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Vonn beats Maze to win a World Cup giant slalom
Lindsey Vonn showed she can beat Tina Maze in the Slovenian's best discipline and even on her home snow. While it may be too late to challenge her ...
Italy's Paris wins WCup downhill in Kitzbuehel
Dominik Paris won the downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday, becoming only the second Italian skier to capture the classic World Cup race on the Streif ...
France winger Vincent Clerc to miss Italy match
France will be without prolific winger Vincent Clerc for its opening Six Nations match against Italy after he injured his right thigh playing for ...
Glabart poised to win Vendee Globe in record time
French sailor Francois Gabart is set to win the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world yacht race in a record time. The 29-year-old Gabart is the youngest ...
Russia's Sotnikova leads after debut at Europeans
Adelina Sotnikova of Russia produced a superb performance in her debut at the European figure skating championships, winning the women's short program ...
Cycling agrees to amnesty for doping confessions
Cyclists will be offered a chance to confess to past doping offenses without fear of retribution in an attempt to uncover the full scale of the Lance ...
Canada's Humphries leads women's bobsled worlds
World champion Kaillie Humphries of Canada held a slim lead midway through her defense of the women's bobsled title on Friday. The Olympic champion ...
'Miracle On Ice' jersey going to auction in NYC
American Mike Eruzione's sensational winning goal against the Soviet hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics will forever be remembered as the ...
Turkish weightlifting chiefs resign over doping
The head of Turkey's weightlifting federation and his entire board resigned Friday after five Turkish lifters failed doping tests at the European ...
Svindal wins super-G for 20th career WCup victory
Aksel Lund Svindal became the first skier in nine years to win three World Cup super-G races in a season on Friday. Austrian standout Hermann Maier ...
Doping ban for Olympic medalist Tauler upheld
Spain's National Court has upheld a two-year ban of former Olympic silver medalist Antonio "Toni" Tauler for having tested positive for a banned blood ...
Wiggins convinced Armstrong doped in 2009
Bradley Wiggins is convinced Lance Armstrong doped when the American returned to cycling in 2009, claiming he was robbed of being feted on the podium ...
Hornets announce name change to Pelicans
New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson is changing his team's nickname to the Pelicans and said the switch will create a bond with the city that could ...
Plushenko drops out of Europeans, Amodio leads
Russian star Evgeni Plushenko fell in the short program Thursday and dropped out of the European figure skating championships with a back problem.
WADA disputes Verbruggen claim on doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency disputes a claim by former cycling federation leader Hein Verbruggen that discussing suspicious doping samples with ...
Ferrari: Armstrong didn't need to dope
Lance Armstrong's former doctor Michele Ferrari says the disgraced American cyclist could have been just as successful without doping. Armstrong said ...
UK gets $100,000 IOC grant for Olympic ice hockey
Britain has received a $100,000 grant from the IOC to help its men's ice hockey team qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The British ...
Italy's Innerhofer fined for skiing on after crash
Christof Innerhofer has been given the unfavorable start position of 46th for Saturday's World Cup downhill as a punishment by the international ski ...
Ailing Plushenko drops out of Europeans
Former Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia fell in the short program Thursday and then dropped out of the European figure skating ...
Vonn's American teammates show they can win
Most people know of Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso, and maybe recently heard of American teen skiing sensation Mikaela Shiffrin. But who are these ...
10 years after win, Rahlves skies on Streif again
Ten years after winning the classic World Cup downhill on the famous Streif course, Daron Rahlves has come back to Kitzbuehel to have one more go.
Kroell leads final training before WCup downhill
Klaus Kroell is determined to become the first Austrian winner of the classic World Cup downhill on the Streif course since Michael Walchhofer in 2006
Injured Bresnan out of England test squad
Fast bowler Tim Bresnan was ruled out of England's upcoming test series in New Zealand because of a right elbow injury, with the uncapped Chris Woakes ...
Olympic Stadium to stage London Grand Prix
The London Grand Prix will be staged at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, exactly a year after the venue hosted the opening ceremony of the London Games
Dutch cycling team suspends team leader for doping
The Argos-Shimano cycling team says it has suspended team leader Rudi Kemna for six months after he acknowledged using the banned blood booster EPO ...