Ice Hockey
Sport-Deaths shine light on athletes' depression
TORONTO, Aug 17 - The recent deaths of three North American athletes have nudged the spotlight away from doping and concussions to shine a light on another of elite sport's darkest secrets -- depression.
RPT-UPDATE 1-Vancouver licks wounds after riot dims Olympic glow
* Scenes a reminder of 1994 Stanley Cup riot (Updates throughout)
Ice hockey-Russia sack coach Bykov after disappointing worlds
MOSCOW, May 26 - Vyacheslav Bykov was sacked as Russia's head coach on Thursday following their disappointing showing at this month's world ice hockey championship.
UPDATE 1-Ice hockey-Russia to host 2016 world championship
MOSCOW, May 13 - Russia won the right to stage the 2016 world ice hockey championship on Friday, the latest in a series of international sporting events to be awarded to the world's largest country.
Colts QB Manning ranked most powerful athlete
DETROIT, Jan 27 - He won't hoist a Super Bowl trophy this year, but Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning can find comfort in a new survey that ranks him the most powerful athlete for his play on the field and his popularity off it.
Ice hockey-James and Granato first women welcomed into Hall
TORONTO, Nov 8 - Canadian Angela James and American Cammi Granato became the first women enshrined in the the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
INTERVIEW-Olympics-Sochi may not need public funds - Games chief
BERLIN, Oct 11 - Russia's Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics may not need help from state funds as sponsorship plans have exceeded expectations, Games chief Dmitiry Chernyshenko said on Monday.
Olympics-Swedish IOC member heads 2018 bid evaluation team
BERLIN, Sept 13 - Sweden's International Olympic Committee member Gunilla Lindberg will lead an 11-person evaluation commission that will analyse the 2018 Winter Olympic bids, the IOC said on Monday.
Raining hockey pucks at the Olympics
Molly Riley got a special souvenir from a hockey game at the Olympics ... but she had to go through a lot to get it.

