“I have the self-belief to win gold. I know it sounds crazy when I’ve never finished on the podium yet… but I know what I am capable of.” Britain’s top skier Chemmy Alcott is certainly not shy about her Winter Olympics aspirations but it’s time for the talking to stop and for her to start [...]

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a mini-game collection for the Nintendo Wii which, like its predecessor, differentiates itself from the crowd of similar titles by featuring the casts of two of the most well-loved franchises in video gaming history. Developed by SEGA, the game does its best to replicate the fun [...]

One of Germany’s favourites to win a medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics – speed skater Claudia Pechstein – has lost an appeal against a doping ban. The five-time Olympic speed skating champion’s two-year ban for blood doping was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. Pechstein has never failed a drugs [...]

Sasha Cohen, trying to qualify for her third Olympics this winter, will miss the upcoming Skate America event because of a calf injury and will try to be ready for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January. Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medal winner, has tendinitis in her right calf. She also missed an event [...]

Fourteen women ski jumpers will appear in a British Colombia court today to continue their legal battle for the opportunity to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. After the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rejected the inclusion of women’s ski jumping in the 2010 games, the athletes brought the issue to court as [...]

According to the Canadian Press, Le Soleil, a Quebec City newspaper, reported Saturday the city will make a bid for the 2022 or 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Le Soleil reports Quebec Premier Jean Charest and Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume are expected to name Quebec Remparts president Clause Rousseau to head what is being called [...]