Nordic combined-Norway clinches gold in chaotic Nordic team sprint
TESERO, Italy, Feb 19 : Norway won the Nordic Combined team sprint at the Olympics on Thursday in a chaotic race that saw several of the athletes crash and collide in heavy snow.
SkiMo-Cardona Coll makes history for Spain with gold in men's sprint
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 : Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.
Scotland recall Lions pair for Six Nations clash in Wales
Feb 19 : Scotland fullback Blair Kinghorn and wing Duhan van der Merwe are back in the starting lineup among five changes made by coach Gregor Townsend for the Six Nations clash against ailing Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.
Olympic figure skating fashion: Behind the costume designs - ESPN
FIGURE SKATING COSTUMES gleam under the lights at Milano Ice Skating Arena at the 2026 Winter Games. With every twizzle, lift and lutz, thousands of sequins and crystals — often Swarovski — bedazzle and glimmer. «It's not just a little uniform you put on to do your sport. It is literally a piece of art,» says designer Lisa McKinnon, who has crafted costumes for Team USA skaters Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito, among others in Milan. The range of designs, whether Lady Gaga — or Madonna-inspired, an extraterrestrial being or a national landmark, must also have full mobility and function.
NBA viewers guide: Biggest matchups, storylines, playoff races - ESPN
The NBA trade deadline and All-Star festivities are behind us, with two more months of regular-season basketball still ahead, and several exciting storylines continuing to unfold.
Switzerland's Marianne Fatton wins inaugural Olympic ski mountaineering event
The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milan Cortina Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland.
Curling-'Murphy's Law' hits Edin's Sweden as champions bow out with loss
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 19 : Everything that could go wrong for Sweden in their Olympic title defence did go wrong, said skip Niklas Edin after the champions ended their campaign at the Milano Cortina Games with a 10-4 loss to the Czech Republic on Thursday.
India's Kaur becomes highest-capped woman in international cricket
Feb 19 : Harmanpreet Kaur became the highest-capped player in women's international cricket when she made her 356th appearance for India in Thursday's Twenty20 match against Australia, surpassing New Zealand great Suzie Bates.