Ski

Schumacher 'still in wake-up phase'

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Manager of former Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher says he remains in a medically-induced coma in a French hospital. 

Two children killed as huge rock crashes into family ski chalet

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Parents manage to climb out of crushed chalet but boys aged seven and 10 are killed in France's Isola 2000 Alpine resort.

British instructors 'face prison' in France over ski wars

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Seven instructors have been arrested in the French Alps for providing lessons without a licence as part of a bitter jobs war on the ski slopes.

Deadly avalanches sweep French Alps

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At least 24 people have died in avalanches in France and Switzerland since Christmas; a similar number have escaped, many with serious injuries.

Schumacher’s helmet camera given to French investigators

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French experts investigating the accident that left the Formula One legend with serious head injuries hope footage will explain how it happened.

Schumacher battles for life after French ski fall

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Doctors say they are working around the clock to save life of Formula One racing legend who is now in 'critical condition' after fall in French Alps.

Michael Schumacher suffers head injury in French Alps ski fall

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The German seven-time F1champion struck his head on a rock while skiing off piste at the Méribel resort and was taken to hospital in Grenoble.

June opening for French ski resort as temperatures plummet in Europe

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Pyrénées resort is believed to be first to open in June after unseasonably low temperatures left slopes covered in as much powder as January.

Outrage sweeps French slopes as British ski instructor faces year in jail

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Scores of angry Britons on skiing holiday in the Alps stage demonstration outside a French police station to protest against instructor's arrest.