Lausanne, Switzerland (SportsNetwork.com) – Nicklas Backstrom’s suspension for the gold medal hockey game at the Sochi Olympics was justified but the Swedish star will still receive a silver medal, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. The IOC disciplinary commission said […]
Lausanne, Switzerland (SportsNetwork.com) – Former Olympic cities Oslo and Beijing have formally submitted applications to host the 2022 Winter Games. Joining Oslo and Beijing as official applicant cities were Krakow, Poland; Almaty, Kazakhstan and Lviv, Ukraine. The five cities faced […]
Colorado Springs, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Olympic ice dancing champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White are skipping the world championships. The 2014 ISU World Figure Skating Championships will be held from March 24-30 in Saitama, Japan, and will go on without […]
Pretoria, South Africa (SportsNetwork.com) – The murder trial for South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius began Monday. Pistorius, the double-amputee runner, shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Feb. 14, 2013 in the bathroom of his home. He has […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – A Russian freestyle skier who suffered a broken back at the Sochi Olympics says she has no feeling below her navel. Maria Komissarova was injured Feb. 15 in a training crash as she prepared for the women’s skicross […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Cue up the Star-Spangled Banner, there are plenty of reasons for national pride. Only an outstanding late kick by host Russia kept the U.S. Olympic team from repeating as the overall medal winner at the Sochi Games. The […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The closing ceremony of the Sochi Games brought a flashy and tuneful end Sunday night to the most expensive Olympics in history. Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. Organizers poked a little fun […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Steve Yzerman has announced that he will not return as the executive director for Canada’s Olympic squad in 2018. The news came Sunday after Canada captured its second straight gold medal with a 3-0 victory over […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Cue up the Star-Spangled Banner, there are plenty of reasons for national pride. Only an outstanding late kick by host Russia kept the U.S. Olympic team from repeating as the overall medal winner at the Sochi Games. The […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Swedish hockey star Nicklas Backstrom missed Sunday’s gold medal game against Canada after testing positive for a banned substance found in allergy medication his NHL team said he has been taking intermittently for seven years. The […]