Winter Olympics
Sisters Hope to Turn Chemistry on Ice into Gold in Torino Games
Winter Olympics: Cassie and Jamie Johnson, sisters who are believed to have a strange mental connection during competition, lead the U.S. Women’s Curling team headed for Italy.
Olympics: Russian Resort Gets Winter Olympics Nod
Politics of sport: The Black Sea resort of Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympics after winning an IOC vote last night.
Winter Hopefuls Press Their Case in Beijing
Olympic Games: Digger: The countries in the running for the 2014 Winter Olympics have been putting their cases across at the Sport Accord conference in Beijing.
Wildlife Puts Russian Games on Thin Ice
Winter Olympics at Sochi fall foul of WWF - Bobsleigh run would harm bears, campaigners claim
Oligarchs Woo Kremlin With Cash for Winter Olympics Bid
Russia's super-rich oligarchs are currying favour with the Kremlin by pouring cash into the country's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Basic Element, the vast industrial holding company of the metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, announced yesterday a $800m (£440m) investment in a sports complex near Sochi, the holiday town on the Black Sea which is leading Russia's bid.
Winter Olympics: It's About the Future
Simon Clegg has insisted Britain have had a successful games despite a return of just one medal.
Winter Olympics: Baldings Favourite Moments
Clare Balding reflects on her favourite memories from Turin 2006 from figure skating passion to Shelley Rudman's skeleton bob silver.
Winter Olympics: Boa in New Funding Row
Politicisation of the British Olympic Association under Colin Moynihan may cause government funding for British athletes to be cut.
Winter Olympics: Curlers Lose Play-off
Britain's chances of a second medal have faded with the men's curlers' 8-6 defeat in the bronze medal play-off.
Bronze Defeat for Curlers
Winter Olympics: There was no medal for Great Britain in the men's curling after a disappointing defeat to the US.
Winter Olympics: Swedish Prawns Hijack Norway's Olympic Dream
A teenage trip to Norway opened the door to a country who know how to look on the bright side and on current form in Turin they'll need it in buckets, writes Harry Pearson.
Winter Olympics: Sure-footed Arakawa Claims Golden Reward
Shizuka Arakawa produced a faultless display in her free programme to claim figure skating gold for Japan as her rivals literally fell by the wayside.
Winter Olympics: Murdoch's Men Left Heartbroken As Finland Reach Final Frontier
David Murdoch's dream of Olympic gold came to an end as his Great Britain team lost out to Finland in the men's curling semi-final.
Winter Olympics: Murdoch Finds Inspiration in Reruns of Martin's Gold
Britain's men curlers, inspired by the women's triumph of 2002, will be assured of at least a silver medal if they overcome Finland in their semi-final.
Winter Olympics: Women Curlers Go Out
Despite defeating the United States, Britain's women were eliminated when Canada beat Denmark with the last stone.
Curling Queens Dethroned
Winter Olympics: Despite beating the United States, Britain's women were knocked out in the group stage when Canada beat Denmark with the final stone.
Winter Olympics: Martin's Defence in Need of Miracle on Ice
Rhona Martin's bid to retain Great Britain's curling title looks set to end in failure as the men marched onto the semi-finals despite losing to the US.
Winter Olympics: Alcott Falls Short of the Rules
Britain's Chemmy Alcott has been disqualified from the combined skiing event because her skis were 0.2mm too small.
Turin 2006: Martin's Curlers Caught Cold
Winter Olympics Rhona Martin's curling team lost 8-4 to Norway, placing a semi-final spot in jeopardy, while the much-improved British men's side beat Switzerland 6-5.
Turin 2006: Miller's Medal Hopes Hit the Skids
Winter Olympics: Hard-living Bode Miller again disappointed on the slopes, failing to finish in the Super-G and sking off the Kandahar Branchetta course.
Winter Olympics: Cheek Donates Bonus
Speed Skater Joey Cheek has donated his $25,000 gold-medal bonus to the Right to Play charity.
Winter Olympics: Rudman Praises Uk Sport
Shelley Rudman has paid tribute to UK Sport for the funding that helped her to win silver in Turin.
Winter Olympics: Curlers Beaten By Canada
Britain's women curlers have been beaten 9-3 by favourites Canada but are still on course for the semi-finals.
