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Figure Skating
Women’s hockey at the 2030 Olympics is set to feature 25-player rosters, matching the men
Women’s hockey rosters for the 2030 Olympics in the French Alps are expected to include…
Montreal’s Les Supremes help usher synchro skating into Olympic Games
Canada had a hand in pushing synchronized figure skating over the finish line to Olympic…
Winter Olympics adds synchro skating and freeride for 2030 in French Alps. Nordic combined dropped
GENEVA (AP) — Bienvenue to the Winter Olympics, synchronized figure skating and freeride skiing. Au…
Former world pairs champion Maxime Deschamps retires from figure skating
OTTAWA — Former world pairs champion Maxime Deschamps is hanging up his skates. Skate Canada…
Artur Dmitriev, first male skater to win pairs Olympic gold with two partners, dies at 58
MOSCOW (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Artur Dmitriev, who won figure skating gold medals with…
Russian and Belarusian skaters can return to international events with approved neutral status
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian skaters can return to world championships and Grand Prix events…
Olympic hosts in France seek calm and less drama in Lyon for 2030 Winter Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Tasked with a new city of venues to finalize, organizers of…
Olympics in French Alps will go Dutch for speed skating and move ice events to Lyon from Nice
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The next Winter Olympics in France sent speed skating to the…
Brand Refresh? CBC mulling options for potential new ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ chapter
TORONTO — As the CBC mulls over how to fill a vacated Saturday night block…
New-look Saturday Nights: CBC plans to ‘lean in harder’ on sports with HNIC deal over
TORONTO — The NHL’s long, storied tradition on the CBC is over now that the…
Canada’s Gilles, Poirier will not compete in Grand Prix figure skating this season
OTTAWA — Olympic ice dance bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will not compete…
Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin to return at Skate America as Grand Prix lineups revealed
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu and world champion Ilia Malinin…
Figure skater Tessa Virtue to make off-ice dance debut at Fall for Dance North
TORONTO — Before Tessa Virtue ever put on a pair of skates, she was a…
Ice skating glides from Milan Olympics success to reelecting its president Kim
GENEVA (AP) — Ice skating’s governing body glided into its presidential election Friday, free of…
Ice skating brings all world championships together to Beijing in 2028
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — All four world championships in ice skating plus an annual awards…
Olympic winter sports leader upbeat about replacing Nice with Lyon for 2030 Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic winter sports’ top official at the IOC said Thursday they…
World champion pairs figure skaters Hase and Volodin say they’re staying for 2030 Olympics
BERLIN (AP) — Newly crowned world figure skating champions Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin have…
Complainant in Nikolaj Sorensen sexual assault case reveals identity
The woman who has alleged Canadian-Danish figure skater Nikolaj Sorensen sexually assaulted her has publicly…
Anze Kopitar’s 2-decade career with the Los Angeles Kings ends in cheers and tears with playoff loss
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar skated to center ice and slowly circled, his arm…
Olympic pairs figure skating gold medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara retire
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announced their retirement from figure skating on Friday, two months…
“Oh My! Oh My!” Longtime TSN curling broadcaster Vic Rauter to retire
Brad Gushue still gets chills every time he watches the clip — with TSN’s Vic…
Ilia Malinin bounces back from Olympic nightmare with 3rd straight world figure skating title
PRAGUE (AP) — Ilia Malinin is back on the top step of the podium. Six…
Canada’s Gilles, Poirier claim silver again at figure skating worlds; Gogolev fourth
PRAGUE — Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are silver medallists once again at the world…
Gilles, Poirier second after rhythm dance at figure skating world championships
PRAGUE — Olympic bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished second in Friday’s rhythm…