Lindsey Vonn fails to finish; surprise winner opens ski world championships
Vonn’s arm a problem, Schmidhofer wins super-G
DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Graham Dunbar
Swiss fastest in men’s downhill practice at ski worlds
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Switzerland looked right at home at the ski world championships on Tuesday when Beat Feuz was fastest in a men’s downhill practice.
Feuz, who won the Wor...
DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Downhill training lost to weather on 1st day of ski worlds
Lost day won’t help Lara Gut, Lindsey Vonn after crashes
DATE: Feb 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
All focus on women at ski world championships
GENEVA
Their speed-race duel lit up the 2009 ski world championships, yet neither Lindsey Vonn nor Lara Gut has won a gold medal since at the two-yearly event.
So there...
DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Skiing aims to catch up fast with new TV graphics
GENEVA – When Lindsey Vonn competes in the opening event at next week’s world skiing championships, television viewers will get their first look at some new on-screen technology.
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DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
North America mulls soccer World Cup bid in President Donald Trump era
Tough decisions ahead of North American soccer
DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Bolt loses 2008 Olympic relay gold in teammate’s doping case
GENEVA – Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals because of a doping case involving Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter.
The IOC said Wednesday that Carter tested posit...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports
Ligety, Svindal miss ski world championships with injury
GENEVA – Two of skiing’s biggest stars will miss next month’s world championships because of season-ending surgery.
Ted Ligety of the United States and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norwa...
DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Kristoffersen edges Hirscher again in World Cup slalom
Norwegian star’s fourth consecutive win
DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Heavy snow forces cancellation of men’s downhill at Wengen
Circuit favorite lost to heavy snow
DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Unheralded Swiss wins World Cup Alpine combined race
WENGEN, Switzerland – Wearing the No. 51 bib of a total longshot, Swiss skier Niels Hintermann took advantage of the starting order to win a World Cup Alpine combined race on Friday. ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
FIFA expands World Cup to 48 teams beginning in 2026
48 teams should help African, Asian teams
DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