Winter Olympics: Olympics Inflame the Search for Whoever They Are
"They" have come up with some of the best nicknames of the Games but finding out who "they" are is proving a trickier task, writes Harry Pearson.
The Question: Which is the Most Dangerous Winter Olympic Sport?
Winter Olympics: We only ask because we have been observing that the luge has been rather incident-strewn this year. By Aida Edemariam
Winter Olympics: Russian Sees Silver Medal Revoked After Drugs Test
Olga Pyleva, of Russia, became the first competitor at the Games to fail a drugs test and was stripped of her silver medal in the 15km biathlon.
Winter Olympics: Rudman Strikes Silver to Warm Britain's Hearts
Shelley Rudman, a part-time classroom manager, has claimed Britain's first medal of the Games after a scintillating run in the skeleton.
Rudman Seals Silver for Britain
Winter Olympics: Shelley Rudman claims Britain's first Turin medal with silver in women's skeleton bobsleigh.
Winter Olympics: Gretzky's Halo Loses Its Glow As Gambling Clouds Gather
The scandal surrounding ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky refuses to go away as Canada begin their quest for gold.
Curlers Cruise Past Russia
Winter Olympics: Great Britain's women curlers returned to winning ways with an emphatic 10-4 victory over Russia.
Winter Olympics: Gretsky's Halo Loses Its Glow As Gambling Clouds Gather
The scandal surrounding ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky refuses to go away as Canada begin their quest for gold.
Winter Olympics: Alcott Turns Up Trumps With a 40-year British Best
Despite the fog 23-year-old Chemmy Allcott served up the best result by a British female skier in two decades as she finished 11th in the downhill.
Rudman Raises Gb Medal Hopes
Winter Olympics: Britain's Shelley Rudman goes fastest in final training run for tomorrow's skeleton bobsleigh.
Winter Olympics: More Misery for Miller After Gate Blunder
Bode Miller, tipped as a star of the Games, was disqualified from the men's combined after replays showed he straddled a gate during the slalom.
Winter Olympics: Freestyle of the Rich and Famous
Australian Dale Begg-Smith is the self-made millionaire after the priceless reward of a gold medal in freestyle skiing.
Winter Olympics: Mckenna Faces Funding Cut
Scottish snowboarder Lesley McKenna's half-pipe dream ended in tatters yesterday amid fears for her future funding.
Britain Clinch Win on Last Stone
Winter Olympics: Rhona Martin's curlers have secured a last-gasp victory in the round-robin competition by beating Switzerland in a repeat of the 2002 final in Salt Lake City.
Winter Olympics: Martin Guides Britain to Win
Rhona Martin produced a display reminiscent of Salt Lake City to guide Britain to victory against Denmark.
Curling Teams Make Winning Starts
Winter Olympics: Great Britain's men's and women's teams get off to victorious starts in Pinerolo.
Winter Wonderland or Turin Tedium?
Winter Olympics: Eighteen kettle drums, seven monumental Alpen horns and a choir of 82, Martin Kelner tunes in to the opening of the 20th Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics: Deneriaz Takes Gold
Antoine Deneriaz took advantage of Bode Miller's hang over to claim the Olympic downhill crown.
Winter Olympics: The Drink, Drugs and Dedication of Loudmouth Miller
Tomorrow's downhill will give the colourful American skier the chance to prove he is not just talk, writes Duncan Mackay.
Winter Olympics: Coe Reassures Ioc
Sebastian Coe addressed the IOC in Turin yesterday, for the first time since London won the 2012 bid.
World Veterinary Experts Yesterday Raced to Help Nigeria
Winter Olympics: Sadly for Olympic gold medallist Rhona Martin, the boom for curling that was meant to follow Britain's Salt Lake City success never materialised, she tells Duncan Mackay.
Family Fortunes the Priority As Flowers Goes for Second Bobsleigh Gold
Winter Olympics: A second Olympic gold medal is less important to two-woman bobsleigh champion Vonetta Flowers than her son, Jorden, regaining his hearing, she tells Duncan Mackay.
Haunted Baxter Endures a Long, Slow Road to Redemption
Winter Olympics: Alain Baxter is hoping that a good performance in Turin will finally wash away the memory of the Olympic medal he lost after using a Vicks inhaler, reports Donald McRae.
WInter Olympics: Lord of the Alps
No Briton has ever wom a media in downhill and slalom skiing despite, as Will Buckley discovers, the sport being the invention of eccentric twenties gent, Sir Arnold Lunn.
