Luge is Saba Kumaritashvili’s family business. His great-grandfather is credited with bringing the sport to their homeland, the former Soviet republic of Georgia, more than a half-century ago. His ...

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger, has died from one of the most horrible accidents imaginable just hours before the official start of the Olympics. Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - An Olympic luge tournament that has opened without major incident at the Pyeongchang Games will have a note of sorrow on Monday, the eighth anniversary of the ...

TBILISI, Georgia -- The grieving father of a Georgian Olympic luger who died in a training run crash said he won't watch the footage of his son's death, and criticized Olympic officials for allowing ...

After his cousin's tragic death at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Saba Kumaritashvili took up luge and competed at the Winter 2022 ...

The president of Georgia's Olympic Committee, Gia Natsvlishili, was accompanying Kumaritashvili's body back to Georgia. Hickey said the casket would be received in Georgia by Patriarch Ilia II. Tears ...

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili started out diplomatic during a meeting with reporters this afternoon at the Main Press Center. But when pressed, Saakashvili essentially said he felt more could ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - An Olympic luge tournament that has opened without major incident at the Pyeongchang Games will have a note of sorrow on Monday, the eighth anniversary of the ...