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World Cup ticket prices skyrocket on Fifa resale site
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» WASHINGTON - Ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup have skyrocketed on Fifa’s official resale platform, with seats for many matches listed at several times their face value even though most tickets have only recently been distributed following the end of the main sales phase in January.
Montreal ice dance academy churns out Olympic champions
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MONTREAL - When the Winter Olympics start in Italy next month, ice dancers from rival countries will be competing for the same medals -- but in the buildup to the Games, many of them trained under the same roof.
'Quad God' Malinin ramps up Olympic preparations at Grand Prix Final
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» NAGOYA (JAPAN) - United States figure skater Ilia Malinin can burnish his credentials as the red-hot favourite for Olympic gold when he faces his rivals at the Grand Prix Final in Japan this week.
Skating stars begin quest for Olympic gold in France
AFP, Published on 16/10/2025
» PARIS - US figure skater Ilia Malinin and Japan's Kaori Sakamoto headline the Olympic season opener at the elite ISU Grand Prix de France in Angers starting Friday, looking to lay the groundwork for gold at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
Figure skating reaches for new love stories at Beijing Olympics
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» BEIJING - Longing glances, graceful lifts, bodies that effortlessly interlock with or shadow each other -- for many, the chemistry between figure skating partners and their implied love stories is what makes them so compelling to watch.
Valieva, 15, completes Russian Euro skate sweep ahead of Olympics
AFP, Published on 16/01/2022
» PARIS - Russia's Kamila Valieva, just 15 years old, hammered home her status as Olympic Games gold medal favourite on Saturday when she swept to the European title in Tallinn.
'Gladiator' Kagiyama, world champion Shcherbakova skate to victory
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» TURIN: Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, skating to "Gladiator" surged from seventh place overnight to win the Turin Grand Prix on Saturday.
Sweet 16 as Shcherbakova leads Russian world figure skating sweep
AFP, Published on 27/03/2021
» STOCKHOLM: Anna Shcherbakova, just 16, clinched the women's world figure skating title on Friday, leading a Russian podium sweep only a year from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
'Icon' Chen beats Hanyu to claim third Grand Prix Final gold
AFP, Published on 07/12/2019
» TURIN: US figure skating sensation Nathan Chen set new world record scores on his way to a third consecutive men's gold at the ISU Grand Prix Final in Turin on Saturday, leaving vanquished Yuzuru Hanyu feeling "a little jealous".
China's Sui and Han win ISU Grand Prix Final pairs gold, Kihira crashes
AFP, Published on 07/12/2019
» TURIN: Two-time world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong led a Chinese 1-2 to claim their first pairs gold in the ISU Grand Prix figure skating final in Turin on Friday.