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Joe Launchbury, a 69-cap international, replaces the injured Lewis Ludlam in England's squad ahead of their Six Nations meeting with Italy on Sunday; Ludlam will be out for the next couple of weeks with…

Speedskater Casey Dawson completed an around-the-world dash to the Beijing Olympics to get to the starting line in time for the 1,500 metersBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports WriterFebruary 8, 2022, 1:41 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to…

BEIJING -- Maybe this “huge disappointment” — her words upon missing a gate early in the first Alpine race at the Beijing Olympics — will serve Mikaela Shiffrin well moving forward.Maybe, just maybe, after describing her approach to the…

Day four of competition was full of ups and downs for Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics, with another win in women’s hockey and close calls in multiple medal events. Here’s what you may have missed from the Olympics Monday night…

Jennifer Dodd and Bruce Mouat beaten 9-3 by Sweden's Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson for the bronze medal in curling mixed doubles; Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir grabs fifth place in freestyle skiing Big…

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic defended her Olympic snowboard parallel giant slalom titleBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports WriterFebruary 8, 2022, 8:21 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleZHANGJIAKOU, China -- Ester…

NBC’s Mike Tirico began Friday’s opening ceremony by saying, “just over six months ago in Tokyo, we said we were about to embark on an Olympics unlike any other. Now we’re about to top that.”In the case of ratings, though, topping that has…

BEIJING -- NHL players are not at the Olympics. NHL ice is, and that should make for better hockey.The Olympic tournament is taking place on 200-by-85-foot surfaces for the first time since the 2010 Vancouver Games, when Canada beat the…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Charlotte Hornets 116-101 on Monday night for their sixth straight win. Gary Trent Jr. scored 24 points, and Fred…

A skier performs a jump during a contest as part of the "DXB Snow Week" at the Ski Dubai indoor resort.KARIM SAHIB | AFP | Getty ImagesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Skiing in the desert might sound absurd, but in the heart of one of Dubai's…