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By any measure, Lindsey Vonn's impending divorce is not affecting her on the slopes. If anything, it's motivated her.
A healthy Lindsey Vonn was feeling like her old self, skiing well and getting ready for football.
Italian veteran Daniela Merighetti earned the first World Cup victory of her career Saturday despite a broken left thumb, with Lindsey Vonn the runner-up in one of the season's biggest downhills.
Lindsey Vonn doesn't usually need a boost when she's in Cortina. It's one of her favorite Italian resorts, where she's skied to five victories.
He's become known in Italy as "General Bradley," "the midfield sergeant" and "the American Marine."
Austria's domination in the downhill stretches back nearly uninterrupted to the founding of the World Cup circuit in the late 1960s.
Austria's Klaus Kroell goes into Thursday's knee-jarring downhill on the Stelvio course with memories of the fall that robbed him of a podium finish last year.
Hans Olsson of Sweden appears set for a career breakthrough when the World Cup ski circuit returns to Europe this weekend.
Julia Mancuso snapped a four-year winless streak by taking the final downhill of last season.
Kobe Bryant's representatives and Virtus Bologna are "working very intensely" to bring the Los Angeles Lakers' star to Italy during the NBA lockout.
Kobe Bryant said it's "very possible" he will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, adding the country is like home because he spent part of his childhood there.
Lance Armstrong denied he's receiving training help from a banned Italian doctor or his son, but maintains "those guys are my friends and that's not going to change."
Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix from pole position Sunday, fighting off an audacious challenge from defending champion Fernando Alonso.
Italy substitute Alberto Aquilani scored a late goal for a 2-1 victory over Spain on Wednesday in a friendly between the last two World Cup winners.
Michael Phelps kept telling everyone he wasn't in shape at the world championships. Winning seven medals, including four golds, didn't change his mind.
The Israeli swim team has expressed disappointment after an Iranian competitor withdrew from a heat against one of its athletes at the world championships.
Michael Phelps easily won the 100-meter butterfly, then ceded the spotlight to Missy Franklin, swimming's newest breakout star who made a splash on her final night at the world championships.
While other athletes expressed concern about Cesar Cielo's doping ruling, swimming governing body FINA has announced it is "actively considering" adopting a biological passport program.
Pool powers Australia and the United States say they oppose further changes in swimsuit rules, amid speculation that governing body FINA could make another switch in 2013.
Pool powers Australia and the United States have come out against any further changes in swimsuit rules, amid speculation that governing body FINA could make another switch in 2013.
When Alex Meyer pulled out before the start of the 25-kilometer race at the world championships Saturday, the U.S. swimmer did so with good reason: Teammate Fran Crippen died in a race in similarly warm water last year.
Michael Phelps recently tweeted his mother from the American team's training camp in Australia. The 14-time Olympic champion may have to resort to more conventional modes of conversation when he arrives this week at the world championships in China, where Twitter and Facebook are blocked by the government.
With more than 2,000 swimmers, divers and water polo players converging on Shanghai this week for the world championships, teams are taking precautions against the threat of contaminated Chinese meat.
Swimming's world-record drought has reached 18 months, and as next month's world championships in Shanghai draw nearer the sport's close-knit community is starting to wonder when it will be broken.
World Anti-Doping Agency lab experts will meet next week to consider changing its rules regarding clenbuterol, the drug that Alberto Contador tested positive for at last year's Tour de France.
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