Turin: a Rum Do, But One That Still Passes the 007 Test
Winter Olympics: The Winter Games are better than the Summer Olympics because, unlike the the giant slalom or the winter biathlon, you can't imagine James Bond doing the triple jump, writes Harry Pearson.
Those Found Gulity of Doping at
Winter Olympics: Those found gulity of doping at the Turin Winter Olympics will face prosecution under Italian law despite suggestions to the contrary.
Turin Cheats Face Arrest
Winter Olympics: Digger: Those found gulity of doping at the Turin Winter Olympics will face prosecution under Italian law despite suggestions to the contrary.
Winter Olympics: Scientist or Madman, Dr Ice is Fired Up for Winter Olympic Glory
Bobsleigh: Bob-skeleton scientist and low-flying human missile Kristan Bromley is determined to win a medal for Britain at the winter Olympics, he tells Donald McRae.
Winter Olympics: Bbc Goes Big on Turin Games
The BBC announced plans for more than 100 hours of coverage of the Winter Olympics, promising additional interactive, broadband options and new technology.
Winter Olympics: Martin to Lead Turin Team
Britain unveiled curling's answer to the Dream Team with 2002 heroine Rhona Martin retaining her role as skip.
Winter Olympics: Elegance, Brutality, Insanity - It's a Wonderful World
After their relative success at Salt Lake City, GB's team will head to Turin for the Winter Olympics in February fora celebration of brilliantly obscure and entertainingly baffling sport, says Claire Balding.
How Green is Their Tunnel?
Even environmentalists disagree over a proposed railway running through the Susa valley to link the main sites of the Italian winter Olympics, writes John Hooper.
Ghanian Skier Plans on Making an Impact at Winter Olympics
A Ghanian skier dubbed "The Snow Leopard" aims to make an impact in Turin despite skiing outdoors for the first time at the weekend.
Problems Shroud Turin Games
What's an Olympics without a precarious build-up? Turin, host of the 2006 Winter Olympics, is putting Athens to shame in one regard.
Drugs in Sport: No Trace of Thg in Salt Lake Samples
January 8: The IOC have said that no traces of THG were found during the retesting of urine samples collected during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Hockey, British style
The "Princess of Puck" took another holiday to a place where hockey is played. It's in Europe and it may surprise you where, because while they don't send a hockey team to the Winter Olympics every four years, they have been playing hockey longer than their Canadian counterparts. Where is it? England.
Interview: Alain Baxter
For a moment, back in February, Alain Baxter felt he was on top of the world. Actually he was two steps down from the summit, standing in the bronze medal position on the winner's podium after the slalom at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
'Sincere and Honest' Baxter Loses Medal Appeal
British skier Alain Baxter today failed in his bid to have his Winter Olympics bronze medal reinstated, but has been cleared of being a drugs cheat. Baxter finished third in the slalom at Salt Lake City in February but was stripped of the medal - the first ever awarded to a British skier...
Four-way Fight for Winter Games
Vancouver (Canada), Salzburg (Austria), Berne (Switzerland) and Pyeong Chang (South Korea) have made the final shortlist of candidates to stage the 2010 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee today told Harbin (China), Jaca (Spain), Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Andorra...
Coaching profile -- Pat Quinn, Toronto Maple Leafs
He's won a gold medal in this years Winter Olympics and he's also earned a law degree. All that's left for Toronto Maple Leaf head coach Pat Quinn to win is the Stanley Cup.
EPO Use Hit New Heights in Salt Lake
April 10: As many as 100 drugs tests at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City showed traces of the banned performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin, known as EPO, an Olympic official revealed yesterday.
Duncan Mackay: Why the Blue-haired Highlander Caught a Cold From a Dose of His Own Medicine
Before Britain's Winter Olympic squad left for Salt Lake City last month they were given a lecture by Michelle Verroken, the head of ethics and anti-doping at UK Sport, the organisation responsible for drug testing in this country. She emphasised how important it was when travelling...
Baxter Stripped of His Bronze
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed this afternoon what Alain Baxter must have feared, that the Scottish skier will be stripped of the slalom bronze medal he won at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics because of a positive drug test. Baxter tested positive for the...
Date Set for Baxter Drug Hearing
March 13: The disciplinary hearing into Alain Baxter's positive drugs test at the Winter Olympics will be held in Lausanne on Friday and Saturday.
