It's a big year for Canada's 2026 Winter Olympic contenders
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Skeleton Sport News
Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games
Lake Placid, N.Y., would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn't finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games, officials said Wednesday.
Italy recovers Etruscan artefacts worth €8 million bound for black market
Italian authorities have announced the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artefacts worth €8 million intended for sale on the black market.
MI5 bosses accused of 'institutional defensiveness' as Manchester Arena families seek 'vindication'
A lawyer representing victims of the Manchester Arena bombing has accused MI5 of 'institutional defensiveness' as the families pursue a legal action to achieve 'vindication'.
Ex-Astros player calls sign-stealing whistleblower a 'crap' teammate, suggests Yankees may be guilty, too
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Great British Bake Off issues warning for 'scary' Halloween special
A Great British Bake Off Halloween special has been served up with a trigger warning for its spooky content, despite being a Channel 4 family show that airs before the 9pm watershed.
In Sicily's karstic caves drought is re-writing the island's history
"Almost all the water consumed by Sicilians comes from underground," explains Professor Sandro Privitera, a geologist at the University of Catania, as we enter one of the many karstic caves of the Catania plain.
Prehistoric burial ground found under Czech Republic road construction site
A team of archaeologists from the University of Hradec Králové (UHK) discovered the prehistoric burial ground during rescue excavations along a highway in the Czech Republic’s eastern Bohemia region.