Winter Sports










Minichiello announces retirement from bobsleigh

By David Gold

Nicola_MinichielloApril 20 - Britain's Nicola Minichiello, the winner of the 2009 World Championship, is retiring from bobsleigh to take up a role with the International Bobsleigh Federation (FIBT) as their head development coach.



Search starts for bobsleigh medal winners

emma_aniaApril 8 - British Bobsleigh has begun the search for future Olympians to bring back a medal from Sochi 2014, including by giving a trial to sprinter Emma Ania (pictured), who competed at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. 

Giant leap for women's ski jumping

By David Owen at SportAccord in London

Womens_ski_jumpingApril 6 - Women's ski jumping was today celebrating the biggest day in its history, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed its inclusion in the next Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.