A new men's champion will be crowned at the International Skating Union (ISU) European Figure Skating Championships, due to start in Graz in Austria tomorrow. for the first time since 2013.
The thrilling final of the 2020 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship, between Russia and Canada in the Czech Republic, attracted a record television audience.
Italian ski resort Sestriere will bid to host the 2029 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships, it has been announced.
Hockey Canada has announced a long-term media rights extension with Canadian television channels TSN and RDS.
US Biathlon says it has taken a big step in organisational management with the hiring of Olympian Sara Studebaker-Hall to a new role as director of operations.
Russia broke Germany's dominance of the luge events with victory in the mixed team relay at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in St Moritz.
Home player Brad Jacobs and Sweden's Anna Hasselborg both won their third Grand Slam of Curling titles in a row today by tasting glory at the Canadian Open.
France’s Clement Noel claimed back-to-back men’s slalom victories at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Wengen.
Clara Direz of France earned her first International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup triumph with victory in a controversial parallel giant slalom event in Sestriere.
Marie Krista won Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games gold for Switzerland up in the mountains here to delight the home supporters who had come out in force for the ski cross, where 24 competitors contested the women's title.
Russia’s Semen Pavlichenko set a men’s track record at the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup in Lillehammer, which is doubling as the European Championship - but it was not enough to win the title.
Russia’s Anna Shpyneva and Austria’s Marco Woergoetter triumphed in the women’s and men’s ski jumping competitions at the Winter Youth Olympic Games here today.
The theme of French success in general, and success for Martin Fourcade in particular, continued at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Ruhpolding in Germany as he won the men’s 12.5 kilometres pursuit competition.
Dawid Kubacki earned a second successive victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt in Germany.
Germany’s Olympic and world champion Francesco Friedrich earned his 10th International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup victory in the four-man bobsleigh at Innsbruck in Austria today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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The Australian Open begins this week amid fears over air quality due to the country's bushfire crisis. Mike Rowbottom explores the wider debate about athletes and potentially harmful environments.
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