VICENEZA, Italy (Reuters) – Italian Giovanni Visconti recorded his second stage win of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday to give his Movistar team their third straight victory and their fourth overall in the 2013 race. His compatriot Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead as the race reached its crucial final three mountain stages. Visconti, who […]

CHERASCO, Italy, May 17 – A series of small but challenging climbs late on Friday’s stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia could not stop Britain’s Mark Cavendish taking his fourth stage win and second in two days. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali remained overall leader but it was sprinter Cavendish who stole the show again after compatriot […]

(Reuters) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish racked up the 100th win of his career on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday but Bradley Wiggins’s hopes of overall victory were in tatters when he lost time on the main bunch. Tour de France champion Wiggins, who has been suffering from a chest infection, was dropped in the […]

John Degenkolb of Germany celebrates on the podium after winning the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Cosenza to Matera, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Degenkolb sprinted to victory on the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, following a crash near the finish, as Italian Luca Paolini retained the overall […]

Slovenia’s Tina Maze kisses the alpine ski World cup overall trophy in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday 17, March 2013. (AP photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Manuele Lang LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland, March 17 (Reuters) – World Cup winner Tina Maze ended her record-breaking season by winning the final giant slalom of the winter in Lenzerheide on Sunday. The Slovenian, who […]

Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. kisses the women’s Slalom trophy following the season’s last race at the Alpine Skiing World Cup finals in Lenzerheide March 16, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener (SWITZERLAND – Tags: SPORT SKIING) By Manuele Lang LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland, March 16 (Reuters) – Mikaela Shiffrin proclaimed her position as the world’s number one slalom specialist […]

Slovenia’s Tina Maze, left, and Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal pose with their trophies after winning the alpine skiing super-G overall World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland,Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) By Manuele Lang LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland, March 14 (Reuters) – Austrian Marcel Hirscher was assured his second Alpine skiing overall World Cup on Thursday after […]

Slovenia’s Tina Maze warms up prior to the women’s downhill training for the finals of the Alpine skiing World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Manuele Lang LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland, March 13 (Reuters) – Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal and injured American Lindsey Vonn won the men’s and women’s downhill World […]

Part of the finish area of the Alpine skiing World Cup finals, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, lies in dense fog, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The jury had to cancel the men’s final downhill race due to the heavy fog. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati) By Manuele Lang LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland, March 13 (Reuters) – Fog on the piste forced […]

Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women’s World Cup slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) By Manuele Lang OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 10 (Reuters) – Tina Maze won her duel with world champion Mikaela Shiffrin in a women’s World Cup slalom on Sunday […]

Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic celebrates at finish line after winning an alpine ski men’s World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 10 (Reuters) – Ivica Kostelic used all his experience to win the men’s World Cup slalom race in Kranjska Gora on […]

Anna Fenninger, of Austria, competes during the first run of an alpine ski women’s World Cup giant slalom, in Ofterschwang, Germany, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) By Manuele Lang OFTERSCHWANG, Germany, March 9 (Reuters) – Anna Fenninger kept her end-of-season momentum going to win a women’s Alpine ski World Cup giant slalom race […]

Ted Ligety of the United States passes a gate during the first run of an alpine ski men’s World Cup giant slalom, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka) By Patrick Lang KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia, March 9 (Reuters) – Taking risks paid off for American Ted Ligety as he won the […]

Per Wikipedia: While in primary school, in addition to skiing, Maze also played the piano. During preparations for the 2013 season she recorded her first song “My Way Is My Decision”. She also blogged about the story of her trip into music.The news of Maze becoming a “popstar” or “rockstar” was a celebrity news in […]

Austria’s Anna Fenninger celebrates in the finish area after winning a women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) By Manuele Lang GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, March 3 (Reuters) – World Cup winner and world champion Tina Maze finished off the podium of a women’s super-G won by Austria’s Anna Fenninger […]

First placed Slovenia’s Tina Maze speeds down the course of an alpine ski women’s World Cup downhill, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca) By Manuela Lang GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, March 2 (Reuters) – Tina Maze topped an extraordinary campaign with a new World Cup points record of 2,024 after her victory […]

By Manuele Lang GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, March 1 (Reuters) – Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather denied World Cup winner Tina Maze by securing her maiden success in a women’s super-G on Friday, emulating her illustrious parents and adding a 40th victory to the family collection. The daughter of Austrian former downhill world champion Harti Weirather and former world […]

Slovenia’s Tina Maze speeds down the course to clock the fastest time during the downhill portion of an alpine ski women’s world cup super-combined, in Meribel, France, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo//Marco Trovati) By Patrick Lang MERIBEL, France, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Tina Maze sealed her near-perfect Alpine skiing season with the overall World […]

Spain’s Carolina Ruiz Castillo celebrates at the finish area after winning an alpine ski women’s World Cup downhill race, in Meribel, France, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Enrico Schiavi) By Patrick Lang MERIBEL, France, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Carolina Ruiz Castillo put Spain back on the alpine skiing map by winning the women’s World Cup […]

France’s Tessa Worley speeds down the course on her way to win the women’s giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Thursday, Feb.14, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) By Brian Homewood SCHLADMING, Austria Feb 14 (Reuters) – Tessa Worley gave France their second gold medal of Alpine skiing world championships when she […]

France’s Marion Rolland speeds down the course on his way to win the women’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Sunday, Feb.10, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 10 (Reuters) – France’s Marion Rolland used her knowledge of the course to snatch a surprise downhill gold medal […]

Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch speeds down the course during the slalom portion of the women’s super-combined, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Friday, Feb.8, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Maria Hoefl-Riesch rescued a disappointing Alpine skiing season when she added the world gold to her […]

