VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada stormed into the Olympic men's ice hockey quarter-finals on Tuesday while Switzerland and the Czech Republic were pushed to the limit and Slovakia battled to a bloody victory over Norway. After a slow start to the Olympic tournament, Canada shifted into top gear with a morale-boosting 8-2 rout of Germany then immediately set their sights on ...

Slovakia forward Lubos Bartecko has a concussion and is likely out of the Olympic hockey quarterfinals after being leveled by a shoulder hit from Norway defenseman Ole Kristian Tollefsen during Slovakia's 4-3 victory on Tuesday night. "He has a head injury, a concussion. He's ...

China won their first Olympic women's ice hockey match in 12 years when a 3-1 victory over Slovakia gave them a seventh place finish at the Vancouver Games. Wang Linuo scored two goals and Sun Rui added another in a game where both sides desperately needed a boost after Slovakia had lost three group matches by a combined score ...

Six people were killed and 16 were badly hurt when a German-registered coach crashed on a motorway near Vienna, rescue services said Monday. Another 17 people were also slightly injured in the accident on the A-21, near Baden, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital. The coach was taking Albanian Kosovars working in Germany back home to visit relatives ...