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Figure Skating
Canada’s Spooner returns to women’s world hockey championship with baby in tow
Natalie Spooner will play for Canada in a ninth women’s world hockey championship, but this…
Figure skater Piper Gilles reveals she has been treated for Stage 1 ovarian cancer
Canadian figure skater Piper Gilles says she has been treated for Stage 1 ovarian cancer.…
Figure skater Piper Gilles grateful for positive response to cancer recovery
When Piper Gilles publicly disclosed that she had recovered from ovarian cancer, she was worried…
Olympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes running for NY congressional seat
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Hughes, who won a gold medal in figure skating at…
Canada’s Chan, Rochette named ambassadors for 2024 figure skating worlds in Montreal
MONTREAL – Canadian figure skating great Patrick Chan still remembers the feeling of competing at…
Two-time national champion Keegan Messing retires from competitive figure skating
OTTAWA – Keegan Messing has retired from competitive figure skating, and the reigning Canadian men’s…
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s long-running doping case finally has dates for a hearing
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The long-running doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva could…
Olympic skaters still missing medals 500 days later
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — U.S. ice dancers Evan Bates and Madison Chock remember the…
‘Outgoing personality’: Former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul remembered
Whether on the ice, in the courtroom or in her latest role as a new…
Olympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes decides against run for NY congressional seat
NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes has decided not to run for…
Olympic doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva starts in Switzerland
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva that…
Exams, flights all part of training for international figure skating, competitor says
Canadian figure skaters are preparing to take part in the 2023 Skate Canada International event.…
Virtue and Moir, St-Pierre, and Ferbey among 2023 Order of Sports recipients
GATINEAU, Que. – Scott Moir enjoys hearing about people who tuned in emotionally to watch…
Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and husband Todd Kapostasy welcome baby via surrogate
NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and her husband, Todd Kapostasy, announced…
Skaters prepare for international competition on Canadian ice
VANCOUVER – Canadian figure skaters are hoping to build on detailed preparation and past performances…
Gilles, Poirier open Skate Canada with top score of the season, Japan leads women’s
VANCOUVER – Competing for the first time since sharing her ovarian cancer diagnosis, ice dancer…
World figure skating champion Shoma Uno takes control in Cup of China
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Two-time world champion Shoma Uno of Japan showed no signs of…
France’s Adam Siao Him Fa rallies past Shoma Uno for second straight Grand Prix figure skating title
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Adam Siao Him Fa of France upstaged two-time defending world champion…
Terry Taylor, trailblazing Associated Press sports editor, dies at age 71
NEW YORK (AP) — Terry R. Taylor, who in two trailblazing decades as the first…
Kaori Sakamoto leads the women’s short program at figure skating’s Grand Prix Espoo
ESPOO, Finland (AP) — Three world champions moved closer to earning places at figure skating’s…
Kaori Sakamoto wins gold in Espoo to secure her place at figure skating’s Grand Prix Finals
ESPOO, Finland (AP) — World champion Kaori Sakamoto secured her place at figure skating’s Grand…
Piper Gilles returns to Canadian figure skating championship after cancer scare
The 2024 Canadian figure skating championship will feel like a return to normal for ice…
Report: Canadian champion ice dancer Nikolaj Sorensen accused of sexual assault
USA Today has reported that Canadian ice dance champion Nikolaj Sorensen is under investigation by…
Ice dancer Sorensen exits Canadian championship amid sexual assault allegations
Canadian ice dancing champion Nikolaj Sorensen, who is under investigation for alleged sexual assault, and…