Disgraced Russians keep medals

None of the Russian athletes recently stripped of their Olympic titles for doping have returned their medals, the country’s Olympic committee said Thursday.

Russia has had 18 medalists disqualified in doping cases from Olympic retesting from the 2008 and 2012 Games. Ten more Russians are also obliged to return medals they won as part of relay teams containing dopers.

Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov said his organization, which would typically handle medal transfers, hasn’t received any, saying it was “not an easy process.”

“So far, we don’t have any reports of [medals being returned],” he said.

College football

Penn State picked up its eighth recruit for the class of 2018 when linebacker Charlie Katshir announced his commitment on Twitter. Katshir, from Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicburg, is a three-star recruit, according to Rivals.com. He had offers from Pitt and West Virginia.

Tennis

Venus Williams lost her first match since the Australian Open, falling to Kristina Mladenovic, 6-3, 6-1, in the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Soccer

A+E Networks bought a stake in the National Women’s Soccer League and will broadcast a game at 4 p.m. on Saturdays beginning in April on Lifetime network over a three-year period.

• Contract talks between the women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation have resumed after the players union retained Mady Gilson as its new lawyer. The players parted ways in December with attorney Rich Nichols, who had been executive director of the U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association since late 2014.

College hockey

Jeff Sauer, who led Wisconsin to two men’s NCAA titles, died at the age of 73 after battling pancreatic cancer. Sauer coached Wisconsin for 30 years, from 1982 to 2002. In his first year, he led Wisconsin to the national championship in 1983. He followed with another NCAA title in 1990.

Boxing

The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League will be hosting Golden Gloves bouts Feb. 18 at the 3 Lakes Golf Course in Penn Hills. First bell is at 7 p.m. For tickets or information, call 412-298-7373.