Alpine skiing-Ice cool Hector wins last giant slalom before Beijing
Sweden's Sara Hector claimed her third victory of the season in a women's World Cup giant slalom with an ice-cool performance in the second run in Kronplatz, Italy on Tuesday.
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Olympic-Veteran forward Coyne Schofield named captain of US women's ice hockey team
Olympic gold medallist Kendall Coyne Schofield will serve as captain of the U.S. women's ice hockey team at the Beijing Games next month, USA Hockey announced on Monday.
'I was crying even before I went on the ice' - Japan's Mai Mihara wins second gold at Four Continents
Japanese skating star Mai Mihara claimed the second Four Continents gold of her career in Tallinn and put Olympic selection disappointment behind her in the process. Mihara won't be at the Games in Beijing next month after her fourth-placed finish at the Japanese nationals in December denied her a spot on the team. But she was back to her imperious best in the Estonian capital, leading throughout the competition and producing a career-best 218.03 points to finish top of the podium.
Ice hockey rivals take different approaches to same COVID opponent
Women's ice hockey superpowers Canada and the United States have had similar preparations for the Beijing Olympics but when it comes to COVID-19, they are taking very different approaches.
On a frozen pond far from the Olympics, meet China's ice hockey veterans
ANSHAN, China : "Today ... the first game in the Winter Olympics ... begins!"