It's crunch time for Evgeni Plushenko, a Russian Olympic figure skater and beloved athlete, who had the 13th major spinal ...

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, ...

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.

Russians are turning on legendary figure skater Evgeni Plushenko -- their own countryman -- a day after he dropped out of the Sochi Olympics for medical reasons. Plushenko's strong performance in the ...

SOCHI, Russia — Evgeni Plushenko was one of the great divas in the history of figure skating, a prickly, trash-talking, over-the-top and outrageously talented showman, sort of the sports wrestling ...

Evgeni Plushenko's quest to become the most decorated figure skater in history has ended. The Russian was seeking a record fifth medal, but that won't happen. The 31-year-old Russian withdrew from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

TURIN, Italy — As measured by figure skating's new scoring system, the distance between gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko of Russia and silver medalist Stephane Lambiel was 27.22 points. As measured in ...

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.