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.

Austria ...

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 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 Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold on a hockey-fueled Sunday that sees Canada's superstar team take on arch-rival the United States.

Miller came home ahead of Croatian Ivica Kostelic and

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...

Aubert wins skiing World Cup women's slalom

2010-04-16T16:11:00Z

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...

Women's downhill race rescheduled for Monday

2010-06-12T12:29:23Z

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 ...

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 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...

Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011-01-02T13:32:14Z

Winner Maria Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden, center, is flanked ond the podium by second placed Tina Maze of Slovenia, left, and third placed Austrian Elisabeth Goergl after an alpine skiing parallel slalom World Cup race held in Munich, southern

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