“Messi behaves on the pitch like Alberto Tomba on the slopes,” Michniewicz said of the Italian skier from the 1980s and ’90s who won Olympic gold medals in slalom and giant slalom.

Franco Tomba, the father of Alberto Tomba, has passed away at the age of 84. A very private person, he always remained behind the scenes, but was one of the key figures in a long season of winter ...

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 21 - Federica Brignone said after notching her 33rd World Cup win in the giant slalom at Sestriere and narrowing the gap with Alberto Tomba to 17 that she had told herself ...

Italian ski racing legend Alberto Tomba will be signing autographs between runs during a Lexus Tomba Challenge presented by Rossignol this weekend at Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont. The event ...

Federica Brignone, Bode Miller, and Alberto Tomba. Sinner apologized to Tomba as there were no other slots available. Sofia Goggia and Marcel Hirscher were named second.

AUSTRIA'S Thomas Sykora took his second men's slalom win of the season yesterday, but Alberto Tomba snatched the limelight with a remarkable second place on his return from injury. Sykora, who has ...

A FREELANCE photographer who circulated nude shots of Italian skier Alberto Tomba claimed he was injured by a crystal trophy cup hurled yesterday by the World Cup champion in Alta Badia, Italy ...

Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz delved into the worlds of skiing and tennis when assessing the task facing his players in stopping Argentina great Lionel Messi at the World Cup.