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 ...

It took Russia's total to seven of the 12 medals on offer, iincluding two of the titles with Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov leading a sweep of the pairs event. Russians also took silver and ...

The Olympic figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, one of Russia‘s most beloved athletes, was nearing the end of his performance at the Winter Games in Sochi on Sunday night when he felt a sharp pinch in his ...

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 ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Evgeni Plushenko's Olympics are over. His competitive career, too. The Russian star retired Thursday just after he withdrew from the men's event at the Sochi Olympics for medical ...

The coach of famous Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko said he realizes that the current 2014 Winter Games in Sochi will be the last for the talented athlete SOCHI, February 06 /ITAR-TASS/. The ...

Russian Evgeni Plushenko, the first figure skater in the modern era to win medals in four Olympics, retired from competitive figure skating shortly after withdrawing from the men’s competition for ...

Plushenko, who also won a silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, accepted the honour of becoming a Sochi 2014 Ambassador from Dmitry Chernyshenko, the President and chief executive, at a ...

Yevgeny Plushenko, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin bring their star powers to bear on the Winter Olympics on Thursday while veteran biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen targets a record 13th medal.

Evgeni Plushenko, the first figure skater in the modern era to win medals in four Olympics, retired from competitive figure skating shortly after withdrawing from the men's competition for medical ...