French President Nicolas Sarkozy has given his full backing to Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

A report into the death of an athlete at the 2010 Winter Olympics wasn't intended to wash the sporting world's hands of the incident, a senior luge official says.

Juan Antonio Samaranch was bothered by health problems in recent years. He died Wednesday in Spain.

Summertime weather in Vancouver hasn't kept B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell away from his favourite accessory - a pair of red Olympic mittens.

Rod Mickleburgh Vancouver - From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Apr.

While Canada didn't own the podium at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the record-breaking 14 gold medals won by Canadian athletes, coupled with the waving of flags and spontaneous singing of the national anthem in Vancouver, buried once and for all the attitude that Olympic participation is good enough.

Before the Vancouver games, the only Olympic medals won by the Americans in Nordic sports were a silver by cross-country skier Bill Koch in 1976 and a bronze by ski jumper Anders Haugen in 1924.Olympians Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick and Taylor Fletcher of Steamboat Springs are scheduled to take part in events Friday, along with teammates Brett ...

Canada's Cindy Klassen, Brittany Schussler, Kristina Groves and Christine Nesbitt, left to right.

Sidney Crosby scored in overtime as Canada beat Team USA, 3-2, in the gold medal hockey game.

Vancouver, British Columbia -- The Olympics are over, and just in time. How can we give the NCAA Tournament bubble the attention it deserves when we're distracted by the biathlon? But before they lock up the skeleton sleds for another four years -- Sochi, Russia, you're on the clock -- the thought comes to mind of what the Winter Games might look ...