Germany extends bobsled World Cup winning streak
Sunday, 13 January 2019, 17:20
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Germany is still unbeaten in World Cup bobsled races this season, after Johannes Lochner drove to a victory in a four-man race Sunday. Lochner led after the first heat and needed to finish his...
Skiing: Hirscher dominates again to win World Cup giant slalom
Saturday, 12 January 2019, 15:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Marcel Hirscher overturned rival Henrik Kristoffersen's first-run lead for another clear win in a World Cup giant slalom on Saturday. Olympic champion Hirscher was near-perfect through the...
Probe of IOC's Takeda hangs over Tokyo Olympics
Saturday, 12 January 2019, 11:02
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A month ago, Tsunekazu Takeda was warmly applauded by 1,400 Olympic dignitaries as he spoke alongside International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Tokyo. A month later, the powerful...
Milan-Cortina bid can revolutionise Olympics
Saturday, 12 January 2019, 10:36
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
It starts with the name — featuring two cities as opposed to the usual one — and involves venues dotted across a large swath of northern Italy stretching from Milan to the...
Russian court says bobsledder can keep Olympic titles
Friday, 11 January 2019, 20:44
Last update: about 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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,...