President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday issued an unusual public dressing-down to the Belarus ice hockey side, threatening to ban them from the world championships if they repeated their poor Olympic showing. "Their performance in the Olympics arouses in me not only concern but also dissatisfaction," said the Belarus strongman, a sports fan who has ruled the country since 1994 and ...

Brian McKeever is turning his focus to another Paralympic Games less than two weeks after having his Olympic dreams dashed. It's the only way for McKeever to move past the emotion — from sadness to anger that lingers still — after Canadian coaches made the decision not to ...

Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the games. Marek tested positive after helping Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's 20K relay on Feb. 25, the Polish Olympic Committee said Thursday. Marek ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The Vancouver Paralympics will build on the success of the Winter Olympic Games and show why the two events do not need to be combined for them to succeed, the head of the International Paralympic Committee said Thursday. The Winter Paralympics, which feature international athletes with physical disabilities, are held in conjunction with the Olympics, with ...