Canada's Marielle Thompson wins ski cross gold in Switzerland
Canadians Marielle Thompson, India Sherret, and Reece Howden raced onto the podium at a World Cup ski cross event in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, on Saturday.
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Sasikumar Mukund Cruises To Victory, Puts India 1-0 Up In Davis Cup vs Togo
Sasikumar Mukund returned to Davis Cup action with a fluent straight-sets victory over lower-ranked Liova Ayite Ajavon, putting India ahead 1-0 in the World Group I play-off tie against Togo, here Saturday. The opening match of the tie went on expected lines with Ajavon, languishing outside the top-1000, lacking ammunition to test the 365th ranked Indian in his home conditions. The 28-year-old needed just one hour and 15 minutes to walk away with a 6-2 6-1 win in the opening singles at the DLTA Complex. Ramkumar Ramanathan will take on Togo number one Thomas Setodji in the second singles.
Kidambi Srikanth, Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian Out Of Thailand Masters Badminton
Former world no.1 shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian crashed out of the Thailand Masters Super 300 tournament after losing their respective men's singles quarterfinal matches here on Friday. While Srikanth lost 17-21 16-21 against sixth seed Zheng Xing Wang of China, former world junior no.1 Subramanian gave a tough fight to another Chinese Xuan Chen Zhu before losing 21-19 18-21 13-21 in a match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.
Alpine skiing-Vonn and Shiffrin named in US team for World Ski Championship
Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin have both been named in the United States ski team on Friday for the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach, Austria, next month.
Debutants shine as US lead Taiwan in Davis Cup qualifiers
Alex Michelsen gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Taiwan on his Davis Cup debut in the first round qualifiers on Friday, while Jacob Fearnley also impressed in his first appearance in the competition to pull Britain level with Japan.
The 'shocking' criminal thug who won't be smiling anymore
A man who spat at and kicked police officers during the rioting in Southport has been jailed. John Rasburn, 47, also hurled cones at police lines.
How former Liverpool hero helped Antony to settle as Man United loanee 'surprises everyone'
Whilst mingling with a Liverpool hero of yesteryear, Antony has 'surprised everyone' with how fast he is adapting to life at Real Betis on loan from Manchester United.
Woman's 'hey guys' comment on Facebook post comes back to haunt her
This is the moment a wanted woman who taunted police online was found hiding under a pile of toys. Greater Manchester Police previously issued an appeal to find a 22-year-old woman who was wanted on suspicion of failing to appear at court.