Olympics Articles
Sweden beats China in extra end, wins bronze
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Sweden tied the match on a measurement in the 10th end, then earned two points in an extra end Friday to beat China 6-4 in the men’s curling bronze medal match at the Sochi Olympics. It […]
Olympic Daily News – Friday, February 21st
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Jamie Benn supplied the lone goal of the contest at 1:41 of the second period, and Canada earned the right to defend its gold medal thanks to a 1-0 decision over Team USA in Friday’s semifinal […]
Canada’s Thompson, Serwa go 1-2 in skicross
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Marielle Thompson captured the women’s Olympic skicross event Friday over teammate Kelsey Serwa to keep the gold medal in Canadian hands. Thompson held off Serwa in the four-rider big final as the Canadians easily finished […]
German Olympic athlete fails doping test
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The German Olympic Committee confirmed on Friday that biathlete Evi Sachenbacher failed a doping test at the Sochi Games. The 33-year-old’s A and B sample tested positive for methylhexanamine and she was subsequently sent home from […]
U.S. and Canada meet with gold medal game on the line
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – A rematch of the 2010 gold medal men’s hockey game comes a round earlier, as the United States and Canada square off in the semifinals of the Sochi Olympics. Canada won the gold medal four years […]
Sweden battles Finland in 2006 gold medal rematch
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The first men’s hockey semifinal at the Sochi Olympics will have a Nordic flair, as Sweden takes on Finland. The Swedes rolled through Group C play at 3-0 and advanced to the semifinals with a 5-0 […]
Olympic Daily Preview – Friday, February 21st
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Medals will be handed out in seven events on the second and final Friday of the Sochi Olympics. Mikaela Shiffrin will go for gold in the women’s slalom event, as the 18-year- old American attempts to […]
Olympic Daily News – Thursday, February 20th
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova won women’s figure skating gold at the Sochi Olympics, edging South Korea’s Kim Yuna for the title on Thursday night. Sotnikova trailed the 2010 Olympic champion by just .28 points after the short […]
Canada rallies to beat U.S. for gold in OT thriller
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Even with a two-goal lead heading into the closing minutes of regulation, the United States still couldn’t find a way to beat Canada for Olympic gold. Canada claimed its fourth straight gold medal in women’s hockey, […]