Jean-Baptiste Grange wins men's slalom world title

2011-02-20T06:00:04Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France's Jean-Baptiste Grange won the men's slalom at the Alpine ski world championships on Sunday.

Sweden's Jen...

France wins world ski team gold

2011-02-16T14:30:54Z

France won team gold at the world ski championships on Wednesday with Austria taking silver and Sweden the bronze.

France won the final by virtue of the fastest overall time from their four racers after finishing 2-2 against Austria, while Sweden took the bronze after they demolished Italy 4-0 in...

Alpine skiing: France win team event at world championships

2011-02-16T04:00:09Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - France won the team event at the alpine skiing world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Wednesday.

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Austrian team aims for fifth medal

2011-02-14T18:30:38Z

Austria will be aiming for both their fifth medal of the world ski championships and to defend their crown on Wednesday when the team event takes place after a four-year hiatus.

As golden-girl Elisabth Goergl has won both the women's super-G and downhill titles, Anna Fenninger won gold in the super combined and Germany (Reuters) - Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the men's super combined at the world skiing championships on Monday.

Christof Innerhofer of Italy...

Olympic Men's Giant Slalom

2010-11-30T13:36:25Z

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Olympic Men's Slalom

2010-11-30T13:36:25Z

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What is a Slalom?

2010-11-05T10:03:38Z

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Swiss Cuche wins World Cup downhill title

2010-06-30T15:13:47Z

Didier Cuche of Switzerland wins World Cup downhill title with victory in Norway

Didier Cuche of Switzerland won his third straight World Cup downhill title with a dominant run Saturday, his first race after missing the podium in the event at the

Canada, USA in dream ice hockey Olympic final

2010-06-12T14:45:16Z

Canada sneaked past Slovakia while the United States crushed Finland to set up a blockbuster Olympic ice-hockey final as the host nation surged to the top of the medal table with two more gold.

With just two more days left, the Canadians have 10 gold medals, one clear of

Ice hockey clash of titans overshadows Olympic medals

2010-06-12T04:46:13Z

Canada and Russia renew their long-standing rivalry in a heavyweight Olympic quarter-final ice hockey battle on Wednesday as Lindsey Vonn looks to overcome her alpine jinx in the giant slalom.

With just five days of action left, the United States and American Bode Miller bids for his fourth Vancouver Games medal in the giant slalom on Tuesday as Korean figure skating starlet Kim Yu-Na makes her Olympic bow and Canada try to restore their ice-hockey pride.

Going into day 12, the Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold on a hockey-fueled Sunday that kicked off with Russia beating the Czechs.

Miller came home ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and Silvan Zurbriggen of

Vonn, White cement superstar status at problem-hit Games

2010-06-12T14:44:52Z

Lindsey Vonn lived up to her reputation as the best downhill skier in the world by claiming the women's Olympic title as Shaun White and Shani Davis made it a golden day to remember for the United States.

But with the Games in day six, more bad news greeted under-...

Vonn cements superstar status at problem-hit Games

2010-06-12T14:44:47Z

Lindsey Vonn lived up to her reputation as the best downhill skier in the world by claiming the women's Olympic gold on Wednesday as Shaun White attempts to cement his position as a snowboarding superstar.

But with the Games in day six, more bad news greeted under-pressure Vancouver organisers after 19 people were injured wh...

Women's Olympic Alpine ski course to be made safer

2010-04-16T07:04:45Z

Olympic Alpine race organizers to make women's course safer after downhill marred by crashes

The final jump on the women's Olympic Alpine ski course will be changed for safety reasons after a series of crashes marred Wednesday's downhill race.

"We will try to ease things down a little bit," women's race director Atle Skaardal said. "I think (the course) was acceptable, for sure. But it's very difficul...

Osborne-Paradis wins men's World Cup downhill

2010-04-16T08:16:17Z

Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada won the men's World Cup downhill race here on Saturday, seeing off Austrian Mario Scheiber by 0.13sec.

France's Johan Clarey and Swiss Ambrosi Hoffmann were joint third at 0.25.

"My target was to make the podium, but to win... It's great ahead of the France's Sandrine Aubert opened her alpine skiing World Cup account with victory in the women's slalom here on Saturday in front of Sweden's Frida Hansdotter and Nicole Hosp of Austr...

Germany's Riesch wins womens' world slalom

2010-04-16T14:28:20Z

Maria Riesch handed Germany its second gold of the World Ski Championships when she won the women's slalom here on Saturday.

Riesch produced a storming second run to clock a combined total of 1min 51.80 to finish 0.77sec ahead of Czech Sarka Zahrobska, the defending champion, with

Hoelzl wins women's giant ski slalom

2010-06-12T09:35:22Z

Germany's Kathrin Hoelzl won the women's giant slalom at the World Ski Championships here Thursday ahead of Slovenia's Tina Maze and Tanja Poutiainen of Finland.

Women's downhill race at World Championships rescheduled for Monday after heavy snowfall

The women's downhill at the World Championships was postponed Sunday and rescheduled for Monday after up to 10 inches of snow fell on the Rhone-Alpes course.

Officials initially delayed the start for an hour, then two hours before deciding they couldn't hold the race off. Forecasts called for 4 inches of snow, but 10 ...

Swiss skier Gisin wins Cortina downhill

2010-04-16T17:23:30Z

Dominique Gisin of Switzerland won the women's World Cup downhill here on Saturday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn and Anja Paerson of Sweden.

Gisin, who also won last week's downhill at Zauchensee, finished in 1min 16.98sec, 0.15sec ahead of Vonn with Paerson a further 0.02se...

Skier Heel leaves his imprint at Val Gardena

2010-04-16T13:46:35Z

Italy's Werner Heel won the men's super-G here on Friday for his second World Cup success.

Heel timed one minute 35.04 seconds to see off Switzerland's Didier Defago and Patrik Jaerbyn of Phoenix Coyotes' Sami Lepisto (18), of Finland, gets ready to get a shot off as he scores against Columbus Blue Jackets' Mathieu Garon (32) during the second period of an

Canucks Sharks Hockey

2011-01-04T00:00:24Z

San Jose Sharks center Jamal Mayers, right, celebrates his goal with teammates Scott Nichol (21) and Dany Heatley (15) as Vancouver Canucks center Henri...

Islanders Flames Hockey

2011-01-03T21:31:24Z

Calgary Flames goalie Henrik Karlsson, from Sweden, makes a save during second period NHL hockey action against the New York Islanders in Calgary, Can...

Russia Sweden World Junior Hockey

2011-01-03T19:31:55Z

Russia's Vladimir Tarasenko (10) scores past Sweden goalie Robin Lehner, right, as Sweden forward Oscar Lindberg (24) looks on during first period IIHF World Junior Championship semifinal hockey action in Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Kristian Huselius (20), of Sweden, closes in on Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber (6) and goalie Pekka R...

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