The glory days may be over for the much-vaunted Russian hockey team which again failed to live up to Olympic Games expectations with its coach admitting he is ready to be "eaten".
Although it missed out on a shot at gold at the Sochi Winter Games, China's young men's curling team still made history by reaching the top four at an Olympics.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini questioned the impartiality of referee Jonas Eriksson and accused the Swede of deciding the outcome of his team's 2-0 Champions League defeat by Barcelona on Tuesday.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has urged Paris Saint-Germain to finish off Bayer Leverkusen after its 4-0 victory in Germany left it on the verge of the Champions League quarterfinals.
As well as the glory, the young woman who strikes gold in the Olympic figure skating is destined to make millions of dollars as sponsors rush to sign her up to advertise their products.
The flying Dutchmen all made it look so easy. Propelled by legs as thick as tree trunks, they turned speed skating's longest and most grueling event into a bright orange procession.
The glum look on Sven Kramer's face said it all. When his name was announced as the silver medalist in Tuesday's 10,000 meter speed skating event, he stepped onto the podium like a condemned man going to the gallows.
Malta, Togo, Thailand and Brazil had their moments in the limelight at the Olympics on Tuesday but some of Alpine skiing's more exotic entrants would stand out as much at 'home' as on a snowy giant slalom slope.
Li Na and Peng Shuai have set national records for Chinese tennis following their rise to career-high rankings in the latest Women's Tennis Association rankings released on Monday.
Violin virtuoso Vanessa Mae, Thailand's first female skier at the Olympics, came last in a rainy giant slalom on Tuesday but was still bubbling with joy after finishing the slushy course.
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