Growing up in a household of three sisters competing in the same freestyle skiing discipline might have led to sibling rivalry, but that wasn't the case with the Dufour-Lapointes of Montreal, Canada.
Hamburg SV's proud record as the Bundesliga's only ever-present team is in increasing danger as the seven-time German champion finds itself mired in crisis on and off the field.
Pressure on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics continued to mount when the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday the city had no more time to waste and needed to win over the hearts of the Brazilian people.
It should come as no surprise that some women from fashion-aware France traveled to the Olympics with their own tailor, but those same people will also take part in the ski jumping event at the Sochi Winter Games.
The latest, greatest, high-tech speed skating suit capable of propelling athletes to record times - reigning 1,500m Olympic champion Irene Wust has heard it all before.
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen - with 11 medals already in his collection - is looking to become the greatest winter Olympian of all time in Sochi.
With tea bags stuffed inside a bra and drawn-on moustaches, snowboarders are making a name for themselves as much for their quirky superstitions as their dare-devil, gravity-defying tricks.
It is not often Olympians forget who Michael Phelps is. But ice dancer Scott Moir was so excited at the rare chance of grabbing two medals in figure skating at the Sochi Games he got his 'Phelps' all mixed up.
Winston Watts is soaking up every moment of his latest Olympic experience with the world fascinated by the resurrection of Jamaican bobsleigh, but a phone call from Usain Bolt would be the icing on the cake.
As cricket followers around the world contemplate the end of Kevin Pietersen's England career, two questions are being asked: 'Why?' and 'Why now?'
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