General: Mullin' It Over -- Olympics are over edition
The Winter Olympics were actually interesting for a change, and now it's time to see what else took place over a busy February in the world of sports.
Extreme Events at Chamjam
March 9: For anyone interested in Britain's future in the Winter Olympics, the events over the past week in the French ski resort of Chamonix, near Geneva, may just represent the future of the winter world.
Baxter Tests Positive
Scotland's Alain Baxter, who won a bronze medal in the men's slalom at the Winter Olympics, has test positive for the prohibited substance methamphetamine, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced. The BOA, who said it was informed of the positive test on March 1, today issued...
Olympics: Two weeks of memories
Two great weeks of sports ended Sunday night, as the Winter Olympics came to a close. Here's a look back, from an American's point of view, at just some of the memorable moments and athletes that made it special.
Lottery Jackpot for Skiers and Curlers
February 26: Alpine skiing and curling can expect a lottery windfall after helping Britain to its most successful Winter Olympics for 66 years.
Canada Reclaim Gold and Lustre
Ice hockey-mad Canadians have left the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in euphoria after beating their oldest rivals, the United States, 5-2 in the final to win gold. Joe Sakic collected two goals and two assists as Canada captured their first Olympic men's ice hockey gold medal in 50...
Curling Seizes Its Golden Moment
Winter Olympics victory opens way for multimillion pound investment in 'bowls on ice'.
Olympics: Winter has winners and lugers, but no losers
Sure, figure skaters remind us of Kordell Stewart, but that doesn't make them athletes. Although they do not play a sport, the dancers whine and cry just like football and basketball players. Gold medals for everyone!
Olympics: Elimination anticipation is history
The elimination games of the XIX Olympic Winter Games are sure to be well played with the States playing Germany, Sweden playing Belarus, Czech Republic playing Russia, and Canada facing off against Finland on Wednesday. Lee Manchur takes a deeper look as to why the games are expected to be very competitive.
Olympics: Memo to the NHL -- This is ice hockey
In terms of popularity, of all professional leagues, the NHL is in fourth place -- comfortably. However, the Winter Olympic hockey matchups have garnered extremely high ratings and have captured the imagination of a floundering fanbase. Here's just hoping the Commish is in Salt Lake City with a pad and pencil.
Chariots of Ire: is Us Jingoism Tarnishing the Olympic Ideal?
The wave of American jingoism and intense security that has marked the first week of the Winter Olympics here has led to senior officials of the International Olympic Committee privately expressing concerns about whether the US can ever stage another Olympic event. The games have already...
Winter Olympics: Great Britain's Medal Hopes
Unlikely as it may seem, there are medal hopes for Great Britain in the Winter Olympics, writes Duncan Mackay.
Winter Olympics
The 19th Winter Olympics starts today, so you are going to need to know your luges from your skeletons - and pack those long johns.
A Quick Q&A
The 18th edition of the Winter Olympic Games kicks off tonight in Salt Lake City, Utah in front of thousands of spectators and millions of TV viewers around the world. However, some questions remain.
Meet Alex Comber, an Unlikely Favourite for the Winter Olympics
February 5: A 28-year-old RAF intelligence officer is on the threshold of becoming Britain's first winter Olympic gold medallist since 1984.
Interview: Hammy Mcmillan
February 4: One of Britain's brightest gold-medal hopes at the Winter Olympics talks about the secret art of curling and how home help could prove the difference in Salt Lake City.
Americans Told to Cut the Patriotism
With the Winter Olympics due to begin in Salt Lake City at the weekend, the IOC has told the organisers of Friday's opening ceremony not to honour victims of September 11.
Coca-Cola Brings Pin Trading from the Olympic Winter Games to Your Living Room
Known as the most popular spectator sport of the Olympic Games, pin trading has become an enjoyable way for people to meet others from around the world.
General: This week's poll...
We're just a week away from the NCAA Championship game and that brings us to this week's eSports poll question. Read on to participate and see the results from last week's poll on the Winter Olympics.
General: This week's poll
With the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City only a couple months away, it seems time to start asking some Olympic questions. The first one -- what is your favorite winter sport to watch during the Games. Read on to let us know what you think.
How would you like your rings? Olympian or cash register?
A breaking story about the plans of West Coast NBC affiliates to air the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics on tape delay proves that there's always another outrage on the sporting horizon.
