Olympics

1:05 PM ET Associated Press Russia and Kenya, two of the most troubled counties on the international doping front, received encouraging news from track and field’s ruling body on Wednesday, though any possible reprieve for Russia was tempered by the sport’s intent to keep the country’s athletes out of international meets until the war in

6:02 PM ET Associated Press LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Marco Odermatt is already living up to his billing as the favorite for the overall World Cup title, beating Aleksander Aamodt Kilde to win a super-G on Sunday for his second victory in three races this season. The Swiss star was third in the other race

Nov 27, 2022 Associated Press KILLINGTON, Vt. — Wendy Holdener’s lengthy wait for a slalom victory came to an end Sunday, although the Swiss skier had to share top spot with Anna Swenn Larsson. Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth while bidding for a sixth straight win in Killington. The American was fastest in the first run

9:24 PM ET Associated Press WHISTLER, British Columbia — Kim Kalicki and Anabel Galander of Germany won the opening women’s bobsled World Cup race of the season on Saturday, holding off the Swiss duo of Melanie Hasler and Nadja Pasternack. Kalicki drove to the win in 1 minute, 45.93 seconds. Hasler’s time was 1:46.13. Kaillie

7:12 PM ET Associated Press ESPOO, Finland — American figure skater Ilia Malinin swept his Grand Prix assignments by taking the men’s gold medal at the Grand Prix of Espoo on Saturday, making the rising 17-year-old star one of the favorites to win at Grand Prix Final. The stop in Finland replaced the Rostelecom Cup,

Nov 26, 2022 Associated Press LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Speed specialist Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the rescheduled first downhill of the season on Saturday. The Norwegian skier edged out Daniel Hemetsberger of Austria by 0.06 seconds in Lake Louise, Alberta. Defending overall World Cup champion Marco Odermatt was third, 0.10 behind Kilde. The 30-year-old Kilde

Nov 26, 2022 Associated Press KILLINGTON, Vt. — World champion Lara Gut-Behrami improved on her second run Saturday to win her first World Cup giant slalom in more than six years, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing 13th. Gut-Behrami was third in the opening run on the course in Killington, Vermont, but did just enough to edge

8:39 PM ET Associated Press WHISTLER, British Columbia — Canada took the top two spots in the first women’s monobob World Cup race of the season Friday, while Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. won the bronze. Bianca Ribi finished her two runs in 1 minute, 50.89 seconds for her first win on the

5:24 AM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Kenya faces the prospect of being banned from international athletics because of doping problems that have now reached “crisis” levels, according to authorities in the country. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would have repercussions for a number

8:32 PM ET Associated Press WHISTLER, British Columbia — Olympic champion Hannah Neise of Germany won the opening women’s skeleton World Cup race of the season Thursday, while Hallie Clarke of the U.S. tied for second in her debut and gave the American program its best finish in nearly six years. Neise finished two runs

11:37 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — The operating budget for the 2024 Paris Olympics is expected to go up by 10%, in part because of high inflation, organizers said Tuesday. The organizing committee, known as COJO, had an original operating budget of around 4 billion euros ($4.1 billion) but will present a revised figure

11:47 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Hilary Knight had two goals and an assist, Nicole Hensley stopped 22 shots, and the United States beat Canada for the third straight time, 4-2 in the Rivalry Series on Sunday night. Abby Roque and Savannah Harmon also scored for the U.S., which won 4-3 in a shootout

9:08 AM ET Associated Press LEVI, Finland — Overall World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States wasted no time in taking control of a new season, sweeping the two season-opening races Sunday. Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both runs on the way to her 49th slalom victory, just a day after winning

12:27 AM ET Associated Press SAPPORO, Japan — Japan’s Shoma Uno defended his title at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating’s NHK Trophy, scoring a season-best free skate and total score to beat compatriot Sota Yamamoto. Uno, the Beijing Winter Olympic bronze medalist, scored 188.10 for his free skate to total 279.76 at the Makomanai

9:15 AM ET Associated Press LEVI, Finland — World Cup champion champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States claimed the season-opening women’s World Cup race on Saturday for her 48th slalom victory. No other skier has won more titles in a single competition. Shiffrin moved to the top with the fastest second run after placing

3:51 PM ET Associated Press U.S. decathlon champion Garrett Scantling will miss the Paris Olympics because of a ban imposed after he falsified an email in trying to cover up a missed doping test. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday that the 29-year-old Scantling, who won national championships earlier this year, had accepted a three-year

Nov 18, 2022 Associated Press For the first time in 12 years, USA Basketball is not atop the world men’s rankings. FIBA, the sport’s governing body, updated its rankings Friday, and Spain moved into the top spot, a sliver ahead of the U.S. The four-time defending Olympic champion Americans moved into the top spot after

6:37 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Alexander Gorshkov, who won the first ice dance gold medal at the 1976 Olympics and later became a leading official in Russian figure skating, has died. He was 76. The Russian Figure Skating Federation said in a statement on Thursday that Gorshkov “died suddenly” without giving further details.