Japan hailed a "new chapter" in the country's figure skating on Tuesday after Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled off a stunning comeback to claim pairs gold at the Milan-Cortina

Japan's Ami Nakai grabbed a surprise lead after the short programme at the Olympic women's figure skating competition in Milan on Tuesday, edging a field that produced a string of high-quality perform...

Ami Nakai, the Japanese 17-year-old, won the short program with a score of 78.71, with teammate and three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto second at 77.23 and Team USA’s Alysa Liu, the 20-year-old w...