Alpine skiing: Norway's Aksel Svindal wins men's super combined

2011-02-14T06:00:17Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, 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 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

Miller eyes more Olympic gold as Canada look for redemption

2010-06-12T14:11:43Z

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 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...

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 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 Ted Ligety of the United States, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom race, celebrates on the podium with second placed Aksel Lund Svindal, of Norway, left, and third placed Italy's Nobel Peace Prize winner, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is projected on the wall of the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway Friday Dec. 10, 2010. Liu, 54, is serving an 11-year sentence on subversion charges brought after he co-authored a bold call for sweeping changes to...

Norway Nobel Peace China

2010-12-10T14:01:54Z

A woman holds a candle during a torchlight procession in honor of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, in Oslo, Norway, Friday Dec. 10, 2010. Friday's ceremony marked the the first time in 74-years the prestigious $1.4 million award was not handed over, because Liu is serving an 11-year sentenc...

Norway China Nobel

2010-12-10T07:31:24Z

A small group of pro-China supporters protest in a street in Oslo, Norway Friday Dec. 10, 2010 to voice their opposition to the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned in hi...

Norway Nobel Peace Prize

2010-12-08T22:01:27Z

Yang Jianli , a Tiananmen Square activist in 1989, speaks in Oslo, Norway on Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010. Yang has been appointed by the wife of Liu Xiaobo to be the peace award winner's representative and spokesman in Norway during the Nobe...

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