Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, who won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics four days after her mother died of a heart attack, has withdrawn from next week's World Championships. The emotional toll of the past few weeks has proven too much for Rochette to compete in the world field at Turin, Italy, according to a statement ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's newest Olympic medallists received state medals Monday, while sports officials were given a fresh warning they could be sacked after the country's worst-ever showing at a Winter Games last month. In a televised Kremlin ceremony followed by champagne toasts and tea, President Dmitry Medvedev decorated the 22 Russian athletes who brought medals home from Vancouver ...

A bill introduced in the California Assembly is intended to increase safety for skiers and snowboarders and would give the state the most far-reaching ski resort regulations in the nation. Here are some of the requirements skiers, snowboarders and resorts would face under AB1625 by Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento: Helmets: Every ...

On a ridge near the 8,600-foot summit of Alpine Meadows ski resort, 17-year-old snowboarder Lucas Fuller scopes out the many chutes and bowls that radiate out from Ward Peak. It's a perfect powder day, with clear skies and fresh snow delivered to the Lake Tahoe ...