Topic: FIFA World Cup

Vonn takes Super-G for fourth win in a row

American Lindsey Vonn won her fourth Alpine Ski Women's World Cup race in a row on Wednesday, capturing a rescheduled Super-G event after sweeping three races last weekend in Canada.Vonn conquered the 1,940-meter Birds of Prey run in 1min 10.68secs to defeat ...
American Ted Ligety gained his revenge against Marcel Hirscher on Tuesday by capturing the Alpine World Cup Beaver Creek giant slalom race for his 10th career World Cup victory.The reigning giant slalom overall champ Ligety finished second to Austria's Hirscher in the ...

Vonn completes hat-trick with Super-G win

American Lindsey Vonn completed a hat-trick of Alpine Ski Women's World Cup triumphs at Lake Louise on Sunday, winning a Super-G to claim her 45th career victory and extend her points lead.Vonn followed up back-to-back downhill victories on Friday and Saturday on ...

Vonn takes back-to-back downhill wins

American star Lindsey Vonn claimed her 44th career Alpine World Cup women's ski win, her third triumph of the season and her second downhill victory in as many days on Saturday.Vonn won her 23rd career World Cup downhill, her ninth all-time downhill ...

Vonn takes eighth Lake Louise downhill

American ski superstar Lindsey Vonn claimed her eighth career downhill victory at Lake Louise by dominating the season-opening World Cup women's speed race on Friday."I just have always had such a good feeling here," said Vonn. "That track suits me so well. ...

Miller back in "miraculous" form

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - Bode Miller reckoned it took a miracle for him to surge back and win his first World Cup downhill in three years in Beaver Creek on Friday.The 34-year-old American, who had only won one World Cup race ...

Miller wins first World Cup downhill in three

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - Bode Miller surged back to win his first World Cup downhill in over three years in Beaver Creek on Friday.The 34-year-old American, who had only won one World Cup race in the last three seasons, took advantage ...
The men's and women's World Cup alpine skiing races scheduled for the French resort of Val d'Isere on December 10 and 11 have all been cancelled because of a lack of snow the authorities there announced Wednesday.The women's super-combined and super-G fell ...

Svindal clinches season's first super-G

Former two-time World Cup overall champ Aksel Lund Svindal captured his first World Cup victory of the year with a superb run in the season-opening super-G on Sunday.The 28-year-old Norwegian clocked one minute, 23.47 seconds to beat Swiss speed specialist Didier Cuche ...

Marlies Schild wins World Cup slalom

Austria's Marlies Schild, almost invincible in slalom last season, won the first slalom of the 2011-2012 women's World Cup campaign on Sunday.Schild, the reigning World Cup slalom champion, led both legs and finished with a combined time of one minute, 43.72 seconds ...
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