MILAN (Reuters) - Olympic silver medalist Yevgeny Plushenko has pulled out of next week's figure skating world championships because of injury. "We've received a mail, he is injured. He will not compete," a spokeswoman for the Turin organizers said on Friday, adding the Russian may come to the event to watch. Plushenko was examined in St Petersburg and told ...

A surprise extra match added drama to Paralympic wheelchair curling here late Thursday, as Vancouver organizers announced a tie-breaker competition between Sweden and Italy. "The make-or-break game on Friday became necessary after the two teams finished the round robin portion of the tournament tonight with identical 5-4 records," said the Vancouver organizing committee of the Olympics and Paralympics. The winner ...

Consumer prices rose 1.6 percent in the 12 months to February due primarily to higher gasoline prices and Vancouver hotel costs during the Winter Olympics, a government agency said Friday. The February increase was slightly higher than analysts' consensus forecast of 1.5 percent. Statistics Canada said "gasoline prices exerted the most upward pressure" on consumer prices for the ...