Champagne on ice: the mystery and myths behind Dutch skating success

Dutch fans take great pleasure in attempts to make sense of their dominance, particularly the frozen-canals theory

USA’s Chloe Kim soars to Olympic gold in snowboard halfpipe

American teenager Chloe Kim blew away the rest of the field to win the women’s snowboard halfpipe gold at Pyeongchang’s Phoenix Snow Park

First doping case of 2018 Winter Olympics sees Japanese athlete sent home

Short track speed skater Kei Saito has protested his innocence after becoming the first athlete to be suspended for a positive drugs test

Sochi silver medallist Elana Meyers joins US rugby sevens Olympic squad

Bobsleigh Olympian who took silver in Russia with winter-summer medallist Lauryn Williams takes up one-month training-centre deal

This US speed skating suit was hailed as revolutionary. But is it a dud?

Their Under Armour skinsuits were supposed to be the fastest in the world. But USA’s speed skaters have been outclassed by the Dutch in Sochi, prompting officials to question whether the suits are to blame

Sochi Winter Olympics on track to be warmest ever

Warm sunshine and rising temperatures blamed for "dangerous" and mushy conditions for snowboarders

Hopes for Sochi, the return of Super League and the big drugs story

Team GB snowboarders get going, Britain's female tennis stars head to Hungary and the cricketers come home after the Ashes

Olympians in action, Six Nations launch and the Winter Games heat up

The Agenda: International athletics in Glasgow, England's women in Australia, NFL play-off deciders and Winter Olympic places at stake

Brian McKeever intent on fun as first Paralympian in Winter Olympics

The near-blind Canadian skier Brian McKeever, says competing in the 50km cross-country really is all about the taking part for him

‘Stupid’ Sven Kramer takes wrong lane in Vancouver speed skating

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer dished it out in Vancouver, asking a reporter if he was stupid, and now he has had to take it

Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn thrills America by crushing downhill rivals

The darling of the USA team Lindsey Vonn won the first of her five targetted gold medals in Vancouver

Why Lindsey Vonn, the face of the Games, is keen not to fall flat on it

The American skier can bear the burden of expectation in Vancouver where she is tipped to strike gold four times