LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) – Defending champion Arsenal took a big step toward the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals by routing OH Leuven 4-0 in the first leg of their knockout playoff round on Wednesday.
ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) – A day after a stunning confession on live television that he had cheated on his girlfriend, Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid on Wednesday said he regrets going public with his private life at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – When the powder settled on the Olympic moguls course, Elizabeth Lemley was basking, true to her nickname, in the glow of a gold medal. The 20-year-old American freestyle skier, called “Lizard” by her teammates, had slid and leapt over the slope’s icy bumps to land an unbeatable run, leading a red, white and blue 1-2 medal grab.
NEW YORK (AP) – The NBA fined Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye and Timberwolves big man Naz Reid $35,000 apiece on Wednesday for their roles in a jersey-grabbing tussle.
TESERO, Italy (AP) – Jens Luraas Oftebro of Norway overcame a 28-second time disadvantage to chase down a pack of skiers, narrowly avoided a costly crash and then slugged it out uphill in deep, slushy snow to hold off his chief rival to win the gold medal in the Nordic combined normal hill competition.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Lying on the ground with a broken right leg, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski was in so much pain that he briefly contemplated taking a Civil War approach to his injury.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A judge on Wednesday kept former New York Jets first-round draft pick Darron Lee in jail without bond as he faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend in Tennessee.
ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) – Julia Simon became the first Frenchwoman to win an Olympic gold medal in the women’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon race and teammate Lou Jeanmonnot took silver at the the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained again in his banned helmet Wednesday, one day before the start of his race at the Milan Cortina Games and with the International Olympic Committee urging him to make his point differently.