Olympic Winter Games News

Wescott is the face of snowboardcross, the two-time reigning Olympic gold medalist.

Tom Peck is a reporter on The Independent's news desk with an interest in just about everything.

According to the University of Calgary Dinos website , the University of Calgary Dinos have named Kelly Bechard as their interim head coach for their women's hockey team so Danielle Goyette can concentrate on her assistant coach duties for Team Canada's women's hockey team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

It's unfortunate that empty seats at Credit Union Centre have become one of the prevailing images of this year's Memorial Cup.

Almost from the moment the final buzzer went on the Senators season on Friday night in Pittsburgh, attention turned to Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson.

Ice queen Shelley Rudman has taken a break from skeleton bob training to visit Right to Play projects in Tanzania.

VANCOUVER, Canada, May 24. YEARS of perseverance and dedication will be recognized this weekend when retirement ceremonies are held for Olympic bronze medallist Brent Hayden and former world record holder Annamay Pierse at the Mel Zajac Jr.

A person looks from the south bank of the Skagit River across to the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash.

Life was never the same for the Blong children - Chris, Darren and Rosie - after their dad, Ross, and mum, Nell, announced they had bought an ice skating rink and were moving the family to Auckland.

Will Arnett, left, David Cross and Portia de Rossi re-inhabit their "Arrested Development" characters in Netflix's resurrection of the series.

Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks looks on prior to a first-period face-off against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals at Joe Louis Arena on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Detroit.

Six-time summer and winter Olympic medalist Clara Hughes was in North Bay Thursday night to talk about the stigma of depression as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association and The North Bay Regional Health Centre Foundation's Celebrity Speaker Series.

Arman Serebrakian aims to represent Armenia in Winter Olympics by Tom Vartabedian http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2013-05-22-arman-serebrakian-aims-to-represent-armenia-in-winter-olympics Published: Wednesday May 22, 2013 Arman Serebrakian.

Vancouver Canucks assistant coach Newell Brown talks to Canucks stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin during an April 22, 2013 National Hockey League game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Arena.

In total, the 18-day 2013 iteration boasts more than 60 interactive light instillations and 3-D-mapped buildings across the city, including two major new venues: Darling Harbor and the Sydney Harbor Bridge .

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. THE nominations for the annual Teen Choice Awards in the United States features Olympic champions Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin in the running for the favorite male and female athletes.

Blodans, trained as an accountant, had just finished a contract for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Vagelatos had just run out of funding for self-employment training.

THE Winter Olympic dream of Townsville teenager Alex Ferlazzo burns so strong that he wakes up in the morning thinking about luge.

Launched on 16 May with a ceremonial arch of airport staff wearing Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team shirts was Lufthansa's new seasonal daily A330 flight from Munich.

MOSCOW, May 23 Sochi Olympics organizers said Thursday that 2,500 doping tests would be conducted at the Winter Games next February, surpassing the total at the Vancouver Games four years ago.