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British bobsleigh and skeleton chiefs are awaiting the response of their sports international governing body before deciding whether to follow Latvias lead in withdrawing from next years World Championships in Sochi.The Latvian Skeleton Federation issued a strongly worded statement over the weekend in which it confirmed: We are not participation in the World Championships in Sochi, Russia -- a place where [the] Olympic spirit was stolen in 2014.The decision follows the publication of the second part of the report by Richard McLaren last week, which implicated over 1,000 Russian athletes in a state-sponsored doping programme, including many Winter Olympians.Both Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation have indicated a boycott of the event in February remains an option but they still hope the decision will be taken out of their hands by world governing body the IBSF.Britain and Latvia have particular interest in the developments, with the British four-man bobsleigh crew finishing fifth behind two Russian teams at the 2014 Games, while Latvia took two silvers -- both behind Russian gold medallists -- in the four-man and the mens skeleton.British Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson told Press Association Sport: There is obviously a lot of dust to settle and once that has we need to urge the IOC and the IBSF to commence the appropriate action.It transpires we were not competing on a fair footing [at the Olympics], and that is wrong and needs rectifying. 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The first-year coach showed Grizzlies footage of a 10-point loss in Milwaukee that dropped the Grizzlies to 4-5.The film session did not get rave reviews since it highlighted many of the defensive deficiencies on a team known for defending. Through the first nine games, the Grizzlies allowed over 100 points six times. But since the film meeting things have improved, especially defensively.Memphis takes a four-game winning streak into Monday night, when they visit the Charlotte Hornets.During this streak, the Grizzlies are allowing 84.5 points, but that figure is even better from a successful back-to-back against the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves. Memphis allowed 64 and 71 points, respectively, in those two games and held its opponents to a combined 33.5 percent shooting (46-of-137).Thats what we do. Thats what weve been doing, Memphis forward Zach Randolph said of the defense. That aint no surprise.Just as notable is what Memphis has done to opposing scorers in the last four games.In Saturdays 93-71 win, the Grizzlies held Timberwolves star Andrew Wiggins to 2 of 11 shooting, and Friday in Dallas Harrison Barnes was 5 of 17. In the first two games of this streak, Memphis held Utahs Gordon Hayward to 4-of-14 shooting and Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul to 3-of-11.And while Memphis has been clamping down on defense, it has been getting enough offense from different sources. Marc Gasol scored 48 points in Utah and Los Angeles but was held to six points on 2-of-12 shooting Saturday.Offensively, our main guys didnt score a lot, Gasol said. But our defense was very consistent.Instead, JaMychal Green led Memphis with 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He has led the Grizzlies in scoring twice and is one of six players to lead the team in points this season.ddddddddddddWhile Memphis rebounded with a good week, the Hornets will be looking to recover from their worst defensive night of the year.Charlotte is among the leagues top defensive rated teams but wound up with a 121-116 overtime loss at New Orleans Saturday. The Hornets blew a 14-point lead through the opening minute of the fourth quarter.In their fourth loss in 12 games, Charlotte gave up 23 fast break points, 14 3-pointers and committed 15 turnovers.Theres a difference between doing the right thing and losing and then not doing the right thing that allows the other team to get going, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. So, thats whats disappointing is if were going to be the team I think we can be, you cant play like that.Kemba Walker scored 25 points on 10-of-25 shooting, marking the 11th straight game he reached 20 points. Reserve Marco Belinelli added 22 points and Frank Kaminsky had 15.Those totals were not enough since Charlotte was 8-of-27 from the floor after Kaminskys 3-pointer gave them a 14-point lead.They just made the right plays, Walker said. As a team, we just made so many mistakes and they capitalized on every mistake that we made. We paid for it. We played in spurts and thats something thats been hurting us.One player who might not be able to help the Hornets recover is Cody Zeller. Zeller sat out with a shoulder injury and is day-to-day.Last season, the Hornets swept the season series for the first time since 2009-10. Walker scored half of his 22 points in the fourth quarter in Charlottes 98-92 home win on Dec. 26 and finished with 33 in a 123-99 rout at Memphis on Dec. 11. ' ' '