Winter Sports News

At the world figure skating championships last spring, Piper Gilles wore a bejewelled Canadian flag that she'd crafted herself on the right shoulder of her bodysuit.

Skies will clear overnight and it will be a cold start to Wednesday, with morning temperatures in the range of 8-15 degrees.

Kevin Dineen has been hired as coach of Canada's women's hockey team following his firing last month as coach of the Florida Panthers.

President Barack Obama named openly gay athletes to the delegation that will represent the U.S. next year at opening and closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, sending a clear signal to Russia about its treatment of gays and lesbians.

Television viewers can watch figure skating live during February's Sochi Olympics, a shift by NBC from past games outside North America.

David Seaman has been paired with his off-screen partner Frankie Poultney for the final series of Dancing On Ice David Seaman will skate with his real-life partner Frankie Poultney for the last ever series of Dancing On Ice.

Schild clocked 51.71 seconds. Marlies Schild, who has 33 World Cup slalom wins, was third, .13 seconds behind Frida Hansdotter of Sweden and .20 adrift of her sibling.

Ottawa Senators team captain Daniel Alfredsson acknowledges two young fans who show their appreciation for his team coming back after the NHL hockey lockout ended at training camp in Ottawa, Jan.13, 2013.

Dan Church of Toronto abruptly resigned last week because he felt there was a lack of confidence in his ability to coach Canada to an Olympic gold medal in February.

The women's two-man bobsled championships from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver were on hand Monday as 16 athletes were named to Canada's team for the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.

Milan Lucic faced the media on Monday morning after a video surfaced on YouTube Saturday of the Boston Bruins forward being involved in a fight at a Vancouver nightclub.

If you don't already have a running start, your own Sochi Olympics bid will probably fall short.

Junior world champion Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway won the men's pursuit at a biathlon World Cup event Sunday, while Valj Semerenko of Ukraine captured the women's pursuit.

Portland played for the second time without forwards Nic Petan, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Taylor Leier and defensemen Derrick Pouliot and Layne Viveiros, all on extended international junior hockey duties.

Olympic runner-up Matt beat Victor Oehling Norberg of Sweden in the men's final, with world champion Jean-Frederic Chapuis of France taking third and Franz Promok of Austria finishing last.

United States' pilot Steven Holcomb and teammates Curtis Tomasevicz, Steven Langton and Christopher Fogt compete in the four-man bobsled World Cup event on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y. LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - A year ago, Steven Holcomb won six medals on the World Cup circuit, which would represent a strong year for just about any bobsled ... (more)

Pikus-Pace finished third in a World Cup skeleton race Sunday morning in Lake Placid, the final time she will race in the U.S. before her retirement becomes official after the Sochi Olympics.

The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead.

VAL D'ISERE, France - On a day dominated by veterans, 34-year-old Mario Matt won his 14th World Cup slalom race to equal fellow Austrian Benjamin Raich's mark, while 35-year-old Patrick Thaler of Italy got on the podium for first time in nearly five years.

France's Tessa Worley gets to the finish area in Sunday's World Cup giant slalom in St. Moritz, Switzerland.