This time, it was the Canadian men who held off the Americans in the semifinal round of the hockey tournament at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
Katie Uhlaender will race on a track where she finished second a year ago behind teammate Noelle Pikus-Pace, a medal favorite in Sochi after missing the podium by one-tenth of a second in 2010.
Amanda Kessel when asked by a reporter to describe her goals said: 'I can't really remember them all.'
Ashley Wagner was not pleased with the score judges gave her Saturday performance after skating to Pink Floyd. Ashley Wagner felt she skated well but the score didn't reflect that view.
Jenny Jones is the first British Olympian to take home a medal in the snow. Jenny Jones got a bronze medal in the women's slopestyle snowboarding event Sunday.
Jessica Diggins accomplished a personal goal, finishing eighth in the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon Saturday.
Pussy Riot members were attacked Wednesday with horsewhips in Sochi. The Russian punk rock protest band has left Sochi, but posted a video including run-ins with authorities at the Winter Olympics.
Russia's 3-1 loss to Finland on Wednesday ended the Russian men's hockey team's quest for a medal – and a defining Olympic moment. Having two of the top 10 scorers in the NHL – Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin – didn't help.
Navy ship runs aground: The US Navy frigate USS Taylor ran aground Feb. 12 while preparing to moor at Samsun, Turkey. It is one of two US Navy warships dispatched to the Black Sea to increase security at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
T.J. Oshie scored four times in the shootout Saturday in Sochi, helping Team USA to a 3-2 win over Russia in men's hockey. T.J.Oshie was among the final selections for the US roster, chosen for his shootout success in the NHL.
Mulder twins won Olympic medals Monday in Sochi. The Mulder twins birth was held up so their mother could watch an annual Dutch speedskating event over 20 years ago.
A girl looks through a window of a train parked at a railway station in New Delhi on April 20.
Evgeni Plushenko gave Russia an early lead in team figure skating after the men's short event and dazzled Sunday in the men's free skate. Russia was in first place going into the final events.
Jamie Anderson, a 23-year-old from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., is known for excelling under pressure. She won the gold medal in the women's slopestyle competition Sunday, giving the US a gold sweep in the event.
US moguls skier Hannah Kearney finished third to Canada's Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe. Hannah Kearney was trying to become the first woman to go back-to-back in 22-year history of Olympic moguls.
Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal are the two favorites at Sochi after the downhill skiing test runs. American Bode Miller produced the fastest times. Norwegian Svindal was third Friday, second Saturday.
Sage Kotsenburg unveiled a new trick he calls the 'Holy Crail,' earning him a high enough score in slopestyle snowboarding to capture the first gold medal at the Sochi Games. When the 20-year-old qualified for the Olympics in California last month, it was his first win since he was 11.
Canadian Max Parrot was one of eight riders to score in the 90s on the first day of qualifying runs in the Winter Olympics debut of slopestyle snowboarding. Concerns, raised by Shaun White, about a dangerous slopestyle course faded.
Shawn White, the US snowboarding champ, withdrew from the new Sochi Olympics slopestyle event. Shaun White criticized the snowboarding course as having too much "potential risk of injury."
Speedskating: The U.S. speedskating program has won more gold medals (29) than any other country. But in the Sochi Olympics, the Dutch are expected to be the powerhouse speedskating team.
Sochi Olympics: The Russian president checked in at a preserve for endangered Persian leopards and visited a group of cubs born last summer in the mountains above Sochi.
In their closest game of the London Olympics, the US men's basketball team beat Spain 107-100, to win the gold medal.