MILAN (AP) — Freshly crowned overall World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone crashed during the giant slalom at the Italian championships on Thursday and was airlifted to a local hospital. The ...

Milan-Cortina Olympics less than a year away, organizing committee CEO Andrea Varnier said he has “absolutely no doubt” that sliding sports will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, after testing went ...

The International Olympic Committee designated Lake Placid as the backup sliding site if the Cortina track was not certified ...

Milan-Cortina Olympics less than a year away, organizing committee CEO Andrea Varnier said he has "absolutely no doubt" that ...

There was concern the venue might not be ready in time. The Plan B option would have moved the events to Lake Placid, New York.

Next year's Olympic sliding races will be in Italy after all, international luge officials predicted Saturday in another ...

Betsy Riley has been named senior vice president and coordinating producer for NBC’s Olympics unit. Riley will oversee production of the primetime shows, beginning with next year’s Milan Corina Winter ...

Italy appears to be one big step closer to having the sliding events at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics on its own track ...

ROME (AP) — When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, he did so in a sort of ...

ROME — The track’s essential structure is done. The ice is being prepared. and next week, 60 athletes are slated to test the controversial sliding center for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.