Olympic Winter Games News

Penguins center Jordan Staal was selected to Canada's Olympic orientation camp. For Sidney Crosby, being on the list of those invited to Team Canada's Olympic orientation camp Aug.

Olympic speedskating great Claudia Pechstein of Germany was banned for two years because of blood doping Friday and will miss the 2010 Vancouver Games.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Free agent forward Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks today.

Johnston, Chris - Penguins Sidney Crosby pours champagne in the Stanley Cup after winning the NHL final in Detroit on Friday June 12, 2009.

Hockey Canada has called on a combination of grit and skill to help determine Canada's entry at the Vancouver Olympics.

The legendary 1992 Dream Team that won gold at Barcelona was named Wednesday by the U.S. Olympic Committee as a member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class for 2009.

The Hon. Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced today at the new Vancouver Convention Centre that the Federal Government has put another half-million dollars into the World Police and Fire Games taking place in Vancouver this summer.

St. Louis Blues defenseman Erik Johnson, who missed all of last season because of a knee injury, was among 34 players invited to the U.S. Olympic hockey camp Tuesday for next year's Vancouver Games.

USA Hockey made it official on Tuesday, announcing that Predators defenseman Ryan Suter is one of 34 players that have been invited to the U.S. Olympic Orientation Camp Aug.

The New Zealand Winter Games is making history this August as the first elite snow sports event to have able bodied and athletes with a disability compete together.

VANOC released the official posters for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics on Monday.

A city councillor in Vancouver says he wants the developer of the Olympic Village to investigate serious allegations that the development may become plagued by mould.

There was clarity in Joey Cheek's athletic calling: Skate in a circle as fast as possible.

As the fastest man in the 500 meters, Cheek won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics. And after he donated his winnings to a charity that helped children in disadvantaged countries play sports, he was hailed as the Olympic ideal and chosen to carry the U.S. flag in the Closing Ceremonies.

But Cheek soon found out that his impulse to do good outside the Olympic arena was a far murkier proposition.

Without explanation, Chinese officials revoked Cheek's visa on the eve of his departure for the 2008 Beijing Games, where he had planned to discuss the suffering in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur. The U.S. Olympic Committee distanced itself from the three-time medalist, noting that Cheek wasn't part of its official delegation. And with the International Olympic Committee silent, Cheek was left to promote his cause from the Washington office of Team Darfur, a coalition of concerned athletes he helped organize in 2007.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean will officially open the Olympic Games in Vancouver next year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced.

The Government will spend $1 million on this year's inaugural Winter Games in Otago, Prime Minister John Key said today.

Canadian 2010 Olympic freestyle skiing medal favourite Jenn Heil plans to have an MRI this week after tweaking her right knee following a fall during training at Whistler on Tuesday.

R: Team Canada's 2010 Men's Olympic hockey head coach Mike Babcock poses for a photo op with his assistant coaches Jacques Lemaire, Lindy Ruff and Ken Hitchcock in Montreal on Thursday.

Montreal-based construction giant SNC-Lavalin opened an office Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, as it signed a deal to manage and maintain construction facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Olympic gold medallist says the injury is 'not a big deal' 6:43 PM ET The Canadian Press Jennifer Heil skis to fist place in dual moguls at the Canada Post Freestyle National Championships at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver on March 29.

Delays and disruptions in court cases in the province can be expected as hundreds of Alberta Mounties work security at the Vancouver Olympics, says the province and defence lawyers.