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British street artist Endless presents his donation to Uffizi director Eike Schmidt. Photo courtesy of Uffizi Galleries In a puzzling move, Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, renowned for its unparalleled collection of Italian Renaissance masterpieces, has accepted the donation of a piece by contemporary British street artist Endless. The artist, who does not appear to have ever had a museum exhibition, is a strange fit for a collection best known for such art historical luminaries as Sandro Botticel...

Coronavirus Impact on Skiing & Snowboarding 21st December 2020 Last modified on December 27th, 2020 The team at PlanetSKI is reporting all the news & developments as it affects the snowsports world in our ever-popular rolling blog. If you want to see its impact and the response of skiers & snowboarders then read on… UPDATED Jeff Shiffrin Athlete Resiliency Fund Approaches $3m Target The father of the US skier Mikaela Shiffrin died suddenly last February and the funds is being run by US Ski ...

11 Jan 21 One of the biggest races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup calendar, The Lauberhorn at Wengen, has been cancelled with the races moved to Kitzbühel which will now have two weekends of World Cup Races with successive slaloms next weekend and downhills the weekend after. The FIS statement on the race cancellation reads, “Due to the current circumstances with the Covid-19 pandemic the Men’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup races in Wengen (SUI) scheduled for 15th-17th January 2021 have b...

91st Luberhorn classic in Wengen, Switzerland, was cancelled earlier this week  Covid outbreak infected 60 at resort - half of the cases blamed on a single Briton World Cup races moved to Kitzbuehel but Austrian officials have since moved the races again - now to Flachau - after British mutant strain discovered in Tyrol  Do YOU know the Briton blamed for the Wengen shutdown? Email ross.ibbetson@mailonline.co.uk 

British tourist is blamed for Covid-19 outbreak in Swiss ski resort Rob Hyde and Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline and Afp © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A British tourist has been blamed for a Covid-19 outbreak in Switzerland which has forced officials to scrap prestigious downhill races in the Ski World Cup. The Laubernhorn classic in Wengen, one of the most well attended events on the circuit, has been called off after around 60 people at the mountain resort tested po...