The International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix in Oberstdorf is returning to the World Cup - for their first winter events since 2014.
Taylor Gold lived up to his name, topping the podium in the first-ever snowboard superpipe session at the Winter X Games in Aspen in the United States.
It was Russia's night at the International Skating Union (ISU) European Figure Skating Championships in Graz as Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovskii led a medal clean sweep in the pairs and Alena Kostornaia ended the short programme ahead in the women's singles with team-mates in second and third.
Brothers Shaolin Sándor Liu and Shaoang Liu impressed in front of a home crowd on the opening day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track European Championships in Debrecen.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States earned only the second International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill victory of her career, triumphing in the Bulgarian town of Bansko.
Defending men's skeleton champion Alexander Tretiakov has won the sixth race of the season at the BMW International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Königssee, Germany.
Germany's Denise Herrmann shot clean for the first time in her career on her way to winning the women's 15 kilometres individual event, at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup leader Sandra Näslund topped both women's qualifications in front of a home crowd in Idre Fjäll today.
In the glorious Bavarian Alps, Oberstdorf is preparing for skiathlon and sprint disciplines in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup.
Norway's Kjetil Jansrud won the men’s super-G title today, as the prestigious International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup weekend at Kitzbühel in Austria got underway.
Italian ski resort Piancavallo will play host to individual and mixed team parallel slalom events, at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Snowboard World Cup this weekend.
Russia's Dmitri Aliev won the gold medal in the men's singles at the International Skating Union (ISU) European Figure Skating Championships in Graz, after overnight leader Michal Březina missed the opportunity to lift the title.
Scotty James has won the men's snowboard superpipe on day one of the Winter X Games in Aspen, United States.
Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø marked his return from paternity leave by winning the men's 20 kilometres individual event at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
Hungary's speed skating superhero siblings are set for a warm return, as Debrecen hosts the International Skating Union (ISU) European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, starting tomorrow.
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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