Winter Sports

Fact of the day

Helsinki's Olympic Stadium was built to host the 1940 Summer Games, which were cancelled because of World War Two. It finally played host to the 1952 Olympics. 

Biathlon News

CAS ruling opens the Sochi 2014 door for banned Russians

By David Gold in Sochi

Dmitry Yaroshenko_07-10-11October 9 - Russian biathletes Dmitry Yaroshenko (pictured) and Ekaterina Iourieva hope to be able to compete in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) ruling that means LaShawn Merritt could compete at London 2012 despite having initially been barred from doing so by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).