NHL: The Big Six selecting eight
By March 22, the "big six hockey nations" of the world - Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States - will submit a list of eight players that will undoubtedly play for their country in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Olympic Games: Digger: The countries in the running for the 2014 Winter Olympics have been putting their cases across at the Sport Accord conference in Beijing.
Wildlife Puts Russian Games on Thin Ice
Winter Olympics at Sochi fall foul of WWF - Bobsleigh run would harm bears, campaigners claim
Oligarchs Woo Kremlin With Cash for Winter Olympics Bid
Russia's super-rich oligarchs are currying favour with the Kremlin by pouring cash into the country's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Basic Element, the vast industrial holding company of the metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, announced yesterday a $800m (£440m) investment in a sports complex near Sochi, the holiday town on the Black Sea which is leading Russia's bid.
Winter Olympics: It's About the Future
Simon Clegg has insisted Britain have had a successful games despite a return of just one medal.
Winter Olympics: Baldings Favourite Moments
Clare Balding reflects on her favourite memories from Turin 2006 from figure skating passion to Shelley Rudman's skeleton bob silver.
Winter Olympics: Boa in New Funding Row
Politicisation of the British Olympic Association under Colin Moynihan may cause government funding for British athletes to be cut.
Winter Olympics: Curlers Lose Play-off
Britain's chances of a second medal have faded with the men's curlers' 8-6 defeat in the bronze medal play-off.
Bronze Defeat for Curlers
Winter Olympics: There was no medal for Great Britain in the men's curling after a disappointing defeat to the US.
Winter Olympics: Swedish Prawns Hijack Norway's Olympic Dream
A teenage trip to Norway opened the door to a country who know how to look on the bright side and on current form in Turin they'll need it in buckets, writes Harry Pearson.
Winter Olympics: Sure-footed Arakawa Claims Golden Reward
Shizuka Arakawa produced a faultless display in her free programme to claim figure skating gold for Japan as her rivals literally fell by the wayside.
Winter Olympics: Murdoch's Men Left Heartbroken As Finland Reach Final Frontier
David Murdoch's dream of Olympic gold came to an end as his Great Britain team lost out to Finland in the men's curling semi-final.
Winter Olympics: Murdoch Finds Inspiration in Reruns of Martin's Gold
Britain's men curlers, inspired by the women's triumph of 2002, will be assured of at least a silver medal if they overcome Finland in their semi-final.
Winter Olympics: Women Curlers Go Out
Despite defeating the United States, Britain's women were eliminated when Canada beat Denmark with the last stone.
Curling Queens Dethroned
Winter Olympics: Despite beating the United States, Britain's women were knocked out in the group stage when Canada beat Denmark with the final stone.
Winter Olympics: Martin's Defence in Need of Miracle on Ice
Rhona Martin's bid to retain Great Britain's curling title looks set to end in failure as the men marched onto the semi-finals despite losing to the US.
Winter Olympics: Alcott Falls Short of the Rules
Britain's Chemmy Alcott has been disqualified from the combined skiing event because her skis were 0.2mm too small.
Turin 2006: Martin's Curlers Caught Cold
Winter Olympics Rhona Martin's curling team lost 8-4 to Norway, placing a semi-final spot in jeopardy, while the much-improved British men's side beat Switzerland 6-5.
Turin 2006: Miller's Medal Hopes Hit the Skids
Winter Olympics: Hard-living Bode Miller again disappointed on the slopes, failing to finish in the Super-G and sking off the Kandahar Branchetta course.
Winter Olympics: Cheek Donates Bonus
Speed Skater Joey Cheek has donated his $25,000 gold-medal bonus to the Right to Play charity.
Winter Olympics: Rudman Praises Uk Sport
Shelley Rudman has paid tribute to UK Sport for the funding that helped her to win silver in Turin.
Winter Olympics: Curlers Beaten By Canada
Britain's women curlers have been beaten 9-3 by favourites Canada but are still on course for the semi-finals.
Winter Olympics: Olympics Inflame the Search for Whoever They Are
"They" have come up with some of the best nicknames of the Games but finding out who "they" are is proving a trickier task, writes Harry Pearson.
The Question: Which is the Most Dangerous Winter Olympic Sport?
