MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Outplayed at his own brand of physical tennis for much of the match, Rafael Nadal finally claimed a set to try to start a comeback against Dominic Thiem.
Olympic qualifiers in boxing and women‘s soccer have been called off due to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. The soccer qualifier will be moved to Nanjing. Plans to replace the boxing qualifier have not yet been announced.
International soccer players union FIFPro has spoken out against restrictions on athletes making political protests at the Olympics, saying it will support any player who does so.
Table tennis will use a video review system, using ball-tracking technology and slow-motion replay, in the Olympics for the first time this summer in Tokyo.
Argentine skier Cristian Javier Simari Birkner‘s run in Wednesday‘s World Cup slalom race in Italy was interrupted by a wayward course worker. Swiss skier Daniel Yule won for the second straight year on the course, the only one on which he has won.
Therese Johaug won her seventh straight World Cup cross-country ski race Tuesday and took the overall lead in the Tour de Ski, while Jessie Diggins remained second in the points race.
Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie flew past Ugandan Jacob Kipligo, who had prematurely raised his arms to celebrate, and beat Paul Tergat’s race record to win the 95th San Silvestre de Sao Paulo race Tuesday. Brigid Kosgei won the women’s race.
Former skeleton world champion Katie Uhlaender is determined to write her own ending to a dramatic career full of triumph and tragedy, including financial struggles and the loss of best friend Steven Holcomb.
Russia’s anti-doping agency is fighting back against the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ban that would keep the country out of the next Olympics and World Cup.
Dominik Paris claimed the course record for World Cup downhill wins at Bormio, Italy, winning for the fourth time Friday. Paris also moved into second in the overall World Cup standings. The men have another downhill on Saturday, while Mikaela Shiffrin returns to giant slalom racing after a disappointing performance in her last race.
Gian-Franco Kasper, who oversaw ski and snowboard sports’ growth through the 21st century and endured through a couple of controversies over women’s ski jumping and climate change, has announced plans to step down as International Ski Federation president.
Joey Mantia, the world champion in speedskating’s mass start, won the same event Saturday in Poland for the first World Cup win of the season by a U.S. men’s skater.
With three sliders departed from last year’s dominant German team, a wide-open women’s luge season opened with Russia’s Tatyana Ivanova and U.S. slider Summer Britcher in the top two places Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria.
Russian track and field federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin has resigned in the wake of accusations of obstructing an anti-doping investigation. World Athletics has threatened to expel the suspended federation outright.
