Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Olympic bobsledder Kris Horn is asking that sport's governing body to grant him a spot in the two-man race at the Milan Cortina Games, while Irish luge athlete Elsa Desmond and U.S.

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has ...

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest known species in our genus “A finding like this does give hope,” says William ...

MILAN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to review Canada's decision to withdraw four athletes from an event earlier this month ...

A skeleton athlete slides down the track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, that will host the Olympics. Last weekend, a sudden coaching decision shook up the women's qualifying picture. Alex Pantling / ...

After making its first Olympic appearance in the 1928 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, skeleton became a permanent Olympic fixture with both men's and women's events in 2002. A new mixed team ...

Kaillie Humphries will be trying to medal in her fifth straight Olympics. She leads the top U.S. bobsled pairing. Robert Michael / Getty Images The Americans have medaled in all three sliding sports ...

A couple of rookies and one veteran comprise Canada's skeleton team for the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Hallie Clarke is a rookie, but the 21-year-old from Brighton, Ont., brings international ...