Alberto Tomba has united generations, drawing them towards skiing with his overwhelming charisma. He defined an era and became an icon of Italian sport with Olympic and World golds, World Cups, even ...

To the limited extent that Americans embrace ski racing, we tend to love the swashbucklers, the hell-bent-for-leather downhillers. Like Bill Johnson and Tommy Moe, two Yanks who had runs of a lifetime ...

You think it’s easy to be a country’s biggest winter sports star and a famous playboy? “It’s difficult when you’re Tomba, when people think they know Tomba,” said the one and only Alberto Tomba.

Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni, two of Italy's greatest Alpine skiers, shared the honour of lighting the Olympic ...

TURIN, Italy - Asked what advice he'd give Bode Miller, Alberto Tomba threw his head back and let out a roar of laughter that bounced around the hotel lobby's marble floor. "Don't win too much," Tomba ...

Lindsey Vonn reacted to Jannik Sinner's list of the best skiers of all time. The American athlete was elated to be named the best by the Italian tennis player. Since Sinner wasn't given the skiers' ...

Freeze Alberto Tomba in a camera frame and his secret becomes clear. It's power. Every muscle in the skier's body is straining, bulging out of his spandex bodysuit. Even his tongue is flexing. Other ...

Laureus World Sports Academy and AIPS (International Sports Press Association) held a special media reception on Tuesday evening to celebrate the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Many Olympic ...

Alberto Tomba signed off his career in style with his 50th World Cup win in the World Cup Finals at Crans Montana in 1998.

After winning, he whirls his poles overhead like a twin-bladed chopper, sending gusts of excitement through the hillsides. Half smiling and half scowling through a three-day growth, he walks over to ...

Waltzing into a party in Cortina d’Ampezzo just before midnight, the room goes quiet, all heads swivel and a stocky, middle-aged guy with the familiar shock mop of jet-black curls nods and kisses his ...