Winter Sports News

Swedish hockey star Nicklas Backstrom will receive an Olympic silver medal despite his positive drug test at the Sochi Games.

Mauricio Pochettino expects to be at Southampton next season and is looking forward to working with newly-appointed chairman Ralph Krueger.

CAROLINE Powell secured her fourth medal of the Winter Paralympics this morning with silver in the visually impaired women's combined skiing.

The 42-year-old Nedved made the announcement Thursday after his White Tigers Liberec were knocked out of the Czech league's playoffs.

One of the stray Russian puppies that Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy tried to rescue during the 2014 winter games died before leaving the country.

Martin Brodeur is again the New Jersey Devils' No. 1 goaltender. Coach Pete DeBoer isn't saying how long that will last, nor does he care.

All season long, Russell's Major Pratt Trojans have been looking forward to the chance to play for a provincial AA high school hockey championship on home ice, and they finally get their chance this weekend.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher competes in the men's super-G at the World Cup finals in Switzerland.

Russia beat its record Winter Paralympic medal haul at the Sochi Games on Wednesday while claiming 11 of 18 medals on offer in the cross-country skiing 1km sprints.

Semyon Varlamov stopped 37 shots for his 100th NHL win and Brad Malone scored his first goal of the season, helping the Colorado Avalanche hold off the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Wednesday.

The final downhill of the season was won by Lara Gut of Switzerland, the Olympic bronze medalist, but the drama centered on 2011 champion Hoefl-Riesch.

Devices that let you watch Netflix and other streaming video services on a big TV screen are popular, but there are limits to what you can watch.

The 29-year-old said Tuesday he will continue skating for at least another four years to try to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Ralph Krueger has been appointed Southampton chairman just weeks after helping Canada to ice hockey gold at the Winter Olympics.

Svindal earned 45 points to move 41 ahead of two-time defending overall champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who skips downhills.

Greg Westlake scored the game's only goal while Corbin Watson made seven saves for his second straight shutout Tuesday as Canada defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 in sledge hockey at the Sochi Paralympics.

Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got its first test ahead of November's midterm elections and... Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care ... (more)

Henrik Sedin is about to play his 1,000th NHL game - but he's not in the mood to celebrate the occasion.

Surging across the ice as chants of "Ro-ssi-ya! Ro-ssi-ya!" from raucous Russian fans filled the venue, Joshua Sweeney felt the rush of adrenaline he used to experience as a soldier.

A Tennessee man has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the 2011 disappearance of nursing student Holly Bobo, but little else is known about the investigation.