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Stuhec marks return from injury by winning downhill

lka Stuhec won a World Cup downhill race for her first victory since missing all of last season with an injury

Former VW boss Winterkorn leaves Bayern supervisory board

Austrian skiers go 1-2-3 in final downhill training session

Ramona Siebenhofer led the third and final training session for a World Cup downhill

Manchester United says manager Jose Mourinho has left the club

Kansas, Duke, Tennessee remain atop new AP Top 25 men's basketball poll; reigning national champion Villanova falls out

Kansas, Duke, Tennessee remain atop new AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll; reigning national champion Villanova falls out

Mayor eyes overhauling racetrack without moving Preakness

Siebenhofer leads Stuhec in Val Gardena downhill training

Seeking her first career World Cup win, Ramona Siebenhofer led the opening training session for a World Cup downhill on the Saslong course

Belgium wins field hockey final after shootout with Dutch

Goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch proved the difference as Belgium beat the Netherlands 3-2 in a shootout to win the men’s field hockey World Cup final

Friedrich wins to lead German 4-man bobsled sweep

Germany sweeps medals in four-man World Cup bobsled race, extending dominant start to sliding season

Hirscher dominates to win Alta Badia GS 6th straight year

Marcel Hirscher dominated to extend his record by winning the Alta Badia giant slalom for a sixth straight year Sunday and reclaimed the overall World Cup lead

Hirscher dominates to take first-run lead in Alta Badia GS

Seven-time defending overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher dominated the first run of the Alta Badia giant slalom Sunday

Dutch edge Australia to face Belgium in field hockey final

The Netherlands knocked out defending two-time champion Australia in an epic semifinal to meet first-time finalist Belgium in the field hockey World Cup

Germany sweeps golds, Meyers Taylor doubles up in bobsled

American Elana Meyers Taylor wins bronze medal in one race, celebrates finishing last in another

Kilde wins downhill marred by nasty crash involving Gisin

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won by a large margin in a World Cup downhill that was marred by a nasty crash involving Swiss skier Marc Gisin

Salt Lake City chosen to bid for Winter Olympics, likely for 2030

Augustana University to pursue move to Division I athletics

Augustana University in South Dakota will pursue a move to NCAA Division I athletics

N. Carolina teacher, MLB player's daughter dies after drill

N. Carolina teacher, MLB player’s daughter dies after drill

Svindal claims record-extending 7th victory in Val Gardena

Thursday Sports in Brief

Stanford dominates BYU 3-0 in NCAA volleyball semifinals

Wade, Union aiding student seeking reinstatement to school

Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union and attorney Benjamin Crump teaming up to help an expelled student

Belgium into first Hockey World Cup semis; Dutch reach again

Belgium came from behind to beat Germany 2-1 and reach the field hockey World Cup semifinals for the first time

2 Chinese canoeists get 2-year bans for doping

The International Canoe Federation says two Chinese paddlers have been banned for two years for doping

Austrian skier Franz leads Val Gardena downhill training

Bookmakers to cut adverts around British TV sports programs

Some advertising for bookmakers will disappear from live broadcasts of sports in Britain from next year

New Jersey sports betting market closing in on $1B mark

New Jersey’s sports betting market is closing in on the $1 billion dollar mark after less than six months of operation

Stars & Stripes Team USA launches all-American cup challenge

Stars & Stripes Team USA accepted as challenger for 2021 America’s Cup, promising to have all-American squad

ICC: Former Central African Republic militia leader arrested

ICC: Former Central African Republic militia leader, country’s top soccer official, arrested

American skier Ganong leads Val Gardena downhill training

Led by Travis Ganong, American skiers claimed three of the top five spots in the opening training session for the Val Gardena downhill

2-time Olympic champion Northug to retire from his sport

One of Norway’s greatest cross-country skiers says he is retiring from the sport