Bansko, Bulgaria, is the 12th host in this year's women's International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup tour, with a double whammy of downhill.
Skiers are honing their final preparations before the famous International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup weekend at Kitzbühel in Austria, where super-G, downhill and slalom titles are on the line.
Italian ski resort Sestriere will bid to host the 2029 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships, it has been announced.
France’s Clement Noel claimed back-to-back men’s slalom victories at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Wengen.
Clara Direz of France earned her first International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup triumph with victory in a controversial parallel giant slalom event in Sestriere.
Local hero Beat Feuz claimed the Wengen downhill for a third time, at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Switzerland.
Federica Brignone and Petra Vlhová, respectively Olympic bronze medallist and world champion in the giant slalom, could not be separated in a dramatic race at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup in Sestriere.
Matthias Mayer impressed in training for the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup event in the Swiss resort of Wengen, due to get underway tomorrow.
Matthias Mayer maintained his strong showing at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in the Swiss resort of Wengen today, winning the opening Alpine combined event.
Sestriere in Italy is hosting the latest women's International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup this weekend, with giant slalom and parallel giant slalom taking centre-stage.
Slovakia's Petra Vlhová made it back-to-back women's slalom wins on the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup tour, coming out on top in Austrian village Flachau.
Double Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin will be looking to bounce back from recent disappointment when she competes in the slalom event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup in Austrian village Flachau tomorrow.
Switzerland’s Daniel Yule won his second consecutive slalom victory in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup as he headed Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen on the home snows of Adelboden today.
Italy’s Federica Brignone won the first International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Combined World Cup event of the Iseason at the Austrian resort of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on a day when the United States' double Olympic champion Mikaela Shffrin and other top skiers failed to finish their opening runs.
Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway retook the led in the overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup standings, after a fourth-place finish in the Swiss village of Adelboden.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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