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The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi:THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENTThe government is building five of the six arenas in the coastal cluster, which will host indoor competitions such as ice skating, for about $10 billion. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who is overseeing the Sochi preparations, said the government will spend a total of about $18 billion before the games begin in February 2014.GAZPROMThe world's largest natural gas producer, a publicly traded company, has many Olympic projects in Sochi, including building a cross-country skiing and biathlon center, one of the three Olympic villages and an Alpine ski resort. Gazprom is also building a power station in a Sochi suburb for about $740 million and a pipeline to bring gas sup...
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Skis too slow for a snowstorm did in the Americans, still stuck with a golden goose egg in Nordic sports at the Winter Games.Austri...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the games.Marek...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish Olympic Committee says a second test confirms that Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouve...
After an unsuccessful legal battle for inclusion at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, women's ski jumping won its place Wednesday on the program for the 2014 Winter Games...
LONDON – The IOC approved the inclusion of women's ski jumping and four other new events for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.The International Olympic Committee ex...
LONDON (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has recommended an increase in EPO tests among higher-risk sports at future Winter Olympics.WADA experts who monitored dru...
Mix in some song, dance and a squealing Ferrari, and cap it off with some opera.That's amore — for the Torino Olympics.It was a mutual love affair between the Italia...
The Russians have agreed to stick around for the closing ceremony after two bad days on and off the ice left the country an embarrassed also-ran at the Winter Olympi...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — An Estonian cross-country skier and a Russian Nordic combined competitor have been barred from competing for five days at the Vanc...
After a five-year wait and an unsuccessful legal battle to get into the 2010 Vancouver Games, women's ski jumping is set to take its place on the Olympic program thi...
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Tim Burke's chances of cracking America's biathlon barrier are down to a precious few.There's the 20-kilometer individual race Thur...
A dazzled, cheering audience danced on their chairs in the winter cold Friday night and the opening ceremony of the Winter Games became one giant house party.Passion...
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction work...
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Sweden won the men's cross-country skiing relay Wednesday after Marcus Hellner pulled away on the last leg for his second gold meda...
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Anders Soedergren's list of setbacks is a lot longer than his list of major accomplishments.There's the two lung punctures, the sur...
By Frank PingueTORONTO (Reuters) - American cross-country skier Kikkan Randall bounced back from a potentially fatal blood clot in her lower leg and is now closing i...
By Julian LindenVANCOUVER (Reuters) - Six memorable moments from the Vancouver Olympics.- - -Bode Miller ( Alpine skiing )As a multiple world champion and World Cup ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Nordic combined and biathlon are afterthoughts in the U.S. — if they're thought of at all — but that could change this year.A ...
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Ole Einar Bjoerndalen taught his protege too well — and too much.Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen denied Bjoerndalen his sixth Olympic ...
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