He stressed the weekend on the slopes had been approved by her doctors and did not involve any serious training. Kostelic's thyroid problems, which emerged in September, worsened in November and ...

Croatia's Ivica Kostelic set the pace in the first leg of the men's slalom of the Alpine skiing world championships today but… Croatia's Ivica Kostelic set the pace in the first leg of the men's ...

Croatia's Ivica Kostelic won the World Cup combined event at Kitzbuehel yesterday, then criticised plans to replace it with the new-style super-combined from next year. "Unfortunately, this is a ...

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia skis during the FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Kostelic captured the first slalom of the 2011-2012 World Cup alpine skiing season, beating out ...

Ivica Kostelic clinched the Wengen slalom for the fourth time in his career as he closed the gap on World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher. Ivica Kostelic clinched the Wengen slalom for the fourth time in ...

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia completed his excellent week by winning the latest slalom round in the World Cup in Adelboden in Switzerland to move to the top of the overall standings. Kostelic defended ...

Croatia's Janica Kostelic will not defend her Alpine skiing giant slalom title at the Turin Olympics on Friday, her team said. Team spokesman Ozren Mueller told Reuters early on Friday that Kostelic, ...

Croatia's Janica Kostelic produced an impressive second run in the women's slalom to win her third gold at the World Skiing Championships in Italy. Kostelic, who was third after the first run, ended ...

A three-time Olympic gold medallist, Janica Kostelic had to wait until Saturday to pull off her first career World Cup downhill victory. Cheered on by hundreds of Croats, Kostelic passed Sweden's Nike ...

WHISTLER (Reuters) - With a course set by his father, pieces of advice from his sister and loving cheers from his mother, Ivica Kostelic could barely go wrong. The Kostelic family, who put Croatia on ...

rest of the season after injuring his knee and shoulder in World Cup slalom race. Kostelic tore knee ligaments and hurt his shoulder blade in a crash Tuesday, and the skier will be examined in Basel, ...