BEIJNING--The Netherlands ended in sixth place in the Winter Olympics medal table, one place lower than in the 2014 and 2018 Games.
In total, Dutch sportsmen and women picked up 17 medals – eight gold, five silver and four bronze. That is well down on the best ever Dutch performance in Sochi, when the team brought home 24 medals. In Pyeongchang, the Dutch won 20, including eight gold medals.
NEW YORK --Rui Hachimura scored 13 of his season-high 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Washington Wizards recorded a 117-103 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.
FRANCE- - Kylian Mbappe scored a stunning individual goal in stoppage time to give Paris St Germain a 1-0 home victory over Real Madrid and spare Lionel Messi's blushes after he had missed a penalty in their Champions League last-16, first leg on Tuesday.
MILAN- - Liverpool took a firm grip on their Champions League tie with Inter Milan as late goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah earned them a 2-0 victory at a deflated San Siro in their last-16 first leg on Wednesday.
BEIJING/MOSCOW/NEW YORK- - The turmoil engulfing a 15-year-old Russian figure skater who tested positive for a banned substance has thrust her eminent coach and a doctor with past doping offences into the spotlight at the Beijing Games.
