ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) – Biathlon, which combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiing, developed out of Scandinavian military training exercises. So it’s not surprising that many of the biathletes competing at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have military or law enforcement careers that help them fine-tune their skills, support them while competing and ensure a job when they hang up their skis.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (AP) – Canada will play Norway and Switzerland will play Britain Thursday in the men’s curling semifinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

MILAN (AP) – Athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Games elected a South Korean bobsled pilot and an Estonian biathlete on Thursday to represent them at the International Olympic Committee.

Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali has dismissed Max Verstappen’s suggestion that new F1 regulations could influence the Dutch driver’s future in the sport.

TURIN, Italy (AP) – Manchester United reached the quarterfinals of of Women’s Champions League for the first time on Thursday while two-time champion Wolfsburg beat Juventus away to advance.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Andrej Stojakovic scored 22 points to lead seven players in double figures and No. 10 Illinois routed Southern California 101-65 on Wednesday night for its 14th win in 16 games.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – One of the more frightening falls over 14 days of snowboarding at the Milan Cortina Olympics involved one of the sport’s newest champions.

Vítor Pereira made an impact in his first game in charge, leading Nottingham Forest to a 3-0 victory at Fenerbahçe in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.