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,

Germany's Franziska Preuss has said she will end her glittering biathlon career after the final Olympic race on Saturday. Preuss said in a statement issued on Friday by the German ski body DSV that she would not complete the season and is retiring after the mass start race at the Milan/Cortina Games.

The U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals of the Milan-Cortina Olympics men's hockey tournament after beating Germany 5-1 on Sunday in Milan.

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.

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

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.

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.