Winter Olympics: We only ask because we have been observing that the luge has been rather incident-strewn this year. By Aida Edemariam
Winter Olympics: Russian Sees Silver Medal Revoked After Drugs Test
Olga Pyleva, of Russia, became the first competitor at the Games to fail a drugs test and was stripped of her silver medal in the 15km biathlon.
Winter Olympics: Rudman Strikes Silver to Warm Britain's Hearts
Shelley Rudman, a part-time classroom manager, has claimed Britain's first medal of the Games after a scintillating run in the skeleton.
Rudman Seals Silver for Britain
Winter Olympics: Shelley Rudman claims Britain's first Turin medal with silver in women's skeleton bobsleigh.
Winter Olympics: Gretzky's Halo Loses Its Glow As Gambling Clouds Gather
The scandal surrounding ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky refuses to go away as Canada begin their quest for gold.
Curlers Cruise Past Russia
Winter Olympics: Great Britain's women curlers returned to winning ways with an emphatic 10-4 victory over Russia.
Winter Olympics: Gretsky's Halo Loses Its Glow As Gambling Clouds Gather
The scandal surrounding ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky refuses to go away as Canada begin their quest for gold.
Winter Olympics: Alcott Turns Up Trumps With a 40-year British Best
Despite the fog 23-year-old Chemmy Allcott served up the best result by a British female skier in two decades as she finished 11th in the downhill.
Rudman Raises Gb Medal Hopes
Winter Olympics: Britain's Shelley Rudman goes fastest in final training run for tomorrow's skeleton bobsleigh.
Winter Olympics: More Misery for Miller After Gate Blunder
Bode Miller, tipped as a star of the Games, was disqualified from the men's combined after replays showed he straddled a gate during the slalom.
Winter Olympics: Freestyle of the Rich and Famous
Australian Dale Begg-Smith is the self-made millionaire after the priceless reward of a gold medal in freestyle skiing.
Winter Olympics: Mckenna Faces Funding Cut
Scottish snowboarder Lesley McKenna's half-pipe dream ended in tatters yesterday amid fears for her future funding.
Britain Clinch Win on Last Stone
Winter Olympics: Rhona Martin's curlers have secured a last-gasp victory in the round-robin competition by beating Switzerland in a repeat of the 2002 final in Salt Lake City.
Winter Olympics: Martin Guides Britain to Win
Rhona Martin produced a display reminiscent of Salt Lake City to guide Britain to victory against Denmark.
Curling Teams Make Winning Starts
Winter Olympics: Great Britain's men's and women's teams get off to victorious starts in Pinerolo.
Winter Wonderland or Turin Tedium?
Winter Olympics: Eighteen kettle drums, seven monumental Alpen horns and a choir of 82, Martin Kelner tunes in to the opening of the 20th Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics: Deneriaz Takes Gold
Antoine Deneriaz took advantage of Bode Miller's hang over to claim the Olympic downhill crown.
Winter Olympics: The Drink, Drugs and Dedication of Loudmouth Miller
Tomorrow's downhill will give the colourful American skier the chance to prove he is not just talk, writes Duncan Mackay.
Winter Olympics: Coe Reassures Ioc
Sebastian Coe addressed the IOC in Turin yesterday, for the first time since London won the 2012 bid.
World Veterinary Experts Yesterday Raced to Help Nigeria
Winter Olympics: Sadly for Olympic gold medallist Rhona Martin, the boom for curling that was meant to follow Britain's Salt Lake City success never materialised, she tells Duncan Mackay.
Family Fortunes the Priority As Flowers Goes for Second Bobsleigh Gold
Winter Olympics: A second Olympic gold medal is less important to two-woman bobsleigh champion Vonetta Flowers than her son, Jorden, regaining his hearing, she tells Duncan Mackay.
Haunted Baxter Endures a Long, Slow Road to Redemption
Winter Olympics: Alain Baxter is hoping that a good performance in Turin will finally wash away the memory of the Olympic medal he lost after using a Vicks inhaler, reports Donald McRae.
WInter Olympics: Lord of the Alps
No Briton has ever wom a media in downhill and slalom skiing despite, as Will Buckley discovers, the sport being the invention of eccentric twenties gent, Sir Arnold Lunn.
Turin: a Rum Do, But One That Still Passes the 007 Test
Winter Olympics: The Winter Games are better than the Summer Olympics because, unlike the the giant slalom or the winter biathlon, you can't imagine James Bond doing the triple jump, writes Harry Pearson.
