Author: Graham Dunbar
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Lindsey Vonn airlifted after crashing in last downhill before Winter Games: ‘Olympic dream is not over’
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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed and injured her left knee on Friday in her final downhill race before the Olympics, but said she still hopes to recover in time for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. “This is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics… but if there’s one thing I know how…
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FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams’ most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185. It was a rare climbdown by the soccer body and its president Gianni Infantino after soaking up waves…
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Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup downhill at age 41 to start her Olympic season
The queen of downhill skiing is well and truly back. At age 41, still faster than the rest. Lindsey Vonn raced to a stunningly fast win in a World Cup downhill at St. Moritz on Friday to earn her first victory in nearly eight years — and the first in her comeback with titanium implants…
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Israel’s Olympic status not in question says IOC president Bach amid frustration with Russia
IOC president Thomas Bach confirms Israel faces no threat to its Olympic status ahead of the Paris Games despite the conflict in Gaza
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Grand Slam champ Simona Halep wins doping case on appeal and is cleared to resume tennis
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been cleared for an immediate return to tennis after sports’ highest court cut her ban for doping on appeal
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Bayern most at risk in Champions League as Real Madrid, Man City, PSG take leads into return games
The four European soccer powers that lead UEFA’s club rankings return to the Champions League round of 16 in midweek games with Bayern Munich looking the most out of form and at risk of a stunning elimination
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FIFA rules panel scraps plan for blue cards. Recipients would have gone to ‘sin bin’
There will be no blue cards shown in soccer
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Pogba has tough fight against 4-year ban judging by doping cases in soccer and for other stars
The four-year ban imposed on soccer star Paul Pogba in a doping case that could end his career has shocked the sport
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Mexico and FIFA go back to sports court in decade-long dispute over curbing soccer fans’ gay slurs
A decade-long dispute between the Mexican soccer federation and FIFA over multiple fines for fans chanting anti-gay slurs has gone to sport’s highest court
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UEFA details trend and risks of teams in multi-club owner groups in $28BN European soccer industry
UEFA says more than 300 soccer clubs are in ownership groups involving multiple teams