ST. MORITZ, Switzerland—Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken are World Cup overall champions for the sixth time, getting that title back just in time for the Olympics. Eggert and Benecken won the season’s World Cup doubles finale Saturday, a win that was good enough to vault them into the top spot in the season-ending standings. The…
At Least 6 Reported Dead in Crush at African Cup Soccer Game
YAOUNDE, Cameroon—At least six people died in a crush outside a stadium hosting a game at Africa’s top soccer tournament in Cameroon on Monday, a local government official said, realizing fears over the capacity of the Central African country to stage the continent’s biggest sports event. Naseri Paul Biya, the governor of the central region…
Djokovic Could Play in France Under Latest Vaccine Rules
January 24, 2022
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PARIS—Top-ranked player Novak Djokovic could be allowed to defend his French Open title under the latest COVID-19 rules adopted by the French government, even if he is still not vaccinated when the clay-court Grand Slam starts in May. Djokovic was deported from Australia and barred from playing in the Australian Open this month for not…
NHL Roundup: Sidney Crosby’s SO Goal Lifts Pens Past Jets
Sidney Crosby notched the only goal in a shootout Sunday as the Pittsburgh Penguins erased a two-goal deficit to win their fifth straight game, 3–2 over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. After Pittsburgh got goals from Kasperi Kapanen and Jeff Carter nine seconds apart in the third period for a 2–2 tie, Crosby, the Penguins’ second…
Rallying: Loeb Becomes Oldest WRC Winner After Monte Carlo Drama
January 23, 2022
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France’s Sebastien Loeb won the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally on Sunday to become, at 47, the oldest driver to win a round of the world championship. The nine-times world champion, driving for M-Sport Ford in his first rally since 2020 after retiring from full-time competition in 2012, took a record-equalling eighth career Monte Carlo victory…
Top 25 Roundup: No. 24 Vols Knock Off No. 13 LSU in SEC Battle
Santiago Vescovi scored 16 points and Uros Plavsic added 12 as No. 24 Tennessee defeated No. 13 LSU 64–50 on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. Vescovi made 5 of 11 3-pointers, which were his only field-goal attempts, and the Volunteers (13–5, 4–3 SEC) finished 10 of 28 on 3-pointers. Tari Eason scored 16 before fouling out…
NBA Roundup: Suns Down Pacers for 6th Straight Win
Mikal Bridges scored 23 points and Bismack Biyombo added 21 points with 13 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns extended their winning streak to six games with a 113–103 victory Saturday over the visiting Indiana Pacers. Chris Paul added 18 points with 16 assists as the Suns won for the ninth time in their last 10…
NHL Roundup: Oilers Turn Back Flames, End Skid at 7 Games
Leon Draisaitl scored the game-winning goal as part of his four-point game and led the host Edmonton Oilers to a 5–3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night, snapping their seven-game skid. Evan Bouchard scored twice, Brendan Perlini also scored and Connor McDavid collected two assists for the Oilers. Goaltender Mikko Koskinen made 44…
6 Czech Players Test Positive Ahead of Olympic Training Camp
January 22, 2022
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PRAGUE—Six players on the Czech Republic’s Olympic hockey team have tested positive for the coronavirus, national team coach Filip Pešán said Friday. The six players, all unnamed, are among a group of 12 that came from the Russia-based KHL. “It’s a complicated situation and it’s changing every hour,” Pešán said, adding none of the positive…
CAS Judges ‘Lacked Anti-Doping Expertise’ at Tokyo Olympics
GENEVA—The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been criticized for picking judges to work at the Tokyo Olympics who were not expert enough to handle doping cases. Days before CAS opens its special Olympic courts at the Winter Games in Beijing, it was singled out in a wide-ranging report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency…
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