SOCHI, Russia -- Instead of competing, Evgeni Plushenko took a curtain call. The Russian withdrew from the men's event at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday after aggravating his chronically bad back ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Yevgeny Plushenko accused his rivals of not moving with the times but Evan Lysacek cracked the code to the new scoring system to win Olympic gold and show it was the Russian ...

Evgeni Plushenko withdraws from competition after suffering injury in warm-up. Feb. 13, 2014 — -- Four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko, the lone solo skater representing Russia in the ...

Plushenko Prevails in Men's Figure Skating Russian Evgeni Plushenko won the Olympic Gold in the men's figure skating championship Thursday night. American Johnny Weir, who was favored to win the ...

Yagudin, a three-time world champion, will be locked into a brutal struggle for gold with his eternal rival, countryman and reigning world champ Evgeni Plushenko. Flip a coin, roll the dice ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Evgeni Plushenko will compete in the men's individual event, despite feeling more pain in his back during the finals of the team competition. Plushenko said Sunday night he ...

SOCHI, Russia — 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 ...

Once again, just as I predicted, Evgeni Plushenko is kicking up scandal at the Olympics. Just minutes before the men's figure skating competition was scheduled to start, Plushenko has pulled out ...

Russian Evgeni Plushenko is in first place and is expected to win the gold medal. Renee Montagne talks to USA Today columnist Christine Brennan. Russian figure skater Evgeny Plushenko is well on ...

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 ...

Defending Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko is in first place after Tuesday’s short program by less an a point over American Evan Lysacek. “We haven’t done anything yet,” Lysacek said ...

U.S. figure skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek appeared on Larry King Live tonight, medal in tow, and King made sure to bring up the recent comments from Russian silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko ...