Bruce Mouat's mum lifts lid on her Winter Olympic pride after silver medal-winning son named Team GB flag bearer at Closing Ceremony

Bruce Mouat's mum lifts lid on her Winter Olympic pride after silver medal-winning son named Team GB flag bearer at Closing Ceremony

Bruce Mouat’s mum has spoken of her pride as her son scored Team GB’s first Winter Olympic medal and was named flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony Mouat’s rink were edged out of gold by five-time world champion, Sweden’s Niklas Edin, in a tense and tactical final thriller. But hopes are already high the youngest … Read more

Curling star Drummond insists men's Olympic silver should be celebrated

Curling star Drummond insists men's Olympic silver should be celebrated

WINTER Olympic silver medalist Greg Drummond insists Team GB’s men’s curling silver is an achievement that needs to be celebrated after watching their nail-biting final at a special event in Edinburgh to celebrate the National Lottery players’ vital role in funding British athletes. Skip Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie couldn’t quite … Read more

Eve Muirhead ends long wait for Olympic gold as GB beat Japan in Beijing final

Eve Muirhead ends long wait for Olympic gold as GB beat Japan in Beijing final

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

Olympic Committee chief pushes back on China's political statements

Olympic Committee chief pushes back on China's political statements

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach pushed back Friday against statements made by a Chinese official in what appeared to be a rare public reproach of host China. Responding to a question about comments a spokeswoman for the Beijing Olympics made at a news conference Thursday, Bach said Olympic officials had not ignored the “problem” … Read more

Eileen Gu nabs second Olympic gold, as Canada takes silver, bronze in freeski halfpipe

Eileen Gu nabs second Olympic gold, as Canada takes silver, bronze in freeski halfpipe

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

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford delivers candid verdict on why Britain's bobsleigh crashed in Beijing

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford delivers candid verdict on why Britain's bobsleigh crashed in Beijing

Greg Rutherford questioned Brad Hall’s Olympic bobsleigh bottle after the dramatic high-speed crash that capped more British calamity in Beijing. Piloting Team GB’s two-man sled, Hall and brakeman Nick Gleeson overturned at 83mph on their third run to cross the finish line upside down, finish 11th and extend Britain’s miserable, medal-less run at these games. … Read more

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy proud to be part of LGBTQ community at Beijing Games

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy proud to be part of LGBTQ community at Beijing Games

When Gus Kenworthy competed at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 he was afraid that someone would find out that he is gay — fast-forward eight years and he is out and proud as are dozens of other athletes at the Beijing Games. The British-American freestyle skier, who won silver for the United States in Sochi … Read more

If history is any judge, this could be the last of Kamila Valieva on an Olympic stage

If history is any judge, this could be the last of Kamila Valieva on an Olympic stage

Crushing scenes of Kamila Valieva, in tears Thursday after a disastrous long program that took her out of medal contention, might be the last image Olympics fans will have of the talented Russian figure skater. At age 15, Valieva could already be on the downside of her career — doping scandal aside — as she … Read more

U.S. men’s curling secures Olympic semifinal spot with win over Denmark

U.S. men’s curling secures Olympic semifinal spot with win over Denmark

The US men’s curling team kept their heads steady and took a 7-5 win over Denmark to advance to the men’s curling playoffs at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. After they won the gold medal in 2018, the US men have reached the semifinals in back-to-back Olympic curling tournaments for the first time, joining the company … Read more

U.S., Canada meet again on Olympic ice with another gold medal on the line

U.S., Canada meet again on Olympic ice with another gold medal on the line

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