■NORDIC SKIING
Lamy Chappuis takes title
Jason Lamy Chappuis of France won the Nordic combined World Cup title on Friday after finishing 10th, his lowest position this season. Also, his jumping finish, 13th, was the worst this season in the World Cup, where he has been in the top three 11 times. Lamy Chappuis won the gold medal in the first of the two Olympic individual events in the Nordic Combined at Vancouver. On Friday, he needed to finish 25th to clinch the World Cup overall and 10th with 26 points gave him 995 points overall, enough to keep Austrian veteran Felix Gottwald out of contention. Gottwald was second, 276 points behind.
■ALPINE SKIING
Vonn wins second World Cup
Lindsey Vonn of the US won the women’s Alpine super-combined World Cup on Friday after organizers abandoned the discipline’s final event of the season because of gale-force winds. It was the second World Cup of the season for Vonn, after she wrapped up the super-G title. The Olympic downhill champion also leads the overall and downhill World Cup standings. Organizers had initially hoped to reschedule Friday’s super-combined, but later decided to cancel it. With the World Cup finals taking up most of next week in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, the super-combined could not be rescheduled, International Ski Federation spokeswoman Rikka Rakic said.
■CYCLING
Roberts wins third stage
Australia’s Luke Roberts on Friday won the third stage of the Tour of Murcia in a mass sprint finish that involved the race favorites, including seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. Roberts, who rides for Team Milram, edged Uzbekistan’s Sergey Lagutin and Spain’s Josep Jufre to the line at the end of the 166.5km stage between Las Torres de Cotillas and Alhama de Murcia in Spain. Jufre took over the leader’s yellow jersey from South Africa’s Robert Hunter, who won the first two stages but withdrew from the event earlier on Friday because his wife went into labor. Armstrong, who is on only his second stage race of the year, finished with the same time as the leader, as did Britain’s Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins and last year’s Tour of Murcia winner Dennis Menchov of Russia.
■ATHLETICS
Hurdler Priestley suspended
British hurdler Callum Priestley has been provisionally suspended after failing an out-of-competition doping test. UK Athletics said on Friday that clenbuterol, a stimulant used in asthma treatment, was found in his B sample after a test in South Africa in January and he was provisionally suspended. UK Anti-Doping said Priestley was not yet guilty of any offense, however, and he would have the opportunity to respond. Priestley, who won the 60m hurdles at the UK Indoor Championships, could face a two-year ban unless he proves he had a valid reason for having the drug in his system.
■FOOTBALL
Roethlisberger questioned
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is being investigated in an allegation of sexual assault at a Georgia nightclub, police said on Friday. Officers said the alleged assault occurred early on Friday morning at a nightclub in Milledgeville, about 135km southeast of Atlanta. The two-time Super Bowl champion was seen visiting local restaurants and bars on Thursday night. “He’s been identified as being at the scene and there are allegations naming him as the perpetrator,” Deputy Police Chief Richard Malone said.
Freddie Freeman homered and drove in four runs, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Roki Sasaki earned his first major league win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. The Dodgers have won the first two games of the series to improve to 5-0 against Atlanta this year. Los Angeles’ three-game sweep at home early in the season left the Braves 0-7. Sasaki allowed three runs and six hits over five innings. The 23-year-old right-hander gave up a home run to Ozzie Albies, but received plenty of offensive support in his
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