Melbardis, Dreiskens lead standings after World Cup win
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Victory for Latvia's Oskars Melbardis and Daumants Dreiskens in the two-man bobsled World Cup on Saturday lifted them atop the overall standings.
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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Victory for Latvia's Oskars Melbardis and Daumants Dreiskens in the two-man bobsled World Cup on Saturday lifted them atop the overall standings.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the ninth consecutive year with a 7-6 (8), 6-3, 6-4 win over Fernando Verdasco on Saturday.
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut of Switzerland won a World Cup downhill on Saturday, while Lindsey Vonn missed a chance to extend her wins record as she almost skied out and finished well behind.
SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Peter Prevc of Slovenia earned his first ski jump World Cup win of the season on Saturday.
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SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Eric Frenzel of Germany won a Nordic combined World Cup on Saturday to claim his fifth straight title.
MONACO (AP) — Olympic 3,000 meters steeplechase champion Yulia Zaripova faces a doping ban in the latest scandal to hit Russian athletics.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Ali Gibson scored 12 points, Ruth Hamblin added 10 and No. 9 Oregon State ran away from Arizona in the second half for a 73-55 victory on Friday night.
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