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‘My needles are waiting’: Ben Ogden credits knitting habit after cross-country silver
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (586+ words) Vermont native ends US men's 50-year medal drought Result continues strong showing at Milan-Cortina Norway's Johannes H'sflot Kl'bo wins seventh gold Ben Ogden delivered the most significant result in US men's cross-country skiing in decades on Tuesday afternoon, winning Olympic…...
Italian reporters to protest over boss’s gaffe-filled Olympic commentary
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (399+ words) Director of state broadcaster Rai Sport welcomed viewers to wrong stadium and mistook Italian actor for Mariah Carey Sports journalists at the Italian state broadcaster are staging protests in response to blunders made by the sports director throughout his commentary…...
Winter Olympic officials to investigate why medals keep breaking
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (280+ words) Athletes report medals are chipped, cracked or damaged "We are aware. We are looking into what the problem is" They are among the most prized possessions in sport, yet embarrassingly for Olympic officials the medals in Milano Cortina keep breaking....
Tearful Kirsty Muir rues agonising fourth place in Winter Olympics slopestyle
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (671+ words) British skier breaks down after making crucial mistakes "I'm obviously a bit sad " it's a tough place to be, fourth' Long after the finale of this compelling women's freeski slopestyle competition, Kirsty Muir was still struggling to process the cruellest…...
Australian snowboard pair go big to make Winter Olympics final
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (445+ words) Meila Stalker and Beijing bronze medallist Tess Coady qualify Four-time Olympian Alex Ferlazzo finished 18th in men's luge Olympic debutant Meila Stalker has pulled out a trick she only learnt since arriving in Livigno to join Beijing bronze medallist Tess Coady…...
‘It made me cry’: your favourite moments from past Winter Olympics
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (727+ words) From Torvill and Dean scoring a perfect 6.0 to radical new boarding and skiing styles, readers recall euphoric moments from past Games With the 2026 Winter Olympics off to a spectacular start with the opening ceremonies in Milan, Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo,…...
All aboard the ‘stoke train’: why the snowboarding experience can trump any medal | Cath Bishop
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (229+ words) The high-risk nature of the sport creates enjoyment for the competitors regardless of the hunt for medals and this positive feeling helps attract spectators As the Winter Olympics approaches, we get to watch sports many of us have never tried....
Ryan Wedding’s journey from Olympic snowboarder to alleged cocaine kingpin
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1011+ words) The native of Thunder Bay, Canada, has been compared to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo " but is he really as big a figure as US prosecutors have claimed? To compete at the highest levels of snowboarding, racers must master carving,…...
Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding arrives in US on drug charges – video
2+ week, 3+ day ago (117+ words) Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin linked to multiple murders, arrived handcuffed at Ontario international airport in California on Friday. Wedding, escorted by FBI agents, was flown to the US from Mexico to…...
Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin in custody
2+ week, 4+ day ago (259+ words) Ryan Wedding allegedly ran a drug-trafficking organisation that moved 60 tons of cocaine a year into Los Angeles Ryan Wedding, the Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, has been arrested, US law enforcement officials announced on Friday. Wedding, 44, has been…...