LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Daniela Maier of Germany won the gold medal in women’s skicross ahead of Swiss freeskier Fanny Smith at the Winter Olympics on Friday. The 29-year-old Maier, competing in her second Olympics,

German Daniela Maier stormed to Olympic women's ski cross gold on Friday after she outpaced both the world champion and 2022 Games winner. Maier seized the biggest victory of her career with a dominant showing ahead of world champion Fanny Smith of Switzerland.

The Germans will meet Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Games

Slovakia and Germany will meet in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, with a semifinal berth on the line in what projects as one of the most evenly matched elimination games of the tournament.

Team USA men’s hockey faces Germany in a preliminary game at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

Milano Cortina will be remembered for the performances of a Norwegian superstar and a Ukrainian skeleton racer's "helmet of remembrance."

JJ Peterka, a Utah Mammoth forward, scored his first goal of the Olympics to give Germany at 3-0 lead at 18:13, taking a pass in the middle of the ice from Stutzle and driving to the net before flipping a backhand shot over Junca. The goal came with Stutzle (Ottawa Senators) and Draisaitl skating on the same line with Peterka.

The United States and Germany close out preliminary play with plenty on the line Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, with both teams chasing stronger positioning heading into the knockout rounds. Team USA enters the matchup unbeaten in Group C,