Winter Olympics are jam-packed with daredevil feats that make for dramatic TV pictures. But at the Sochi Games an eye in the sky...
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The Netherlands won a fourth gold in five speedskating events at the Sochi Olympics on Wednesday when former world champion Stefan Groothuis claimed the...
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A leading Russian activist who campaigned against environmental damage caused by preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi was sentenced to three years in...
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President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party on Wednesday urged Russian school teachers to cut back on homework assignments so children could spend more time watching...