 New York Times | Feuz of Switzerland Wins Inaugural Downhill Race on 2014 Olympic Course New York Times The emerging Swiss star Beat Feuz celebrated his 25th birthday by winning the inaugural World Cup downhill Saturday on the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The American Bode Miller was fastest midway down but then made a ... Canadian downhiller Ben Thomsen breaks through on Sochi Olympic course Bode Miller fourth in downhill on Sochi 2014 course Switzerland's Feuz wins World Cup downhill |
Australia's best sports gossip with Phil Rothfield - Bolts joins Nine Herald Sun But the big news was Hadley signing a 12-month deal, which was finalised on Friday after weeks of secret negotiations with network supremo David Gyngell and sports boss Steve Crawley. "For a long time in this city sport has been compromised by the fact ... |
 Eurosport.com AU | Prima admits RI weakness in Olympic sports Jakarta Post Amid plans to secure more qualifying spots at the upcoming Olympic Games in London this year, most Indonesian athletes have shown weak performances in Olympic sports. “At the last SEA Games, from our total of 182 gold medals, 85 of those golds came in ... Indonesia eye more Olympic badminton glory London 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton: Wembley Arena Preview Badminton: House Says It Will Offer Olympic Support |
West Islip's Breest rises in snowboarding Newsday Olympics Newsday > Sports > Olympics West Islip's Breest rises in snowboarding Published: February 11, 2012 5:34 PM By STEPHEN HAYNES stephen.haynes@newsday.com Yeah, like lots of youngsters in his age group, Charlie Breest grew up playing extreme ... |
 Zee News | Olympics: Hijab ban driving women away from soccer Times of India While physical Olympic sports such as rugby and taekwondo allow Muslim women to wear the headscarf in competition, soccer, the world's most popular sport, remains against its use, citing safety concerns. Last year the Iranian women's soccer team were ... Women Abandon Soccer for Hijab Ban |
 Burton Mail | Village leisure centre base for Olympic sports teams Burton Mail Players from both nations will train for a week at Etwall Leisure Centre, in Hilton Road, before travelling to the Olympic Village for the greatest sports show on Earth. The visits to the facility, which boasts a six-court hall designed to National ... |
 Daily Mail | Corporate Olympic ticket packages costing £20000 will let fans use VIP lanes ... Daily Mail A second hospitality company, Jet Set Sports, was also recorded offering access to the lanes, even when customers were not travelling to Olympic events. Richard Relton, a member of Jet Set's staff, is heard boasting: 'The key is the Olympic lane ... |
Frustrated Rice would have ditched season but for Olympics Times of India Australia's Olympic trials take place in Adelaide from 15-22 March and although Rice was back in the water on Friday, the injury meant even her participation in other events at the meet at Sydney's Olympic Pool was by no means certain. |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Hooked by the yips: why sports stars become crippled by anxiety Sydney Morning Herald When pole vault champion Steve Hooker announced yesterday he would miss the Olympic selection trials due to a bad case of the "yips", he joined a long and distinguished line of yippers. The yips are not the same as "choking" or a run of shabby form. Team psychologist would advise Steve Hooker to stand down as Australia captain Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker takes risky path to qualify for London Pole vault champ Hooker's crisis of confidence |
Canada's winter Olympic stars take aim at Putin collective foot down in Sochi Windsor Star Canadians were all over the medal podium in Aspen, Colo., at the X Games, the extreme sports showcase that helped push snowboarding disciplines and ski cross into the Olympics in the last decade and convinced the IOC that ski halfpipe and slopestyle ... |
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