By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn will miss the rest of the Alpine skiing season after fracturing her shin and tearing knee ligaments in a crash during the opening super-G at the world championships on Tuesday. “According to U.S. Ski Team medical director Kyle Wilkens, Vonn suffered a […]

By Patrick Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 5 (Reuters) – The Alpine skiing world championships got off to a bad start when top racer Lindsey Vonn was injured in a season-ending crash in controversial conditions in the opening women’s super-G on Tuesday. Slovenia’s Tina Maze, the runaway World Cup leader, kept her momentum to snatch her […]

SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 5 (Reuters) – American Lindsey Vonn suffered a serious crash in the women’s super-G on the opening day of the alpine skiing world championships on Tuesday. A helicopter was called to take the four-times overall World Cup champion to hospital. The race had been delayed by fog and commentators queried whether it […]

Tina Maze (SLO), left, and Lindsey Vonn (USA), middle, and Maria Riesch (GER) on the podium for the women’s overall title at the FIS World Cup in Schladming. (Mandatory Credit: Mitchell Gunn-USA TODAY Sports) By Manuele Lang SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 2 (Reuters) – For local fans, Marcel Hirscher will top the bill at the alpine […]

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Austria’s Marcel Hirscher warmed up for next week’s world championships with victory in a World Cup parallel slalom in Moscow on Tuesday, racing down the 200m artificial slope ahead of Sweden’s Andre Myhrer. The World Cup leader edged to victory after two close heats at the venue in the north […]

Slovenia’s Tina Maze celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski women’s world Cup slalom, in Maribor, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Overall World Cup leader Tina Maze rebounded from a close loss by posting an emphatic slalom victory before her home fans Sunday. Maze, who lost Saturday’s giant slalom by 0.08 seconds to […]

Lindsey Vonn of the United States kisses her skis at finish line after winning an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom, in Maribor, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/PierMarco Tacca) By Patrick Lang MARIBOR, Slovenia, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn upstaged Tina Maze in front of her home fans to win a […]

Courtesy of fisalpine.com KITZBUEHEL, Austria – Under a clear blue sky and in perfect conditions, the second scheduled Downhill training on the Streif took place as scheduled Wednesday. After struggling with tough weather on the first training run, the finish area was filled with smiling faces. Aksel Lund Svindal was once again the man to […]

Men’s World Cup Skiing at the Famed Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel Headlines 30 Hours of World-Class Winter Sports Action Universal Sports Network announced its on-air schedule for this weekend’s “Winter Bowl” programming lineup. From Friday, January 25 through Sunday, January 27, Universal Sports will air 30 hours of premier winter sports action from around the globe, […]

Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg speeds down the course on her way to clock the fastest time in the first run of an Alpine ski World Cup women’s Super G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) By Patrick Lang CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg made the most […]

Chasing history, @lindseyvonn wins the @fisalpine World Cup Women’s Downhill for her 58th World Cup victory! Congrats!! bit.ly/WgqeLf— Universal Sports (@universalsports) January 19, 2013 By Patrick Lang CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn returned to her winning ways after a self-imposed Christmas break when she dominated the Cortina d’Ampezzo downhill for the […]

Slovenia’s Tina Maze celebrates after crossing the finish line to win an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in St. Anton, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) By Patrick Lang ST ANTON, Austria, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Tina Maze became only the sixth woman to win in all five Alpine ski World Cup […]

By Patrick Lang ST ANTON, Austria, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Alice McKennis underlined the depth of American alpine skiing as she eclipsed her more celebrated compatriot Lindsey Vonn to claim her maiden World Cup downhill victory in St Anton on Saturday. While all eyes were on Vonn who was making her comeback following a three-week […]

Felix Neureuther (2nd L) of Germany celebrates his victory during the medal ceremony of the Alpine Skiing World Cup parallel slalom run at the Olympic Park in Munich, January 1, 2013. Neureuther won ahead of Austria’s Marcel Hirscher (L), Alexis Pinturault of France (2nd R) and Andre Myhrer from Sweden (R). (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle) By Patrick […]

By Manuele Lang SEMMERING, Austria, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Veronika Velez Zuzulova gave Slovakia their first victory in a women’s alpine skiing World Cup race by winning a slalom on Saturday. After having achieved 13 podium finishes in 10 years, the former junior world champion finally broke through when she clocked a combined time of […]

Tina Maze of Slovenia, Anna Fenninger of Austria and Tessa Worley of France (L-R) react after the World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom ski race in Semmering, December 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler) By Manuele Lang SEMMERING, Austria, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Spending Christmas at home inspired Austrian Anna Fenninger to her second World Cup victory in […]

By Manuele Lang ARE, Sweden, Dec 20 (Reuters) – American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin made the most of some big name absences to take her first World Cup victory in an Alpine skiing slalom in Are on Thursday. With Austrian world champion Marlies Schild injured and overall World Cup holder Lindsey Vonn of the United States […]

Dec 16 (Reuters) – American swimmer Ryan Lochte ended his world short-course championships on a high in Istanbul on Sunday, when he took gold in the 4×100 meters medley and 100 meters individual medley to take his overall medal tally to eight. Lochte swam the free leg of the 4×100 medley and guided the Americans […]

By Manuele Lang COURCHEVEL, France, Dec 16 (Reuters) – World champion Tina Maze turned another trademark cartwheel in celebration after clinching her fourth straight giant-slalom victory of the Alpine ski World Cup season on Sunday. The Slovenian, who has also won a super-combined, clocked a two-leg time of two minutes 16.84 seconds to pull ahead […]