France makes 2 changes to squad to face Ireland
Toulouse wing Maxime Medard and Perpignan lock Sebastien Vahaamahina were brought into the France squad on Tuesday for the visit to Ireland in Six ...

US, Russia win team sprints at Nordic Worlds
Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins gave the United States its first gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Nordic World Championships, winning the ...

Japan wins mixed team ski jump at Nordic worlds
Japan won the first ever mixed team ski jumping title Sunday to secure its first gold medal of the Nordic skiing world championships. Yuki Ito, Daiki ...

Maze clinches WCup title and proves doubters wrong
The way Tina Maze's season has been going, there was only one fitting way to wrap up the overall World Cup title — with another victory, and with ...
Loch clinches overall luge World Cup title
Felix Loch of Germany clinched the overall title Sunday at the final luge World Cup meet of the season won by Germany's Andi Langenhan. The two-day ...

France wins Nordic combined team title at worlds
Olympic champion Jason Lamy Chappuis led France to victory in the Nordic combined team event at the world championships on Sunday. Chappuis — who won ...

Scotland wins 2nd straight match in 6 Nations
Greig Laidlaw kicked four second-half penalties as Scotland ground out a 12-8 victory over Ireland on Sunday to earn back-to-back victories in the Six ...

James wins 4 medals at track cycling worlds
Sarah Hammer of the United States grabbed her sixth career gold medal and second of the week by winning the women's omnium Sunday, while Rebecca ...

France's Pinturault wins World Cup giant slalom
Alexis Pinturault of France used a daring second run to win a World Cup giant slalom Sunday as his closest German challengers faltered. Pinturault was ...
Freestyle ski cross World Cup canceled
Heavy snowfall has forced the cancellation of freestyle ski cross World Cup events scheduled for Sunday in the Czech Republic. Organizers say it was ...
Miracle On Ice memorabilia sale scores over $1.3M
The jersey worn by hockey great Mike Eruzione in the U.S. Miracle on Ice victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics was auctioned for ...

England stays on course for Six Nations Grand Slam
England took a giant stride toward the Six Nations title by battling past France on Saturday, but defending champion Wales could push its old rival ...

England beats France, on course for Grand Slam
Manu Tuilagi's fortuitous try inspired a second-half turnaround for England in a 23-13 victory over France at Twickenham on Saturday, keeping the Six ...

Cologna wins 1st world title, Bjoergen her 10th
Dario Cologna finally captured his first Nordic world championships title in the skiathlon, while Marit Bjoergen racked up her 10th to close in on the ...

James win women's sprint title at track worlds
Rebecca James of Britain edged Kristina Vogel of Germany by a wheel in the decisive third race to win the women's sprint final at the track cycling ...

Bardal wins 1st ski jump gold at Nordic Worlds
Norwegian ski jumper Anders Bardal won his first major championship title on Saturday by taking gold in the normal hill event at the Nordic skiing ...
Detkov, Calve win snowboard World Cup races
Stanislav Detkov of Russia and Caroline Calve of Canada won parallel slalom races on Saturday for their first snowboard World Cup victories of the ...

Wales beats Italy 26-9 in Six Nations
Only a fortnight after looking buried, a revived Wales has impetus and a winning streak going in the defense of its Six Nations rugby title after ...

Bjoergen defends another title to win skiathlon
Marit Bjoergen successfully defended another title at the Nordic skiing world championships as she won the 15-kilometer pursuit skiathlon on Saturday, ...

New wrestling chief promises swift rules overhaul
Wrestling needs to overhaul its often mystifying rules as the sport seeks against the odds to retain its Olympic status, according to the new interim ...

Cologna wins skiathlon at Nordic Worlds
Dario Cologna timed his break perfectly to win the men's 30-kilometer pursuit skiathlon at the Nordic skiing world championships on Saturday, edging ...

Italy's Innerhofer wins World Cup downhill
Christof Innerhofer of Italy won his third World Cup downhill of the season Saturday, on a course where he has a history of good results.

Hufner wins final luge World Cup meet
Olympic luge champion Tatjana Hufner edged out two other Germans to win the women's singles in the final World Cup meet of the season, a test event ...

Carolina Ruiz Castillo wins women's WCup downhill
Carolina Ruiz Castillo stunned the field by earning her first career World Cup victory at the age of 31 on Saturday, winning a downhill race 13 years ...

Yates wins points race at track cycling worlds
Simon Yates won the last sprint to claim the men's points race on Friday at the track cycling world championships for his first major title, while ...