Four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko will have back surgery on March 2. Plushenko, 31, withdrew from the men's figure skating short program at the Sochi Games just days after helping Russia win ...

Plushenko: Traveling to fifth-career Olympics is ambition to set personal record MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Russia’s two-time Olympic Champion Evgeni Plushenko has been operated upon in Israel to ...

SOCHI, Russia, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Russia's Yevgeny Plushenko pulled out of the men's individual figure skating event at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday, just seconds before he had been due to start his ...

SOCHI, Russia — Four days after being praised as a hero for helping Russia win its first gold at the Sochi Olympics, Evgeni Plushenko on Friday was taking criticism for dropping out of the men’s ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Evan Lysacek won the Olympic gold. Evgeni Plushenko won the argument. The quad, the toughest jump there is in figure skating, is the way of the future. It has to be ...

After his aborted performance on Thursday—and the subsequent announcement of his retirement—it became all too clear that Evgeni Plushenko should have passed the torch to a younger skater before the ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – When it comes to the Olympics, Evgeni Plushenko knows all. Having a gold and silver medal in your trophy case gives a champion plenty of insight. So after posting a ...

The Russian skating star withdrew from the Winter Olympics on Thursday after he appeared to injure himself during warmups. After warming up a triple axel jump before the men’s short program, Evgeni ...

As Mauricio Pochettino began welcoming arrivals to Philadelphia for the last camp of the year, a long list of players — almost enough for a formidable lineup — remained behind for a range of reasons.

MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. An issue of introducing transfer payments for figure skaters’ switch from one coaching staff to another should be reviewed by the world’s governing body of figure skating ...

Evgeni Plushenko, the decorated 31-year-old Russian, has just withdrawn out of the Olympic men's figure skating competition. Plushenko appeared to injure himself on a triple axel during warmups, and ...