American figure skater Alysa Liu represents the United State's best chance to claim gold in the women's individual competition.

Evgeni Plushenko's Olympics are over. His competitive career, too. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The Russian star retired Thursday just after he withdrew from the men's event at the ...

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 figure skating.

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia, waves as he leaves the ice after withdrawing from the men’s figure skating competition due to illness at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, ...

Remember how yesterday Evgeni Plushenko pulled out of the Olympics just before the men's skating competition was to begin? The world saw images of a hobbling, pain-pinched Plushenko missing his jumps ...

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia leaves the ice after pulling out of the men’s short program figure skating competition due to illness at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday ...

SOCHI, Russia – The backlash against Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko dropping out of the men's individual event because of injury has caused a firestorm of criticism here. That included a ...

SOCHI, Russia – Evan Lysacek will not defend his Olympic figure skating title here, but the American star has revealed his blueprint on how to beat Russian legend Evgeni Plushenko. Plushenko was the ...

SOCHI, Russia - Four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko will have back surgery on March 2. According to ITAR-TASS, a Russian news agency, you will be able to watch the proceedings live online.

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 (Reuters) -- American Evan Lysacek ended Yevgeny Plushenko's imperious reign as Olympic champion with a spellbinding free skate on February 18 to clinch the men's figure skating gold.