U.S. Ski Team chief Bill Marolt issued an apology Saturday after being arrested days earlier on suspicion of driving under the influence not far from the team's headquarters in Park City. In a brief statement, Marolt apologized for his Wednesday night arrest, which came just days ...

Vancouver will host the Winter Deaflympics in 2015, the Deaflympic Organizing Committee announced Friday at the 2010 Paralympics. More than 650 deaf athletes from 29 countries will compete in 27 events in Vancouver and Whistler, DJ Lampitt, chief executive of the Vancouver 2015 Deaflympics Organizing Committee said. The Games will include alpine and cross-country skiing, curling, ice hockey and snowboard ...

Norway's Marit Bjoergen won the nordic skiing World Cup finals pursuit event here on Saturday to claim her fifth victory in her last seven races. The triple Olympic champion and quintuple-medallist at the 2010 Winter Olympics completed the 10km course in 31min 58.4sec ahead of compatriots Kristin Stoermer Steira and Therese Johaug. Steira was 2.5sec behind Bjoergen ...

Banned German speed-skater Claudia Pechstein said on Saturday she has not ruled out competing at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, as she fights to prove her innocence. The 38-year-old told German daily Die Welt online that although her two-year ban for blood irregularities runs until February 2011, she has not ruled out competing in Sochi to try ...