An appeal filed by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) against a Moscow court ruling which attempted to overturn Alexander Zubkov's disqualification from Sochi 2014 will be heard later this month, it has been announced.
Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich of Germany won a second successive two-man bobsleigh race at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup event in Sigulda.
Skeleton racer Nikita Tregubov of Russia secured his first International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup win at the first race of the season in the Latvian town of Sigulda.
Olympic women’s bobsleigh champion Mariama Jamanka made the perfect start to the new season as she claimed her first International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup win in Sigulda today.
The United States will take part in the opening round of this season’s International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Sigulda in Latvia this weekend despite earlier fears over the safety of the track which reportedly prompted them to forego practising there.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will appeal a Moscow court ruling which attempted to overturn Alexander Zubkov's disqualification from Sochi 2014 for doping, it was announced today.
Car manufacturer BMW has created a two-man bobsleigh prototype for the German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD) as part of an expanding "technology partnership".
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has announced that it is looking for a partner to build monobobs for the four seasons from 2019 to 2022.
A court in Moscow has refused to acknowledge the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling to disqualify Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games for violating anti-doping rules.
Austrian bobsleigh pilot Christina Hengster has announced her retirement from the sport.
Olympic gold medallist Oskars Melbardis will miss the 2018-2019 season through injury, the Latvian Bobsleigh Federation has announced.
Australian Breeana Walker claimed an historic victory as she won the first International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) women's monobob event in Lillehammer.
Six British skeleton sliders have been selected for the opening races of the 2018-2019 World Cup season, including Olympic bronze medalist Laura Deas.
China's bobsleigh athletes continued their preparations for their home Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics by hosting their second National Championships.
Olympic bronze medallist Matt Antoine has announced his retirement from skeleton.
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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FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future well-being of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom.
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