Lueders proving mettle by leading Russia to medals
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Pierre Lueders got to be part of the home team at the Vancouver Games, competing there as the undisputed star of Canadian bobsledding.
View ArticleCanada finishes 1-2 in Olympic women's skicross
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Marielle Thompson and Kelsey Serwa got great air even with their ski boots on, kicking back their heels and flailing their arms so wide, they almost dropped the flowers.
View ArticleLatin American athletes seek place in Winter Games
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Latin American countries made their debut in the winter edition of the Olympics at the 1928 Games in St. Moritz, where Argentina finished fourth in the five-man bobsled.
View Article2 golds, but Tina Maze ends Olympics on down note
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Tina Maze ended her fifth race at the Sochi Olympics just like her first - slumped sitting on the snow, right hand to her forehead, masking an anguished expression.
View ArticleOlympic women's hockey showed improvement in Sochi
SOCHI, Russia - A five-time Olympian, Hayley Wickenheiser has been representing Canada in the Winter Games ever since women's hockey was added to the program.
View ArticleSOCHI SCENE: Meyers on Twitter
SOCHI, Russia - American bobsledder Elana Meyers of Douglasville, Georgia, took some time with @AP_Sports on Twitter, answering questions from AP journalists and fans about life as an Olympian under...
View ArticleNorthug looks for 1st Sochi medal in 50K race
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Petter Northug has one last chance to make sure his Sochi Olympics aren't a total failure.
View ArticleShiffrin, Miller make Sochi skiing 1 for the ages
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - From Mikaela Shiffrin to Bode Miller, from Mario Matt to Henrik Kristoffersen, Alpine skiing at the Sochi Olympics was one for the ages.
View ArticleSki chief Kasper voted head of winter sports body
BELEK, Turkey - International ski federation chief Gian-Franco Kasper has been elected head of the association of Olympic winter sports bodies.
View ArticleNHL players set for World Cup of Hockey; Olympics unclear
TORONTO - The World Cup of Hockey is coming back, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman insists that doesn't necessarily mean the league will skip the 2018 Olympics.
View ArticleOlympic official confident for Alpine test races in S Korea
WENGEN, Switzerland - Olympic course designer Bernhard Russi has "full confidence" that men's Alpine World Cup racers will go to South Korea next month for a 2018 Pyeongchang Games test event that was...
View ArticleWith Rio approaching, jockeying begins for doubles teams
MELBOURNE, Australia - When Roger Federer and Martina Hingis decided to team up to play mixed doubles at the 2016 Olympics, a Swiss newspaper boasted the country would bring a "Dream Team" to Rio de...
View ArticleJanka wins super-G at 2018 Olympics test by large margin
JEONGSEON, South Korea - Former overall World Cup champion Carlo Janka won the super-G test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics by a large margin Sunday, while several pre-race favorites failed to...
View ArticleLindsey Vonn ends season early because of left knee injury
Lindsey Vonn's season started late after she broke her ankle in a training crash. It wrapped up much earlier than anticipated because of another wipeout.
View ArticleUS men open vs China after Olympic basketball draw
The U.S. will open the Olympics against China and also will face Venezuela and Australia after being drawn Friday into what appears to be the easier men's basketball group.
View ArticleCarpenter scores in OT to get US gold over Canada again
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia - Alex Carpenter put another gold medal around the Americans' necks.
View ArticleEq. Guinea women's soccer team thrown out of Olympics again
ZURICH - FIFA disqualified the Equatorial Guinea women's soccer team from the 2020 Olympics on Monday for fielding a player with "forged or falsified documents," the latest sanction for a country with...
View ArticleThe Latest: Bomb survivor runs marathon on prosthetic blade
BOSTON - The Latest on Monday's 120th running of the Boston Marathon (all times local):
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