Figure skater Ashley Wagner has launched a blistering attack over the controversial result of the Winter Olympic women’s singles competition, calling for an overhaul of the sport and its judging process.

Cossack militia attacked Russian punk group Pussy Riot with horsewhips as they tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics.

Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva claimed a hat-trick of Winter Olympics gold medals in Sochi after triumphing in the women’s 12.5km mass start.

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Irish snowboarder Seamus O’Connor’s Sochi adventure came to a disappointing end yesterday as he narrowly failed to qualify for the final of the halfpipe discipline at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Alpine skier Conor Lyne will lead a five-strong Ireland team to the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month.

HIS DIARY is stuffed with tour dates, the punters are laughing long and loud, TV producers are devising new formats for him to front on a seemingly daily basis.

Irish bobsleigh pilot Aoife Hoey safely negotiated her Winter Olympic debut and said her and Claire Bergin’s performances at the Whistler Sliding Centre had served as a major boost for winter sports in Ireland.

Winter Olympic officials considered abandoning the Vancouver luge competition following the death of Georgian competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili in training.

Clifton Wrottesley, Ireland's chef de mission at the Winter Olympics, has said his athletes "can hold their heads up high" after their achievements in Turin.

LINDSAY JACOBELLIS snatched defeat from the jaws of victory yesterday in a manner that would have made Devon Loch proud, in the women’s snowboard cross final at Bardonecchia.

FORMER sprinter David Connolly is taking the long route to Winter Olympic glory as he prepares to represent Ireland in the men’s skeleton.

Former sprinter David Connolly is taking the long route to Winter Olympic glory as he prepares to represent Ireland in the men’s skeleton.

Winter Olympic medallist Alex Coomber told today how she won her bronze with a broken arm.

Hours after winning a gold medal in the 30-kilometre cross-country race, Larissa Lazutina of Russia was disqualified for failing a urine test.

Too much snow and a swirling wind put Glynn Pedersen’s Winter Olympic debut on ice in Salt Lake City today.