Those Found Gulity of Doping at
Winter Olympics: Those found gulity of doping at the Turin Winter Olympics will face prosecution under Italian law despite suggestions to the contrary.
Turin Cheats Face Arrest
Winter Olympics: Digger: Those found gulity of doping at the Turin Winter Olympics will face prosecution under Italian law despite suggestions to the contrary.
Winter Olympics: Scientist or Madman, Dr Ice is Fired Up for Winter Olympic Glory
Bobsleigh: Bob-skeleton scientist and low-flying human missile Kristan Bromley is determined to win a medal for Britain at the winter Olympics, he tells Donald McRae.
Winter Olympics: Bbc Goes Big on Turin Games
The BBC announced plans for more than 100 hours of coverage of the Winter Olympics, promising additional interactive, broadband options and new technology.
Winter Olympics: Martin to Lead Turin Team
Britain unveiled curling's answer to the Dream Team with 2002 heroine Rhona Martin retaining her role as skip.
Winter Olympics: Elegance, Brutality, Insanity - It's a Wonderful World
After their relative success at Salt Lake City, GB's team will head to Turin for the Winter Olympics in February fora celebration of brilliantly obscure and entertainingly baffling sport, says Claire Balding.
How Green is Their Tunnel?
Even environmentalists disagree over a proposed railway running through the Susa valley to link the main sites of the Italian winter Olympics, writes John Hooper.
Ghanian Skier Plans on Making an Impact at Winter Olympics
A Ghanian skier dubbed "The Snow Leopard" aims to make an impact in Turin despite skiing outdoors for the first time at the weekend.
Problems Shroud Turin Games
What's an Olympics without a precarious build-up? Turin, host of the 2006 Winter Olympics, is putting Athens to shame in one regard.
Drugs in Sport: No Trace of Thg in Salt Lake Samples
January 8: The IOC have said that no traces of THG were found during the retesting of urine samples collected during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Hockey, British style
The "Princess of Puck" took another holiday to a place where hockey is played. It's in Europe and it may surprise you where, because while they don't send a hockey team to the Winter Olympics every four years, they have been playing hockey longer than their Canadian counterparts. Where is it? England.
Interview: Alain Baxter
For a moment, back in February, Alain Baxter felt he was on top of the world. Actually he was two steps down from the summit, standing in the bronze medal position on the winner's podium after the slalom at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
'Sincere and Honest' Baxter Loses Medal Appeal
British skier Alain Baxter today failed in his bid to have his Winter Olympics bronze medal reinstated, but has been cleared of being a drugs cheat. Baxter finished third in the slalom at Salt Lake City in February but was stripped of the medal - the first ever awarded to a British skier...
Four-way Fight for Winter Games
Vancouver (Canada), Salzburg (Austria), Berne (Switzerland) and Pyeong Chang (South Korea) have made the final shortlist of candidates to stage the 2010 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee today told Harbin (China), Jaca (Spain), Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Andorra...
Coaching profile -- Pat Quinn, Toronto Maple Leafs
He's won a gold medal in this years Winter Olympics and he's also earned a law degree. All that's left for Toronto Maple Leaf head coach Pat Quinn to win is the Stanley Cup.
EPO Use Hit New Heights in Salt Lake
April 10: As many as 100 drugs tests at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City showed traces of the banned performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin, known as EPO, an Olympic official revealed yesterday.
Duncan Mackay: Why the Blue-haired Highlander Caught a Cold From a Dose of His Own Medicine
Before Britain's Winter Olympic squad left for Salt Lake City last month they were given a lecture by Michelle Verroken, the head of ethics and anti-doping at UK Sport, the organisation responsible for drug testing in this country. She emphasised how important it was when travelling...
Baxter Stripped of His Bronze
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed this afternoon what Alain Baxter must have feared, that the Scottish skier will be stripped of the slalom bronze medal he won at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics because of a positive drug test. Baxter tested positive for the...
Date Set for Baxter Drug Hearing
March 13: The disciplinary hearing into Alain Baxter's positive drugs test at the Winter Olympics will be held in Lausanne on Friday and Saturday.
General: Mullin' It Over -- Olympics are over edition
The Winter Olympics were actually interesting for a change, and now it's time to see what else took place over a busy February in the world of sports.
