Fears of penis-based skulduggery have placed ski jumping under scrutiny at the start of the Winter Olympics in Milan.
Lizzy Yarnold powered her way to two gold medals in 2014 and 2018. So dominant and so skilled at her craft was she, many said at the time that those gold runs had been hers to lose.
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Lindsey Vonn crashed in the final Alpine Skiing World Cup event before the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
The stars of Heated Rivalry will be torchbearers during the Olympic Torch Relay ahead of the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in Milan next month.
The Jamaican bobsleigh team have qualified three sleds for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy, to continue the country's legacy in the sport that helped inspire a Disney movie.
Never before have Team GB Winter Olympic athletes been selected for a Games with the expectation of winning more medals than in the previous 102 years of competition.
Canada has launched a robust defence against accusations it deliberately withdrew four athletes from a skeleton race, a move that dashed eventual winner Katie Uhlaender's hopes of qualifying for the Winter Olympics.
Gladiator Montell Douglas, known as Fire, does not shy away from a challenge but her biggest one to date came when she transitioned from sprinting to bobsleigh.
Teenage Alpine skiing champion Matilde Lorenzi, has died after a crash during a training session in Italy.
Matt Weston secured Great Britain's first overall World Cup title in men's skeleton for 16 years in Lake Placid.
Banned Russian skater Kamila Valieva has blamed testing positive for Trimarizidine when she was 15 on a strawberry dessert prepared by her grandfather.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed the case of figure skater Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Ski chiefs have come under pressure from professional athletes to improve the sustainability of winter sports.
American Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a record 83rd women's World Cup victory on Tuesday, moving past her compatriot Lindsey Vonn.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has ruled teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva did not commit a doping offence ahead of last year's Winter Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin equalled Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record by clinching her 82nd victory in the second giant slalom race in Slovenia.
Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 near the $500 billion futuristic city project Neom.
Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead has announced her retirement.
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