Olympics News

The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack Mountains.

Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette. Big time. The world silver medalist scored a personal-best 70 points in the short program at Skate Canada on Friday, putting her well in front of Americans Alissa Czisny and Mirai Nagasu.

Athletics clubs in the North West province have passed a motion of no confidence in former Athletics SA president Leonard Chuene, Athletics Central North West said in a statement on Friday.

Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin.

KITCHENERa 'The neat thing about Patrick Chan is this kid's got no filter. No canned or politically correct answers for him.

An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.

Oprah Winfrey at the premiere of the film Precious in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov.

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In this Feb. 20, 2009, file photo, United States' Erin Hamlin, of Remsen, N.Y., races down the track during her first run at the Luge World Cup in Whistler, British Columbia.

Is the world ready for a sport played with a headless goat carcass? Haji Abdul Rashid thinks it is and has big plans: corporate sponsors, television rights and beyond.

When Mike Rizzo was given the Washington Nationals' full-time general manager's job in August, he imagined a dream team of accomplished scouts, executives and baseball thinkers surrounding him in a revamped front office. Near the top of his list of dream hires was Davey Johnson.

On Wednesday, Rizzo completed the stunning overhaul of the franchise's braintrust by officially naming Johnson as his senior adviser -- Rizzo's 17th hire, including part-time international scouts, for the Nationals since the end of the regular season.

Sidney Crosby has added another iconic piece of hardware to the collection he's hoisted in his stellar hockey career - the Olympic torch.

Difficult task ... Anna Meares Map: Melbourne 3000 Her arch-rival will be absent, but another fierce competitor should keep Australian cycling star Anna Meares busy in Melbourne.

The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.

Canadian hockey star Sidney Crosby is gearing up to run with the Olympic torch when it arrives in the Halifax area today.

International Equestrian Federation members will vote this week on cleaning up the sport's drug problems.

The syrup-suckers at Richmond have laid down the gauntlet to the Colbert Nation.

NBC might have a partner in the cable company that wanted to be its Olympic rival.

Davide Rebellin has been stripped of his Olympic cycling road race silver medal after a positive dope test.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 BERLIN: Beijing Olympic star Michael Phelps insisted on Sunday he would use his poor form at Berlin's world record-laden shortcourse World Cup meet as future motivation with an eye on the London 2012 Games.