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Vonn led from the start as she overtook Mancuso to win with a time of 1:36.70. Downhill world champion Anja Paerson of Sweden, who edged Vonn at the championships last February, was second in 1:37.53 with Canadian Emily Brydon completing the podium.

Emiko Torito (Denver) won her first World Cup moguls event and two teammates reached their first podium Friday as the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup got underway in a snowstorm at Whiteface Mountain. photo US Ski Team

Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) ignored tricky visibility to finish second Sunday in a World Cup super G and vaulted into third place overall in the World Cup standings.

Jenny Wolf from Germany was crowned the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Champions of 2008. Wolf is the 500m world record holder, and won the distance convincingly both days, but the real clue to her overall win was vastly improved performances on the 1000m. photo ISU

The ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championship concluded in Ventspils, Latvia, on Sunday. Arianna Fontana (ITA) became the European champion of the 2008. photo ISU

I am very excited to say that I have some fantastic new sponsors backing me for this year. The biggest and without a doubt the most exciting of which is that I will be riding for Team Planet-X / On-one this year. They will be providing me with 3 fantastic bikes, as well as cycling clothing and racekit that I will have an input on designing. photo John Coxon

Paul Clark has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of England Netball, the governing body for the game in England. Clark, who was appointed as interim Chief Executive in April 2007, was successful at interview with a panel of England Netball board directors and independent assessors and will start in his permanent role on 01 February 2008.

Rebecca Chiu pulled off an unexpected victory over top-seeded opponents in the finals of the Buler Squash Challenge Cup at the Hong Kong Squash Centre to win produce a home double in Hong Kong. photo WISPA

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The link below contained in the 8th edition of the EHF E-NEWS carries the results of the Women's EHF Champions League Main Round draw.

The favorites flourished on Sunday, as the four highest seeds in the top half of the draw all made the quarters. Jelena Jankovic ended the run of Casey Dellacqua.

The following 22 athletes will travel to Australia for the duration of February for training and five test matches against the Hockeyroos as Great Britain women continue their warm-up for the Beijing Olympics in August.

The year 2007 brought three continental championships and 929 international matches in the men's game, with 443 women's matches (including the Women's World Cup) almost setting a new record. FIFA's annual analysis of the international year that has just come to a close reveals a whole host of interesting facts and figures. photo FA

15 year old Singaporean will make history as the first Singaporean to compete in an LPGA event.

The Duramed FUTURES Tour announced today the addition of the Daytona Beach Duramed FUTURES Classic to its 2008 tournament schedule.

The surprising 2007 EuroBasket Women bronze-medalists Belarus were frustrated, yet confident after their tough draw for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. photo FIBA

Not many people are giving Africa much of a chance to put another women’s team into the Beijing Games via the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid. photo FIBA

The drawing for the Women’s Pre-Olympic Tournament, which will be held from June 9th-15th in Madrid, has paired up Spain with the national teams from Brazil and the islands of Fiji in Group C. photo FIBA

The Euroleague website translation is convoluted, but the words get across what Jan Bobrovsky, coach of the Czech Republic's Gambrinus Brno, thinks of Australia's Lauren Jackson.

Young Australian super star surfer Sally Fitzgibbons, fresh off her win at the ASP World Junior Championships in Sydney just two weeks ago, took out another major event on the ASP Australasian Pro Junior circuit by winning the Ozmosis Nova Pro Junior at Gunnamatta today. photo ASP

The start of the Roxy Surf Festival has been delayed for 24 hours with below par conditions on offer at Phillip Island, today.

The first meet of the 14th FINA Diving Grand Prix 2008, held from January 18-20, 2008 in Madrid (ESP), was marked by Chinese victories in all eight events of the competition. photo diving.ca

The 54th Collins Stewart London Boat Show, in association with the Daily Mail, finished on a high today after a successful, action-packed ten days that really put the “Show” into Boat Show. HRH the Princess Royal meets Young Sailor of the Year, Laurence Greenough, from Plymouth on the Raymarine stand at the Collins Stewart London Boat Show 2008 photo onEdition

ISAF is delighted to announce that Porto Alegre, Brazil will host the Grand Final of the 2009 ISAF Nations Cup.

World Cup Rookie of the Year mogul skier Heather McPhie dominated NorAms for two years before moving a year ago onto the World Cup tour.

Kimberly Joines (Edmonton, AB) won today’s slalom to close out the IPC World Cup event in Queras, FRA, giving her 11 consecutive World Cup wins on the season in the Ladies sitting skier division. photo Alpine Canada