Double Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher has retired from alpine skiing. At a pre-arranged news conference in Salzburg on Wednesday (4th September), screened live on Austrian television, the 30-year-old ended months of speculation by announcing his intention to quit the sport with immediate effect.more

Bode Miller and his wife Morgan Beck have announced that they are expecting twins, 14 months after their daughter Emeline Grier died after drowning in a tragic pool accident. more

Ten-time world champion and Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing Therese Johaug, after winning the 10,000 meter race at the Norwegian Athletics Championships, was nominated for the most prestigious sports award in her country.more

Olympic snowboarding slopestyle silver medallist Max Parrot of Canada has said he has beaten cancer and intends to return to competition at an X Games event in Norway in August. more

"I managed to miss the competition, although it was not a very strong feeling, after training it is good to get on the hill and feel the adrenaline" - admitted David Kubacki after qualifying for the Sunday competition of the individual Summer GP in ski jumping.more

he 38-year-old made this diagnosis public in Norway today. Romoeren is currently undergoing treatment in the "Radiumhospitalet" in Oslo. Romoeren writes: "Fuck cancer. This spring I got the devastating news that I have a tumor in my back. This is a difficult situation for me and my family. By now, I have started treatment and I will survive".more

South Korea's skating body has decided to ban two-time Olympic speedskating champion Lee Seung-hoon for a year over allegations that he assaulted two teammates during several international competitions.more

Olympic swimmer Maarten van der Weijden completed his Elfstedentocht marathon in Friesland on Monday evening, reaching the finishing line in Leeuwarden at around 7.30pm, and raising €3.9m for cancer research. more

Northern Italy was chosen Monday as the site of the 2026 Winter Olympics, with hosting to be shared by Milan and the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.more

When their proximity to the inconceivable can be measured in months or years instead of mere days or weeks, the members of the St. Louis Blues will reflect upon one of the most extraordinary moments of not only their lives, or the team's 52 years in the N.H.L., but also the two and a half centuries since a pair of fur traders settled the city along the western banks of the Mississippi River.more

The complete next ski jumping winter will take place without Olympic champion Andreas Wellinger. The 23-year-old Bayer suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in his right knee while training in the Austrian Hinzenbach and has a long break.more

"After the season, I managed to relax a bit, clear my emotions, and with new strength, energy and a smile on my face I returned to training" - admitted the three-time Olympic champion in ski jumping, Kamil Stoch.more

Retired American Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn has won Spain's Princess of Asturias award for sports.more

Maren Lundby, Olympic champion and world champion in ski jumping, intends to level up the feat of Adam Malysz this season, who as the only jumper won the World Cup in a general scoring three times in a row.more

The Norwegian ski federation NSF presented yesterday the A team in ski jumping for the next season. It counts eight men and four women and is the largest in the history of this discipline in Norway.more

Three-time medalist of the Czech Olympic Games Lukas Bauer is the new coach of Polish team ski runners.more

After almost 20 years on the international Ski Jumping stage, Andreas Kofler has now announced the end of his long and successful career.more

Ski flying world champion Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande is still feeling the effects of the fall in Lahti in February and only a few days ago he was able to perform the first restricted physical training.more

Austrian ski jumper Manuel Fettner, who announced that after the 2018/19 season will end his sports career, he changed his mind and decided to start preparations for the next, who will be the 20th in the career of a 33-year-old player.more

Three-time medalist of the Czech Olympic Games Lukas Bauer is close to the Polish ski runner team. "The details remain to be discussed," PZN secretary general Jan Winkiel told PAP.more

The Norwegian Ski Federation (NSF) asked the national team to show less body in social media. The reason is the negative impact on young people who want to look like them, which often leads to serious nutritional disturbances.more

A skier who died after in skiing accident in Austria was a 51-year-old man from Poland.more

On May 1, the memorial of the Norwegian cross-country skier Vibeke Skofterud will be organized, which died on July 29 in the case of a water scooter. The famous Marit Bjoergen will start here, she finished her career a year ago and on March 23 gave birth to her second child.more

Austrian coach Stefan Horngacher, who has led a team of Polish ski jumpers for the past three years, was officially the coach of the German team - confirmed on Wednesday the German Ski Association (DSV). more

The famous Nordic ski runner Marit Bjoergen, who finished her career a year ago, gave birth to a second child over the weekend. It came to the world during the last World Cup competition this season.more