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Bennati wins third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico race and takes overall lead

MONSUMMANO TERME, Italy - Daniele Bennati won the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race to overtake Linus Gerdemann for the overall lead. The Italian, who rides for Liquigas, broke from the pac...

American skier Lindsey Vonn wins 3rd straight overall World Cup title

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Olympic downhill gold medallist Lindsey Vonn capped a historic season with her third straight overall World Cup title Friday. Vonn won the final super-G race of th...

Morrison shakes off Olympic struggles, wins 1,500 silver in World Cup final

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canadian Denny Morrison shook off his Olympic struggles to finish second in the men's 1,500 metres at the long-track speedskating World Cup final. The native of Fort St. J...

Canada's Maelle Ricker races to World Cup season title in snowboard cross

VALMALENCO, Italy - Canada's Maelle Ricker won a silver medal in a World Cup snowboard cross race Friday to secure the crystal globe as the overall season winner. Canadian teammate Dominique Maltai...

Sagan of Slovakia wins fifth stage of Paris-Nice, Contador keeps overall lead

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France - Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race and Alberto Contador of Spain finished close behind to keep the overall lead. Sagan, who won the third s...

Janka wins overall World Cup title, American Ligety wins giant slalom title

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Carlo Janka became the first Swiss man to win the overall World Cup title since 1992 and completed a rare triple Friday, and Ted Ligety of the United States secured t...

Spain beats South Korea for fifth in field hockey World Cup

NEW DELHI - Spain defeated South Korea 2-0 in the playoff for fifth at the field hockey World Cup on Friday. The teams played for the bronze medal at the last World Cup in 2006, and again Spain pre...

Canadians move ahead in hurdles at world indoor track championships in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar - Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep had the fastest time in 60-metre hurdles qualifying Friday at the IAAF World Indoor Championships. The hurdler from Whitby, Ont., won her heat in 7.94...

Canadian Heil nears World Cup overall moguls title, Bilodeau out with injury

ARE, Sweden - Canadian Jenn Heil inched closer to clinching a record-tying fifth crystal globe as World Cup overall champion with a silver medal in Friday's women's moguls event. Maxime Gingras of ...

Short-track skaters put off celebration until after world championships

MONTREAL - Charles Hamelin and Marianne St-Gelais may have become Canada's favourite lovebirds at the 2010 Olympics, but when the short-track speed skaters wing off to Bulgaria this week it will be al...