Swiss ski jump sensation Simon Ammann on Saturday added the world ski flying title to his double Olympic gold haul and overall World Cup trophy in the ski jump. Ammann, 28, amassed a total of 935.8 points from the four-event competition to finish well ahead of Austria's defending champion Gregor Schlierenzauer (910.3) and Norway's Anders Jacobsen ...

Joannie Rochette never needed figure skating more than at the Vancouver Olympics. It gave her a comfort zone as she competed days after her mother died of a heart attack, winning a bronze medal with one of the most courageous performances her sport has seen. Looking back, the Canadian champion knows the ...

Former Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko has been ruled out of the upcoming world figure skating championships on medical grounds, it was reported by RIA Novosti news agency Friday. Russian figure skating federation chief Valentin Piseyev said Plushenko would miss the March 23-27 competition in Turin on doctor's orders. The 27-year-old Russian previously won the world titles in 2001, 2003 ...