Winter Sports News

Jarome Iginla scored a pair of goals, backup goaltender Chad Johnson made 29 saves and the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins won their eighth straight, 5-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon.

Anna Fenninger of Austria is poised to add the World Cup giant slalom trophy to her overall title, after being faster than standings leader Jessica Lindell-Vikarby in the first run of the season-ending race Sunday.

On a podium in Russia, Ukrainian athletes cover their medals in a silent protest against the turmoil being inflicted on their country by the host country of the Paralympics.

Larney Johnson locked his arms into a position to where he could push himself up and out of his wheelchair, but he hesitated for a brief second.

Nam Nguyen of Canada has won a gold medal at the world junior figure skating championships, beating Russia's Adian Pitkeev, and American Nathan Chen took bronze.

Canada's Dominique Maltais capped her snowboard cross World Cup title by winning the final of race of the season on Saturday, while Paul Berg of Germany beat Olympic silver medalist Nikolay Olyunin.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher celebrates at the finish area after taking fourth place in men's giant slalom at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on Saturday.

The 19-year-old American, who already won the season-long slalom title, timed 1 minute, 5.42 seconds through the lengthy course of 74 gates.

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the World Cup 1,500-meter title Friday, making up in some small way for having to settle for silver in the same event at the Winter Olympics.

The Columbus Blue Jackets activated defenseman Fedor Tyutin off injured reserve Friday and reassigned defenseman Cody Goloubef to their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Mass.

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.