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Sports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy, Argentina postponed
Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life was also mourning its most famous fan.
Italian ski star Federica Brignone suffers severe leg injury 10 months out from Milan-Cortina Olympics
Surgeons found that overall World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone also tore her ACL in a giant slalom crash in which she broke multiple bones in her left leg.
60 athletes to test Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track next week
Next week, 60 bobsleigh, luge and skeleton athletes will perform test runs on the controversial sliding centre for next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Transport strike affecting Olympic test event underscores risks facing Milan-Cortina Games
A transport strike during an official test event for the Milan-Cortina Olympics highlighted why organizers are negotiating with trade unions to avoid a similar scenario during next year's Winter Games.
Shiffrin, fellow ski racers, clear mental hurdles after traumatic injury at own speed
From a physical standpoint, American skier Mikaela Shiffrin is back to her winning form after a serious crash. From a mental standpoint, there remains work to be done.
American Breezy Johnson claims women's downhill gold at alpine ski worlds
American skier Breezy Johnson won gold in the women's downhill at the alpine skiing world championships on Saturday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.
With the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics a year away, 1 venue remains uncertain
The century-old sliding centre being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games is pushing the deadline so tight that the IOC has gone so far as to demand a Plan B option that would require moving bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events all the way to Lake Placid, N.Y., if the track in Italy isn't finished in time.
Olympic stars and Italian teammates Brignone, Goggia the women to beat at alpine worlds
With Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia having so much success of late, it's often just a question of which Italian skier finishes ahead of the other. They are among the favourites in almost all upcoming women's events at the world alpine championship.
Italy edges Switzerland to win team parallel event at world alpine ski championship
Italy beat Switzerland to win the mixed team parallel event that opened the world alpine ski championship on Tuesday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.
Youth movement in women's skiing emerged during Shiffrin injury absence
With Mikaela Shiffrin injured for much of the last two alpine skiing seasons and Petra Vlhova still out, too, because of crashes, a bunch of other athletes have made breakthroughs on the women's circuit recently.