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Winter Olympics 2026: ski jumping, skeleton, freestyle skiing, speed skating and more – live

Women’s dual moguls: It’s all very civilised out on the snow, the athletes have a hug when they reach the bottom. I was thinking the snow looked a bit grubby but it turns out the authorities put out pine needles – I think to help skiers find their way.

Anyway, they’ve zipped through very quickly and have already sorted the quarter finals, with four Americans in the final eight.

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Winter Olympics 2026: Weston chases skeleton gold for GB, Heraskevych’s appeal rejected by Cas – live

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Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler will be able to participate in the Winter Olympics despite failing a doping test, the Italian skiing federation (Fisi) said on Friday. Italy’s anti-doping body (Nado) upheld her appeal against a provisional suspension that followed a positive test for the banned substance Letrozole on 26 January.

Nado’s Court of Appeal acknowledged the possibility of unintentional ingestion or unknowing contamination of the substance. “Passler will rejoin her teammates starting Monday, February 16, when she will be available to the coaching staff for the subsequent competitions on the Olympic programme,” Fisi said in a statement.

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Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign on brink of collapse after shock defeat to Zimbabwe

Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign is threatening to implode after suffering a shock 23-run loss to Zimbabwe in Colombo. Set 170 runs for victory after winning the toss, Australia slumped to a dismal 29 for 4 inside the powerplay and gave Zimbabwe, 11th on the ICC rankings, reason to dream.

Glenn Maxwell (31 off 32 balls) and top-scorer Matthew Renshaw (65 off 44 balls) spearheaded the rescue mission with a 77-run stand for the fifth wicket in pursuit of Zimbabwe’s 169-2. But when Maxwell chopped on and last recognised batter Marcus Stoinis (6) holed out, Zimbabwe were on their way to dismissing Australia for 146 with three balls left on Friday.

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Australia v Zimbabwe: T20 World Cup cricket – live

  • Updates from the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo

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1st over: Zimbabwe 4-0 (Bennett 4, Marumani 0) Ben Dwarshuis makes a fine start on his return to the XI as he has the ball moving off the deck and he carves through Brian Bennett several times. Australia are excited by a noise after a delivery that jags off the seam and send a review upstairs. That is quickly declined and Bennett responds with two runs through point.

Zimbabwe openers Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani are on their way out to the middle and hoping to set the tone for the underdogs who are facing their own injury concerns. Ben Dwarshuis is back in the XI and has the white ball in hand as we’re about to get under way in Colombo …

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Winter Olympics 2026: Ukrainian athlete kicked out over helmet tribute, Lollobrigida claims dramatic speed skating gold – live

Women’s Super G 11.30am GMT

Men’s moguls 12.15pm GMT

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