Sochi
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Sweden beat Germany 4-0 in Olympic women's hockey at Sochi
Hockey | Feb 11, 2014, 08:34 PM ISTSochi: Emma Nordin scored just one minute into the game and Cecilia Ostberg added a goal and an assist to give Sweden to a 4-0 victory over Germany on Tuesday and a likely spot in
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Canadian women win 2nd straight in Olympic curling at Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 03:11 PM ISTSochi: Canada is in a rush at the women's Olympic curling tournament. After requiring just seven of the 10 ends to crush China 9-2 on Monday, the Canadians secured a surprisingly easy 9-3 win over
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Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 01:06 PM ISTSochi, Russia: That drone you might have spotted hovering and zipping around the Sochi Olympic slopes isn't searching for terrorists or protesters hiding behind the fir trees. It's being used to transmit live video of
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Canada beats Finland 3-0 in Olympic women's hockey at Sochi
Hockey | Feb 11, 2014, 07:40 AM ISTSochi: Megan Agosta scored to break a scoreless tie in the third period, and Jayna Hefford and Rebecca Johnston added insurance goals to lead Canada to a 3-0 victory over Finland on Monday in the
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Ukraine wins first Winter Olympics medal in 8 years at Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 10, 2014, 08:27 PM ISTSochi: Ukraine on Monday afternoon stood in the 17th position in the Sochi Winter Olympics after winning its first Winter Olympics medal since 2006 Sunday.Ukraine' s Vita Semerenko took bronze of the Sochi Games in
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Hoefl-Riesch wins 3rd Olympic gold in super-combined at Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 10, 2014, 10:36 PM ISTRussia: In Alpine skiing, there are speed specialists and there are technical specialists, and then there's Maria Hoefl-Riesch. As versatile as they come, the German is establishing herself as one of the very best ever
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Charles Hamelin wins gold for Canada in 1,500 short track at Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 10, 2014, 07:17 PM ISTSochi: Charles Hamelin of Canada won the 1,500-meter Olympic short track gold medal. Hamelin raised his arms in triumph after crossing the finish line Monday at the Iceberg Skating Palace. Han Tianyu of China took
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Russia clinches Olympic figure skating team event in Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 09, 2014, 10:50 PM ISTSochi: Russia won its first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics on Sunday, taking the new team figure skating event even before the ice dancers finished up. Evgeni Plushenko and Julia Lipnitskaia secured the gold
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Sochi's 1st gold: Kotsenburg of US wins slopestyle
Other Sports | Feb 08, 2014, 04:26 PM ISTKrasnaya Pplyana, Russia: Sage Kotsenburg of the United States won the first gold medal of the 2014 Olympics on Saturday, soaring to victory in the men's snowboarding slopestyle final. Kotsenburg had a score of 93.50
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Meet Hannah Teter, one of the hottest athletes in Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 08, 2014, 06:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 about to start , it's only appropriate that we take a look at some of the hottest female athletes who will be participating in this edition of
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Gay rights a non-issue for Asian leaders at Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 07, 2014, 04:38 PM ISTTokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Chinese counterpart appear not to be bothered by the international ruckus over Russia's law restricting gay rights. Unlike President Barack Obama, who pointedly declined to attend the
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UN chief denounces attacks on LGBT people
Other Sports | Feb 06, 2014, 02:46 PM ISTSochi, Russia: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned attacks and discrimination against homosexuals on Thursday, touching on the gay rights issue in Russia that has overshadowed preparations for the Sochi Olympics. In a speech to the
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USOC sponsor AT&T condemns Russia's anti-gay law
Other Sports | Feb 05, 2014, 04:47 PM ISTSochi, Russia: U.S. Olympic Committee sponsor AT&T has condemned a Russian law restricting gay-rights activity as Sochi prepares to host the Winter Olympics. The telecommunications giant said in a blog post that the law is
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Austrians get kidnap threats against Schild, Flock
Other Sports | Feb 04, 2014, 05:51 PM ISTVienna: The Austrian Olympic Committee says its Vienna office has received an anonymous letter from Russia containing a kidnap threat against Alpine skier Marlies Schild and skeleton pilot Janine Flock during the Sochi Games. AOC
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Sochi city hall orders killing of stray dogs
Other Sports | Feb 03, 2014, 06:16 PM ISTSochi, Russia: A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years told The Associated Press on Monday that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the
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Sochi set to welcome the world amid storm clouds
Other Sports | Jan 27, 2014, 03:19 PM ISTSeven years ago, Vladimir Putin traveled all the way to Guatemala to woo Olympic leaders with his grandiose vision: hosting the Winter Games in Russia's little-known Black Sea summer resort of Sochi. Putin's personal pitch
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Sochi still scrambling to sell Olympic tickets
Other Sports | Jan 21, 2014, 05:33 PM ISTLondon: What if they held an Olympics and nobody came? The situation isn't that bleak, of course, for the Sochi Games. Yet, with less than three weeks to go until the opening ceremony, hundreds of
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China speedskater champ Wang likely to miss Sochi
Other Sports | Jan 17, 2014, 05:20 PM ISTBeijing: Olympic speedskating champion Wang Meng, China's most decorated Winter Olympian, broke her ankle in training and will likely miss the Sochi Games. Wang collided with a teammate on a turn on Thursday, and underwent
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6 weeks to Sochi & 1st women's ski jumping event
Other Sports | Dec 26, 2013, 12:22 PM ISTWhile world champion Sarah Hendrickson continues rehabilitation from a knee injury and still hopes to compete at Sochi, a precocious Japanese flyer has emerged as the gold medal favorite when women's ski jumping makes its
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Vonn ready for Sochi,finishes 5th behind Gut
Other Sports | Dec 09, 2013, 12:02 PM ISTLake Louise, Alberta: After a fifth-place finish in a World Cup super-G, her third race in three days, Lindsey Vonn used six simple words to sum up where things stand in her comeback from major