Russian court says bobsledder can keep Olympic titles
Friday, 11 January 2019, 20:44
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Russian bobsledder Alexander Zubkov won a Moscow court ruling on Friday that could make it harder for the International Olympic Committee to recover his gold medals. The Russian flagbearer at the...
WADA starts work on copying doping data in Moscow lab
Friday, 11 January 2019, 17:15
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
World Anti-Doping Agency experts have started the process of copying data from a Moscow laboratory that could implicate numerous Russian athletes in past drug cases. "Work has started with the...
IOC marketing chair from Japan investigated for corruption
Friday, 11 January 2019, 16:20
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
In the latest blow to the International Olympic Committee's efforts to rid itself of scandal, marketing head Tsunekazu Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo...
Stockholm meets deadline to submit bid for 2026 Olympics
Friday, 11 January 2019, 16:20
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Sweden's Olympic leaders met a deadline Friday to submit a 2026 Winter Games hosting plan after satisfying concerns of lawmakers in Stockholm which threatened to end the bid last year. The...
Russian curler Krushelnitsky drops plans for doping appeal
Friday, 11 January 2019, 14:11
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The Russian curler stripped of a bronze medal for doping at last year's Winter Olympics, Alexander Krushelnitsky, has dropped plans to appeal against his four-year ban. Krushelnitsky's agent,...
German skier stripped of World Cup win for oxygen tank use
Thursday, 10 January 2019, 14:10
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The International Ski Federation has disqualified Stefan Luitz from his first World Cup win for inhaling from an oxygen tank between giant slalom runs. FIS says the German racer will lose his...
Russia says 'understanding' reached on doping data for WADA
Wednesday, 9 January 2019, 18:03
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The Kremlin says there is "understanding" on how crucial data on drug use by Russian athletes will be handed over to the World Anti-Doping Agency, whose representatives arrived in Moscow on...
Skiing: Vlhova wins slalom to deny Shiffrin 8th straight victory
Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 21:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Petra Vlhova of Slovakia won a women's World Cup night slalom Tuesday, denying Mikaela Shiffrin a record-equaling eighth consecutive win in the discipline. Racing in dense snowfall, Vlhova was...
Skiing: Vonn plans return to World Cup at speed races in Austria
Monday, 7 January 2019, 17:46
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Lindsey Vonn is planning to return from injury this weekend for speed races in Austria, resuming her quest for the all-time record for World Cup wins. It will be her first ski races of the season...