The Russian army officially entered Ukraine last night, while the global markets turned red, gold and oil broke the records of recent times. So, why did this political crisis between the two countries turn all markets from crypto to gold upside down?The long-standing tension between Russia and Ukraine has reached its peak in recent weeks … Read more
The United States finished fourth Sunday in Alpine skiing’s mixed team parallel at the Beijing Games, failing to clinch a medal but advancing further than they did four years ago. The American skiers were bested for bronze by Norway in a tiebreaker after both teams lost in the semifinals, which produced a Germany-Austria final. Austria … Read more
Four years ago, Japan and Great Britain’s women’s curling teams met up in the bronze medal game. This week, Great Britain came out ahead when they faced Japan for an even bigger medal. In 2018, Japan got the best of Great Britain in the 10th after skip Eve Muirhead made a mistake on the final … Read more
Eve Muirhead guided Great Britain to curling gold with a comprehensive win over Japan in the Olympic final. Twenty years after Rhona Martin’s famous victory in Salt Lake City, Muirhead needed no ‘Stone of Destiny’ drama to achieve her lifelong ambition of leading her Great Britain women’s curling team to glory. In her fourth Winter … Read more
Nico Porteous battled heavy wind gusts Saturday in the men’s freeski halfpipe final to capture New Zealand’s second-ever Olympic gold. Fellow 2018 medalists David Wise31, and Alex Ferreira27, of the US will take home the silver and bronze. Porteous, 20, the reigning world and two-time X Games champion stomped back-to-back double cork 1620s in both … Read more
After two stellar runs in the freeski halfpipe final, Eileen Gu claimed her second Olympic gold — and third medal of the Beijing Games — Friday. Gu, 18, was last to start, throwing down a score of 93.25 on her first run that would not be matched by the 11 other skiers in the field. … Read more
Canada’s women’s hockey team jumped to a 2-0 lead against their US rivals in the gold-medal game at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday. Canada’s Sarah Nurse scored the first goal to make it 1-0, after a previous goal by a different player was called back due to an offsides penalty. Later in the first period … Read more
US freeskier Alex Hall threw down a progressive run to capture slopestyle gold Wednesday at the 2022 Winter Olympics, while teammate Nick Goepper repeated his silver from PyeongChang for a third career Games medal. Alaska-born Hall, 23, capped off his first run with a right double cork 1080 into a 900 — the equivalent of … Read more
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will take to the ice Tuesday in search of her second gold medal a day after sport’s top court ruled she could continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics despite having tested positive for a banned substance before the Games. Before the positive test was reported last week, Valieva, 15, … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics† † Defending Olympic champion Japan has advanced to the final of women’s speedskating team pursuit. The trio of Ayana Sato and sisters Miho and Nana Takagi easily won their semifinal race against the Russian team. They advance to the gold medal race later Tuesday against … Read more