Sport glory and the threat of invasion of Ukraine seem worlds apart but are pieces of a Russian puzzle coming together while everyone watches on.
The scramble for sports funding is ceaseless as Australia’s winter sport bosses state their case ahead of the next financial cycle leading towards 2026.
Battered,bruised and broken after a fortnight at the centre of a global doping scandal,the Russian world No.1 cried as she clasped a soft toy while her coach berated her.
You can’t say with any certainty that the 15-year-old is a drug cheat.
Anna Shcherbakova of Russia has upset her teammate Kamila Valieva,who fell during her routine and placed fourth in the free skating program.
Won’t someone think of the Aussie mania for sporting dominance?
Mikaela Shiffrin was a strong favourite,even after her ill-fated performances at these Games,but for the third time here had the letters DNF next to her name.
WADA filed a brief in the Valieva case stating that the existence of the two legal drugs undercuts the argument that a banned substance might have entered the skater’s system accidentally.
She loves a Pomeranian that wears blue slippers and once liked ballet but found it put her “to sleep”. Now the world’s best figure skater is in a tricky spot.
Kamila Valieva,the 15-year-old Russian competing under a doping cloud in Beijing,has qualified first for the women’s free skating final.
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