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A former USA National Team figure skater has filed a lawsuit alleging a coach sexually assaulted him on numerous occasions, including at a U.S. Figure Skating event in San Diego.

Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she was 17. The three-time national champion wrote in USA Today on Thursday that John Coughlin climbed into her bed after a party at a skating camp and began kissing and groping her. Coughlin was 22 at the time and took his life in January at 33.

After Alysa Liu accomplished a feat last week that no U.S. women’s figure skater had ever achieved, she gave away her gold medal. Liu, 13, became the youngest women’s U.S. champion in history on Friday and then gave the winning medal to her father, Arthur, in thanks for all he has done for her. “He just helps me so much...

A three-alarm electrical fire in the basement of a Stuyvesant Town building forced an evacuation of the 13-story building as fire crews worked to extinguish the blaze.

A three-alarm electrical fire in the basement of a Stuyvesant Town building forced an evacuation of the 13-story building.

Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten was killed on Thursday, and prosecutors in Kazakhstan said they were treating the case as murder. Ten was stabbed after a dispute with people who allegedly tried to steal a mirror from his car in his home city of Almaty, Kazakh news agencies reported. Doctors in Almaty say he died in hospital there. He...

“Dancing with the Stars” cast members Jenna Johnson and Valentin Chmerkovskiy are engaged. Johnson on Thursday tweeted photos of her 32-year-old fiance on his knee popping the question in Venice. The next photo shows the 24-year-old kissing Chmerkovskiy.

“Dancing with the Stars” cast members Jenna Johnson and Valentin Chmerkovskiy are engaged. Johnson on Thursday tweeted photos of her 32-year-old fiance on his knee popping the question in Venice. The next photo shows the 24-year-old kissing Chmerkovskiy.

Adam Rippon, who became the first openly gay figure skater to make the U.S. Olympics team, was honored on the steps of New York City hall.

“Dancing With the Stars: Athletes” revealed its line-up of sports stars that will compete in the reality hit’s first-ever all-athlete season when it returns on Monday, April 30. The 10 contestants and their professional partners appeared on “Good Morning America” Friday, with fans learning who they’ll be watching battle it out in the ballroom in season 26.

Just 26 days older than a 15-year-old Tara Lipinski in 1998, Alina Zagitova’s back-loaded, point-gobbling programs and seemingly unbreakable teenage nerve earned the Olympic Athletes from Russia team its first gold medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

Ah, but there is the slight point of frustration for Kelly. As Adam sets his sights on impressing judges at his first Games, the constant buzz surrounding the 28-year-old hasn’t focused on his unprecedented back-to-back junior world championships, his 2016 national title, or his signature “Rippon Lutz”: a variation of the Lutz jump with both arms raised above the head....

Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue were given six hours to stew.  Six hours to be angry. To be depressed. To wonder whether their free dance meltdown at the world championships, which cost them a spot on the podium, was a sign the six long years they had sacrificed to become the best ice dancers in the world would never...

A German figure skater’s free skate will be remembered, but not for being an exceptional Olympic performance. Nicole Schott, who finished 18th in the event in Pyeongchang, chose part of the score from the 1993 Oscar-winning film “Schindler’s List” as her skating soundtrack, and this had some Twitter users expressing shock and disapproval online. “German figure skater performing to music...

At the Sochi Games, he was the medal-winning athlete who overshadowed that achievement by rescuing five stray dogs. In Pyeongchang, he’s vacuuming up attention with his “We’re here. We’re queer. Get used to it” posts and photos of him kissing skater Adam Rippon, and taking swipes at U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. Eventually, Gus Kenworthy hopes, he’ll be talked about...

American teenager Maame Biney, an Olympic rookie at 18, finished last in her short track speedskating quarterfinal of the women’s 500 meters Tuesday, missing out on a final that turned into a waiting game. That result was a photo finish after Italian Arianna Fontana barely edged out hometown hero Choi Min-jeong.

Yuzuru Hanyu was on crutches with a badly injured ankle when his coach Brian Orser asked the 2014 Olympic champion what his goal was for 2018. “Win the Olympics again,” Hanyu replied. Mission accomplished — with a whole lot of angst on the road to Pyeongchang.

Pa.-native Adam Rippon has been working for two decades for his chance to compete at the Olympic level, and his first Olympic appearance hasn’t disappointed thus far. His larger-than-life personality is showcased perfectly in his fierce Instagram posts.

Rookie Esmee Visser came out on top and gave the Netherlands yet another gold medal in Olympic speedskating. The 22-year-old Visser won the 5000m on Friday, while 45-year-old Claudia Pechstein faded and fell short of a fourth gold over the distance. “It was a fun skate,” Visser said, undaunted by the multiple Olympic champions she faced. Entering the race, Visser...