6 d. ago Winter Olympic federations push back on proposal to add new sports to future Games

Sebastian Coe’s suggestion of adding cyclo-cross and cross-country to the Winter Olympics has been met with resistance by traditional winter sports federations

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6 d. ago Barnet boy wins silver medal at London Youth Games Cross Country

Barnet boy wins silver medal at London Youth Games Cross Country  Times Series

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2 w. ago Mountain bike world champion Kate Courtney: ‘In pushing your edge, you find you’re capable of more’

A broken wrist and time away from the sport helped Kate Courtney find new purpose – and the freedom that led to another world titleIn early September, Kate Courtney lined up at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships for the 12th time in her career, but the first time targeting the marathon distance. A figure at the front of the pack in the shorter cross country and short track distances, Courtney would surprise everyone by winning the 77-mile race, claiming the second rainbow jersey of her nearly decade-long career.“The competition at the sharp end is so high and the course was brutal, so I was productively intimidated,” said the 30-year-old Courtney, “I didn’t think much about the pressure of winning, which let me just focus on myself.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scottish star Charlie Aldridge grabs recognition after stunning mountain bike season

The 24-year-old punched his ticket to the top of the World Cup podium for the first time in 2025, winning maiden golds in both the cross-country and short track formats.

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2 w. ago ‘You don’t have to hurtle down slopes or dance like crazy at après parties’: readers’ favourite winter mountain holidays in Europe

The Alps, Spain’s Sierra Nevada and the national parks of Sweden and Albania feature among our readers’ treasured winter mountain breaks• Tell us about a stay in a historic building – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherInnsbruck offers lots of options for a winter holiday. I found it’s a place where you don’t have to hurtle down ski slopes or dance like crazy at après-ski parties. In fact I was amazed when I took the 20-minute cable car from the city centre up 2,000 metres to an area where locals were sitting in deckchairs on the snow reading books and sipping hot chocolate in the strong Tirolean sunshine. You can ski to your heart’s content on slopes just half an hour from the famous Imperial Palace in the city centre. The city authorities provide some guided free walks and winter activities, including a cross-country skiing taster if you have a Welcome Card provided by your hotel. Then again, you can just sit and sample strong Austrian coffee or Gerschtnsuppe (soup with barle...

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last month Volvo's gone from sensible to cool: We review the new Volvo XC90 and EX30 Cross Country

Volvo is pushing to be the upmarket car maker of choice, embodying countryside cool. Do the XC90 SUV and EX30 Cross Country SUVs hit that mark? Freda Lewis-Stempel finds out.

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