Alexei Voevoda, one of Russia's best bobsleigh brakemen, announced his retirement soon after winning Russia's first ever Olympic medal in two-man competitions.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 00:27 GMT

Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin said he was about to faint while running the second leg of men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay, in which Russia finished only third.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 01:51 GMT

Yekaterina Ilyukhina won Russia's first ever Olympic medal in snowboard after snatching the Olympic silver in ladies' parallel giant slalom.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 02:37 GMT

Swedish women's curling team defended its Turin Olympic gold medal, snatching the victory from Canada in the extra end of the Vancouver Olympic final.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 02:56 GMT

Double Olympic champion in short track speed skating, Yang Zhou of China, finished the semifinal race in women's 1,000 meters with a new world record of 1 minute 29.049 seconds.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 03:28 GMT

Canadian short track skaters won the gold and bronze in the 500-meter men's short track race in Vancouver.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 03:59 GMT

Meng Wang of China won the Olympic gold in women's 1,000 meters short track final with the result of 1 minute 29.213 seconds.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 04:13 GMT

Polish President Lech Kaczynski has ratified the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., laying out the conditions for the deployment of U.S. troops on Polish soil.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 04:34 GMT

The Canadian team of Charles and Francois Hamelin, Olivier Jean and Francois-Louis Tremblay won men's 5,000-meter short track relay with the result of 6 minutes 44.224 seconds.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 04:49 GMT

NHL star Alexander Ovechkin was so depressed by the defeat of the Russian hockey team at the Vancouver Olympics that he broke a camera of a RIA Novosti correspondent when asked for an interview.

// Feb. 27, 2010 - 06:13 GMT