Italian ski resort Sestriere will bid to host the 2029 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships, it has been announced.
France’s Clement Noel claimed back-to-back men’s slalom victories at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Wengen.
Clara Direz of France earned her first International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup triumph with victory in a controversial parallel giant slalom event in Sestriere.
Marie Krista won Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games gold for Switzerland up in the mountains here to delight the home supporters who had come out in force for the ski cross, where 24 competitors contested the women's title.
Russia’s Anna Shpyneva and Austria’s Marco Woergoetter triumphed in the women’s and men’s ski jumping competitions at the Winter Youth Olympic Games here today.
Dawid Kubacki earned a second successive victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt in Germany.
Rankings leaders Alexander Bolshunov and Therese Johaug both made it two victories out of two as the International Ski Federation Cross-Country World Cup concluded in Nové Město.
Eva Pinkelnig continued her superb form in Japan as she won on the Women's Ski Jumping World Cup circuit for the third event in a row.
A total of 363 events and activities are taking place across 45 countries today as part of the ninth edition of World Snow Day.
Canada's Reece Howden claimed the first Ski Cross World Cup victory of his career on home snow in Nakiska.
Australia's Scotty James repeated his men's halfpipe event win from last year, at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup in Laax.
Poland's Dawid Kubacki has won the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany.
Local hero Beat Feuz claimed the Wengen downhill for a third time, at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Switzerland.
Italy's Edwin Coratti repeated his win from last year, coming out on top in the men's parallel giant slalom event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Snowboard World Cup in Slovenian resort Rogla.
Norwegian Therese Johaug continues to dominate the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup, recording her eighth victory in 10 individual distance events, in the Czech Republic.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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