Extreme Events at Chamjam
March 9: For anyone interested in Britain's future in the Winter Olympics, the events over the past week in the French ski resort of Chamonix, near Geneva, may just represent the future of the winter world.
Baxter Tests Positive
Scotland's Alain Baxter, who won a bronze medal in the men's slalom at the Winter Olympics, has test positive for the prohibited substance methamphetamine, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced. The BOA, who said it was informed of the positive test on March 1, today issued...
Olympics: Two weeks of memories
Two great weeks of sports ended Sunday night, as the Winter Olympics came to a close. Here's a look back, from an American's point of view, at just some of the memorable moments and athletes that made it special.
Lottery Jackpot for Skiers and Curlers
February 26: Alpine skiing and curling can expect a lottery windfall after helping Britain to its most successful Winter Olympics for 66 years.
Canada Reclaim Gold and Lustre
Ice hockey-mad Canadians have left the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in euphoria after beating their oldest rivals, the United States, 5-2 in the final to win gold. Joe Sakic collected two goals and two assists as Canada captured their first Olympic men's ice hockey gold medal in 50...
Curling Seizes Its Golden Moment
Winter Olympics victory opens way for multimillion pound investment in 'bowls on ice'.
Olympics: Winter has winners and lugers, but no losers
Sure, figure skaters remind us of Kordell Stewart, but that doesn't make them athletes. Although they do not play a sport, the dancers whine and cry just like football and basketball players. Gold medals for everyone!
Olympics: Elimination anticipation is history
The elimination games of the XIX Olympic Winter Games are sure to be well played with the States playing Germany, Sweden playing Belarus, Czech Republic playing Russia, and Canada facing off against Finland on Wednesday. Lee Manchur takes a deeper look as to why the games are expected to be very competitive.
Olympics: Memo to the NHL -- This is ice hockey
In terms of popularity, of all professional leagues, the NHL is in fourth place -- comfortably. However, the Winter Olympic hockey matchups have garnered extremely high ratings and have captured the imagination of a floundering fanbase. Here's just hoping the Commish is in Salt Lake City with a pad and pencil.
Chariots of Ire: is Us Jingoism Tarnishing the Olympic Ideal?
The wave of American jingoism and intense security that has marked the first week of the Winter Olympics here has led to senior officials of the International Olympic Committee privately expressing concerns about whether the US can ever stage another Olympic event. The games have already...
Winter Olympics: Great Britain's Medal Hopes
Unlikely as it may seem, there are medal hopes for Great Britain in the Winter Olympics, writes Duncan Mackay.
Winter Olympics
The 19th Winter Olympics starts today, so you are going to need to know your luges from your skeletons - and pack those long johns.
A Quick Q&A
The 18th edition of the Winter Olympic Games kicks off tonight in Salt Lake City, Utah in front of thousands of spectators and millions of TV viewers around the world. However, some questions remain.
Meet Alex Comber, an Unlikely Favourite for the Winter Olympics
February 5: A 28-year-old RAF intelligence officer is on the threshold of becoming Britain's first winter Olympic gold medallist since 1984.
Interview: Hammy Mcmillan
February 4: One of Britain's brightest gold-medal hopes at the Winter Olympics talks about the secret art of curling and how home help could prove the difference in Salt Lake City.
Americans Told to Cut the Patriotism
With the Winter Olympics due to begin in Salt Lake City at the weekend, the IOC has told the organisers of Friday's opening ceremony not to honour victims of September 11.
Coca-Cola Brings Pin Trading from the Olympic Winter Games to Your Living Room
Known as the most popular spectator sport of the Olympic Games, pin trading has become an enjoyable way for people to meet others from around the world.
General: This week's poll...
We're just a week away from the NCAA Championship game and that brings us to this week's eSports poll question. Read on to participate and see the results from last week's poll on the Winter Olympics.
General: This week's poll
With the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City only a couple months away, it seems time to start asking some Olympic questions. The first one -- what is your favorite winter sport to watch during the Games. Read on to let us know what you think.
How would you like your rings? Olympian or cash register?
A breaking story about the plans of West Coast NBC affiliates to air the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics on tape delay proves that there's always another outrage on the sporting horizon.
NHL: The Big Six selecting eight
By March 22, the "big six hockey nations" of the world - Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States - will submit a list of eight players that will undoubtedly play for their country in the 2002 Winter Olympics.