Olympic Winter Games News

THE Winter Olympic dream of Townsville teenager Alex Ferlazzo burns so strong that he wakes up in the morning thinking about luge.

Launched on 16 May with a ceremonial arch of airport staff wearing Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team shirts was Lufthansa's new seasonal daily A330 flight from Munich.

MOSCOW, May 23 Sochi Olympics organizers said Thursday that 2,500 doping tests would be conducted at the Winter Games next February, surpassing the total at the Vancouver Games four years ago.

Rather than solve a problem in Vancouver, GM Mike Gillis has only added to the list of woes his team currently endures.

Wu told a packed news conference in Taipei on Thursday that he is declaring his candidacy to succeed Jacques Rogge to "positively impact society." "The thought and concept to develop the IOC and Olympic movement ... is the core principle of my candidature," he said.

The public broadcaster says eight rugged hockey players and eight figure skating stars will shimmy their way through ice dancing contests as part of the upcoming 2013-2014 broadcast lineup.

Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby reacts after scoring against Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson, bottom left, during the third period of Game 4 Wednesday night.

GSN announced today that it will be airing a Sneak Peek of its all new version of Minute to Win It with host Apolo Anton Ohno, one of the most decorated American athletes of all time.

The 35th Annual Mountainfilm Festival is the first of two awe-inspiring fests that take place in Telluride, Colorado Memorial Day weekend.

Alain Vigneault helped Vancouver become a consistent contender, but since the 2011 Stanley Cup final appearance the Canucks have flamed out in the playoffs.

Two new wines from Pierre Lurton and Denis Dubourdieu have been released to raise up to 100,000 for the British Winter Olympics Skeleton bobsleigh squad.

It amazes me how these things can happen in this day and age of the information highway.

Canadian Olympic gold medal winning hockey coach Mike Babcock of Manitouwadge, Ontario deserves high praise for the Detroit Red Wings leading the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in the Western Conference semi-final series.

The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority's Olympic venues are ready to re-open for the busy summer season, offering guests a full slate of family fun and activities with a new option for locals and frequent visitors.

In Vancouver we had them for two days. We were afforded the undivided attention of the men and women who will go for gold while flying Canadian colours at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, now about nine months away.

The lawyer of the uncle and nephew wrongly convicted of rape and murder and jailed for 10 years believes his clients deserve more compensation after a court announced it would award the men a combined 2.21 million yuan .

Meagan Duhamel's long journey to the 2014 Sochi Olympics began many years ago in her home community of Lively, when she first laced up her skates as a member of the Walden Figure Skating Club.

When Penguins' GM Ray Shero brought in winger Jarome Iginla - it was assumed that he would be skating alongside captain Sidney Crosby on the top line.

According to the Canadian Press , Chicago Blackhawks captain and Canadian Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Toews of Winnipeg, Manitoba has been nominated for the Mark Messier National Hockey League Leadership Award.

USA's Paul Stastny, right, and Craig Smith could get a look at the 2014 U.S. Olympic team with their performances at the world championships.