Winter Sports News

The crush of curling action is quite heavy at this time of year. No sooner will the buzz over the weekend's men's provincial results die down than the women will start throwing the first of some 11,360 44-lb stones at the nationals in Red Deer, Alta., on Saturday.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform Sunday's free dance at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Comrie gets a pass off as Phoenix Coyotes' Sami Lepisto , of Finland, defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov.

Dancing On Ice judge Katarina Witt, whose cleavage has caused a frenzy among the show's fans, says she will be more careful about how much she gets off her chest in future.

"I'm started playing when I was about 47 and I'm 591 2," Hughes said. "It's been a really good run for me to stay healthy.

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - The first major test event for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was hailed as a success.

A view of the Rosa Khutor downhill Olympic course prior to an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training session, part of the Alpine test events for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall , of Sweden, and Philadelphia Flyers center Danny Briere vie for the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Sunday, Feb.

As the first team on the ice for the free skate, China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong had a chance to send a message to the other medal contenders at the Four Continents Championships on Sunday.

Another title Germany's Tatjana Huefner starts her first run of the women's single competition at the luge World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, on Sunday.

The roof of a sports center used for ice skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics collapsed Sunday under the weight of heavy snow, police said.

Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both her parents and at least seven of her relatives in a remote mountain village in southern Kosovo.

Canada's Daniel Nestor and Milos Raonic lost to Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau 7-6 , 7-6 , 6-3 in World Group Davis Cup doubles play.

Jarome Iginla scored the shootout winner and the Calgary Flames earned an important two points with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

U.S. Champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White took a step toward successfully defending their Four Continents Figure Skating Championships ice dance title by winning the short dance Saturday.

Slowly, the Pittsfield figure skater seemed to almost tip-toe toward the bulletin board with the results from her skate earlier Friday at the Bay State Games.

Two weeks ago, Ben Thomsen was in danger of being sent down to skiing's minor leagues.

Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.

One of the famous Canadian athletes to come out of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games did what he felt he needed to do to win another gold medal, which was not to race at all this season.

Switzerland's Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter won the two-man event and the World Cup bobsled title Friday in the season finale at Calgary Olympic Park.