Julia Mancuso thrills American fans with gold in giant slalom
Olympics story by Brian Watters, Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:12:00GMT

TURIN, Italy - Julia Mancuso brought cheer to the US ski team in the Winter Olympics in Turin as she won the gold medal in the giant slalom. This is only the second medal for the US team and it brought considerable warmth along with it as favorite Sasha Cohen had crashed to a defeat in the figure skating only about 24 hours earlier.

Arakawa stuns Russians, skates to gold
Olympics story by Boris Webb, Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:04:00GMT

TURIN, Italy - Shizuka Arakawa of Japan upset the Russian dream of clinching all four figure skating titles in the Winter Olympics when she beat Irina Slutskaya by 9.90 points to become her country's first Olympic ladies' champion.

Rudman slides to silver in skeleton bobsleigh
Olympics story by Vinnie Mitchell, Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:52:00GMT

CESANA, Italy - Shelley Rudman won Britain's first medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin this year when she coasted to the silver in the skeleton bobsleigh. After the first run, Rudman was in the fourth place and any medal hopes looked slim, but an awesome performance in the second run took her to the second spot and clinched the silver.

Plushenko wins men's figure skating gold
Olympics story by Georgina Scane, Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:48:00GMT

TURIN, Italy - Evgeni Plushenko of Russia clinched the men's figure skating gold medal in style as clocked 167.67 points in the free skate to take his overall score to 258.33. This score was an astonishing 27.12 points more than what the silver medallist Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland was able to garner. Canada's Jeff Buttle came in the third spot.

Miller flops again, Ligety emerges surprise winner
Olympics story by Boris Webb, Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:16:00GMT

SESTRIERE, Italy - Bode Miller's inability to do justice to his star-studded status continued in Turin as he slipped to another loss in the three-run event (one downhill, two slalom) yesterday. Little-known Ted Ligety of the United States emerged as the surprise gold medallist in this event.

Teter, Bleiler claim memorable 1-2 for the US in women's halfpipe
Olympics story by Fred Smith, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:16:00GMT

BARDONECCHIA, Italy - Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler gave grand performances of snowboarding and clinched a memorable one-two for the United States in the women's halfpipe. Norway's Kjersti Buass came in third, while Kelly Clark claimed the fourth spot.

Frenchman stuns ''Best in the World'' US team
Olympics story by Carl Anders, Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:16:00GMT

SESTRIERE, Italy - The United States skiers were stunned in the Olympic downhill in Italy as little-known Frenchman Antoine Deneriaz left behind a team that included Bode Miller. Deneriaz also clocked the largest winning margin in this event since 1964.

Updated plans for Olympic site to ''save'' local jobs
Olympics story by Carl Anders, Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:08:00GMT

LONDON - Businesses located north of Stratford, in East London would not have to undertake massive relocation as Olympic organizers unveiled proposals that will concentrate facilities in one single location. Updated plans show that the Olympic Village will be further integrated with the Stratford City Development.

London looking for four sponsors to commit £50 million each
Olympics story by Boris Webb, Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:44:00GMT

LONDON - Sir Keith Mills, the deputy chairman of the London 2012 organizing committee has said that the search for four top sponsors who could commit £50 million each for the Olympic effort had begun in the right earnest.

Kwan given a chance to prove her fitness
Olympics story by Gareth Bowman, Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:48:00GMT

ST. LOUIS – 16-year-old Michelle Kwan has been given the medical bye to compete for the US team in the Turin Olympics, but with conditions. This means that Emily Hughes, who is the 2002 gold medalist Sarah Hughes' sister, does not find a place on the figure skating team.