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Sochi 2014 Day 5: Norway wins 4 more medals; US hopefuls falter

Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 06:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The most decorated country in Winter Olympic history earned four more medals Tuesday, and the most famous snowboarder in the world had his hopes for a third straight gold in the halfpipe...

Sochi 2014 Day 4: Hoefl-Riesch wins 2nd gold in super-combined

Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 06:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Different American, same result for Maria Hoefl-Riesch — another Olympic gold in the super-combined.   Just as she did four years ago at the Vancouver Games, Hoefl-Riesch found herself...

Luxol practically in the final

Monday, 10 February 2014, 08:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Basketball   Louis Borg Cup Men – Semi Final 1       Bupa Luxol     80     Floriana...

England put away Scotland, Ireland hammer Wales in Six Nations

Sunday, 9 February 2014, 07:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

England comfortably avoided a banana-skin possibility in dispatching Scotland 20-0 in Six Nations rugby on Saturday.   England's only win in the four most recent trips north...

Sochi 2014 Day 2: Grim talk turns to gold for now at Olympics

Sunday, 9 February 2014, 00:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

All the gloom and grim talk leading to the Sochi Olympics at last gave way to more uplifting things.   IOC President Thomas Bach had said it's "time that it finally starts."...

Sochi Olympics kick off with grand opening

Friday, 7 February 2014, 18:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Music, dance and plenty of Russian bravado unleashed the ultimate achievement of Vladimir Putin's Russia on Friday — a Winter Olympics to showcase the best athletes on ice and snow that the...

Pseudo-lesbians, ballet, in Sochi Olympics opening

Friday, 7 February 2014, 11:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A pseudo-lesbian pop duo, a famed opera singer and a romp through Russian history await viewers as the Sochi Winter Olympics launch Friday with an opening ceremony meant to showcase to the world the...

Malta makes its debut at the Winter Games

Friday, 7 February 2014, 09:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is a red letter day for Maltese sport today as the country makes its debut at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.   Elise Pellegrin, who resides in France, is eligible to represent...

Sochi's opening show: Let Putin's games begin

Thursday, 6 February 2014, 16:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

They're designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country's modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and planetary sportsmanship. But the...

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