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Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ...
Austrian ski coach woken up from coma after crash
The speed coach of the Austrian men's ski team has woken up from an induced coma and was breathing on his own Friday, 12 days after suffering severe ...
Ski coach Pfeifer to lead Austrian slalom team
Ski coach Marko Pfeifer has quit as men's head coach of Sweden after three years and will return to his native Austria to lead the slalom team.
Russia's Sochi busy storing snow for 2014 Olympics
In April, at the end of another seemingly endless winter, most Russians are eager to get rid of the piles of snow that have clogged their cities and ...
Austria ski coach kept in induced coma after crash
The speed coach of the Austrian men's ski team is being kept in an induced coma after having spinal surgery Wednesday, three days after suffering ...
Police nab man who sent threat to ski star Maze
German police say they have identified a man suspected of sending a death threat to World Cup skiing overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia.
Olympic ski champion wins doping appeal at CAS
Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Andrus Veerpalu won his appeal Tuesday against a three-year doping ban, even though sport's highest ...
Swiss appoint 2 Austrians to key Alpine team jobs
The Swiss ski federation has appointed two Austrians to key jobs after a disastrous World Cup season ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The Swiss ...
Austrian ski coach Kriechbaum to lead women's team
Jurgen Kriechbaum has been appointed head coach of Austria's women's Alpine skiing team, taking over from Herbert Mandl. The federation says ...
Felix Neureuther wins final World Cup slalom
Felix Neureuther of Germany defied the pain of a back injury to edge out overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher and win the men's season-ending ...
Tina Maze ends WCup season with giant slalom win
Tina Maze got the anger out her system Sunday, one day after her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin.
Ted Ligety gets 6th World Cup giant slalom win
Ted Ligety capped his season-long dominance in giant slalom with a sixth World Cup win Saturday, fueling comparisons with the best GS skier in history
Shiffrin beats Maze for World Cup slalom title
Mikaela Shiffrin delivered an astonishing second run to overtake Tina Maze and clinch the World Cup slalom title with an improbable come-from behind ...
Shiffrin set for slalom title showdown with Maze
Mikaela Shiffrin's showdown with Tina Maze for the World Cup slalom title on Saturday is yet another highlight in the American teenager's remarkable ...
Germany beats Sweden in team event at WCup finals
Germany won the parallel racing national team event Friday at Alpine skiing's World Cup finals. The German team of Felix Neureuther, Fritz Dopfer, ...
Svindal concedes overall WCup title to Hirscher
Marcel Hirscher effectively clinched his second straight overall World Cup title on Thursday, with a helping hand from the fickle Swiss weather.
Klaus Kroell breaks arm in super-G crash
The Austrian ski team says Klaus Kroell has broken his upper left arm after crashing in a World Cup super-G race on Thursday. The team says he will ...
Absent Vonn retains World Cup downhill title
The weather was on Lindsey Vonn's side this time when it came down to deciding a World Cup title. The injured Vonn won a record sixth straight World ...
Svindal wins WCup downhill title as race canceled
Aksel Lund Svindal won his first season-long World Cup downhill title on Wednesday without even racing, then all but conceded the bigger prize of the ...
Maze takes aim at greatest World Cup ski season
Tina Maze is targeting the greatest season in Alpine World Cup history, and aims to start finals week on Wednesday by dethroning downhill queen ...
Reichelt, Hoefl-Riesch lead downhill training runs
The two favorites to win World Cup downhill titles, Aksel Lund Svindal and Tina Maze, had solid practices on Tuesday ahead of their decisive races.
Lara Gut fastest in World Cup downhill training
Lara Gut of Switzerland was fastest in a training run Monday for the season's last World Cup downhill, and overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia ...
Ivica Kostelic to undergo knee surgery, his 10th
The Croatian ski association says Ivica Kostelic will undergo knee surgery for the 10th time of his career. Kostelic, who won a slalom race in ...
Marguc, Engeli win snowboard World Cup events
Rok Marguc of Slovenia and Hilde-Katrine Engeli of Norway earned their first career snowboard World Cup victories Sunday by winning parallel giant ...