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Olympics-Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni light Games cauldron in Milan
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former Olympic champions Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni lit the cauldron in Milan on Friday at the culmination of the opening ceremony for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Football
Soccer-Leeds beat Forest 3-1 to move nine points clear of relegation zone
LEEDS, England, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his 10th Premier League goal of the season as hosts Leeds United claimed an emphatic 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest at Elland Road on Friday to move nine points clear of the relegation zone.
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Olympics-Italy's president takes the tram in video tribute to Milan transport
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - At the London 2012 Olympics, Queen Elizabeth appeared to parachute into the stadium for the opening ceremony.
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Olympics-Ski Jumping-Norway team react with scepticism to bizarre penis-enhancement claims
PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Norwegian ski jumpers greeted with scepticism suggestions that anti-doping officials must now police their anatomy as well as their equipment, after regulators said they would stay alert to rumours of athletes artificially enlarging their genitals to exploit suit rules at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
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Olympic-Alpine skiing-Men's downhill sold out as Bormio prepares to award first gold
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A sell‑out crowd is expected to pack the stands for Saturday's men's downhill in the Italian village of Bormio, underscoring the enduring pull of Alpine skiing's marquee event, the first to assign gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Switzerland overcome Czechs in thrilling shootout, Japan score late to beat France
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Swiss forward Ivana Wey scored in the eighth round of a thrilling shootout to seal a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic in Olympic women's ice hockey at Santagiulia Arena on Friday, while Japan netted twice late to hand France its second successive loss of the Games 3-2.
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Athletics
Athletics-Norway's Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen undergoes Achilles surgery
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Jakob Ingebrigtsen has undergone surgery on a persistent Achilles injury that has plagued him for years and forced him to miss significant training and competition time, the Norwegian middle-distance runner said on Friday.
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Olympics-Livigno's sky-high Big Air jump wows riders despite scaffolding surprise
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Olympic Big Air jump has become an unlikely protagonist in Livigno's narrow valley, an imposing scaffolded structure rising above the town's rooftops and drawing both praise and surprise from snowboarders and freeskiers.
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Olympics-Snowboard-Austria's Karrer flips into adulthood on Milano Cortina snow
LIVIGNO, Italy Feb 6 (Reuters) - Austrian freestyle snowboarder Hanna Karrer blew out 18 candles on Friday in Livigno, at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, marking her coming of age on the world's biggest winter sports stage.
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Football
Soccer-Arteta upbeat on Arsenal's title push but expects tough Sunderland challenge
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Arsenal have been plotting their Premier League title charge since before pre-season began, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday as they prepare for a potentially pivotal clash against Sunderland that could extend their lead to nine points.
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Olympics-Figure Skating-Canada's Schizas shrugs off music issue in team event skate
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas said a problem with her music — and not nerves — was the reason why she did not immediately begin her performance at the Milano Cortina Olympics, insisting the interruption did not affect her skate.
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Olympics-Skeleton-Where fear meets exhilaration at 85mph
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Skeleton may slightly trail luge and bobsleigh in the sliding sport speed rankings but with its athletes' heads skimming only centimetres from a tunnel of ice, it creates a mix of fear and exhilaration that becomes an instant drug for many.
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Hockey
Olympic-Ice hockey-NHL stars travel to Milano Cortina as league goes on break
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The NHL's biggest stars began their long-awaited return to the Olympic stage on Friday, as players battled exhaustion to join their national teams at the Milano Cortina Games five days before the tournament begins.
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Rugby
Rugby-Feyi-Waboso to miss England's Six Nations opener as Roebuck steps in
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been ruled out of England's Six Nations opener against Wales at Twickenham after pulling up with a leg injury in training, the Rugby Football Union said on Friday.
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Football
Soccer-Man City brace for Liverpool challenge as Guardiola emphasises mental fortitude
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said mental strength separates elite players from the rest as his team prepares for a Premier League game against Liverpool, in what he described as one of the toughest away fixtures in football.
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Olympics-Freestyle-US' Irving siblings buoyed by emails, texts from renowned-author grandfather
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 6 - American skier siblings Birk and Svea Irving, competing in the Milano Cortina Olympics in Italy this month, said they have been receiving support from some very well-written emails and text messages.
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-‘I’m a bit of a psychopath’, bruised Hemetsberger says on returning to Stelvio slope after crash
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bruised and swollen, Austria's Daniel Hemetsberger was back on the Stelvio on Friday, a day after falling on its steep slopes ahead of the Milano Cortina Winter Games.
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Olympics-Vonn's composed training run fuels coach Svindal's medal belief
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Coach Aksel Lund Svindal said Lindsey Vonn could win a medal after a composed downhill training run on Friday brought her long-awaited Olympic return closer, praising the American's control, symmetry and trademark mental resolve despite uncertainty around her knee.
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Olympics-FIS aims to quash penis-enlargement sideshow, but science makes sense
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Finland confident of having full roster available for US match
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Finland women's ice hockey team are confident of having a full, or almost full roster available for Saturday's match with the United States, a Finnish spokesperson told Reuters, after their opening game at the Olympics was postponed due to stomach flu in the camp.
