VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada bagged another three golds on the penultimate day of the Winter Olympics on Saturday to ensure they will finish top of the medal standings, triggering wild celebrations across the country. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
WHISTLER (Reuters) – Exhausted, elated and excited to be heading home to Norway, Marit Bjoergen said it would take some time before she can truly appreciate being the most decorated athlete of the Vancouver Olympics. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
* Please note: Two silvers were awarded in the men’s biathlon Source: Reuters: World of Sport
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – With his team down 3-1 and Finland’s men’s ice hockey team 20 minutes away from bitter Olympic bronze medal disappointment, captain Saku Koivu had a simple message for his team mates: We can still win this. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
WHISTLER (Reuters) – U.S. bobsleigh pilot Steven Holcomb had been driving his four-man sled virtually blind for a couple of years when he decided to have his eyes treated. The results were not what he expected. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette and cross country skier Petra Majdic of Slovenia were recognised for their inspiring contributions to the Olympic Games on Saturday. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
(Reuters) – Canada swept aside Norway to take men’s curling gold, topping off an unprecedented Olympic unbeaten streak and salvaging the country’s pride after the Canadian women lost the night before. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Alisa Kleybanova beat top seed Elena Dementieva 6-3 6-2 in a rain-disrupted all-Russian final to claim her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open on Sunday. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – Former world indoor champion Bernard Lagat used his miler’s kick to win the 3,000 metres at the U.S. selection meeting for next month’s IAAF world indoor championships on Saturday. Source: Reuters: World of Sport
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Masakazu Fujiwara won a rainy Tokyo Marathon on Sunday amid tsunami warnings following a massive earthquake in Chile. Source: Reuters: World of Sport