Petra Vlhova held off long-time rival Mikaela Shiffrin again to complete a double double in the Levi slalom on Sunday. Slovakia’s Vlhova repeated the feat from last year as she won both weekend races at the Finnish venue – and the full podium was ident…
Germany Olympic sprinter Burghardt to debut in bobsleigh
German sprinter Alexandra Burghardt will move from summer to winter sport when she makes her bobsleigh debut at the November 28 World Cup in Innsbruck, the athletics online portal leichtathletik.de said Wednesday. Burghardt, 27, reached the semi-finals…
Zverev calls for more rest and tennis calender to end in October
Germany’s Olympic champion Alexander Zverev has called for reform of the ATP tennis calendar to provide players with more rest and made a concrete suggestion for improvement. “After the US Open, another Masters, a 500 level tournament and the finals, t…
Swedish cross-country skier Svahn out of Olympics
Swedish cross-country skier Linn Svahn will miss the Beijing Winter Olympics due to injury. After undergoing surgery on her injured shoulder two months ago, the medal contender has been told that February’s Games will come too soon. “It’s hard to see d…
Shiffrin and Vlhova to miss upcoming parallel ski race in Austria
Ski stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova will not participate in Saturday’s parallel World Cup race in Lech/Zuers, Austria. The Keystone-SDA and AFP news agencies on Tuesday quoted Shiffrin’s coach, Mike Day, as saying that the American two-time Oly…
Luthe error and red cards sink Union against Feyenoord
A goalkeeping error from Andreas Luthe and two late red cards condemned Union Berlin to a 2-1 home defeat against Feyenoord on Thursday and sent them towards the Europa Conference League exit. Luthe slipped on the soaking Olympic Stadium pitch in the G…
Luthe error and red cards sink Union against Feyenoord
A goalkeeping error from Andreas Luthe and two late red cards condemned Union Berlin to a 2-1 home defeat against Feyenoord on Thursday and sent them towards the Europa Conference League exit. Luthe slipped on the soaking Olympic Stadium pitch in the G…
Arrests made ahead of Union Berlin v Feyenoord clash
Police have confirmed a number of arrests have been before the Union Berlin v Feyenoord Europa Conference League meeting in the German capital on Thursday. “One person was arrested after lighting a signal flare, two more for resistance and assault of o…
Modern pentathlon to drop horse riding discipline after 2024 Olympics
Modern pentathlon will replace horse riding with another sporting discipline after the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the governing UIPM confirmed Thursday. The move was widely expected after the Tokyo Games earlier this year drew strong criticism for the act…
The greatest sci-fi franchise of all: Why ‘Star Trek’ has endured
Of all the science fiction franchises in the known universe, the one I would take to a desert island — or planet, I guess — is “Star Trek.” I am not a Trekkie by any means (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I have never dressed as a Vulcan. I…