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Winter Paralympics: Chinese dominance expected amid boycotts over Russian flag

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and ...

US wins its record 11th gold medal at the Winter Olympics

LIVIGNO, Italy — The U.S. Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday, with at least one more good possibility when its men's hockey team wraps up the action on closing day with the title game against Canada. The trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and ...

US sets up gold-medal game against Canada

MILAN — Zach Werenski and his U.S. teammates tried not to look ahead at a potential gold-medal game against Canada at the Olympics. After each went unbeaten in group play, there was no way the North American rivals could meet before the final, but there was work left to do. After routing ...

Olympics Roundup: Canada women stunned in curling semifinals

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The top-ranked Canadian women couldn't overcome "straighter" ice and a sharp Sweden squad, and now the country's controversial men's team will have the curling power's last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games. With Canada already shut out of the ...

Even missing Sidney Crosby, stacked power play gets Canada into the Olympic final

MILAN (AP) — Taking a penalty against Canada at the Olympics is a bad idea. Niko Mikkola high-sticking Nathan MacKinnon in the final few minutes was a really bad idea for Finland. Nowhere is Canada's embarrassment of riches of high-end talent clearer than on the power play, when it can put ...