Vonn Wins Third Successive World Cup : Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn of the United States through more pain skied on Friday to win the women’s overall World Cup title for the third year in a row.

Vonn ignored bruised his right knee after crashing in on Thursday, giant slalom to win in the final set high and make sure of the title the year with one race left in the season.

It also has achieved 33rd career victory, scored the United States for both men and women – beating Bode Miller, 32 – and extended her national record of victories in one season to 11.

“My jaw is still hanging on the ground,” Vonn told Reuters after the contract after a strong challenge late in Germany Maria Riesch, who beat her in decline on Wednesday and finished second in the giant slalom on Thursday to prolong the race for the title.

“I was nervous today because if Maria was in second place then I would have been to get seven players in the World Cup or it could slip through my fingers.

“It was a dream season,” he said Vonn, who won the Olympic gold medal last month’s decline.

“To break the record the United States, to get the gold medal in the downhill, and the discipline of my favorite all round for the third time, and for me does not get much better, and when you work hard, and it feels very large.”

He also won the U.S. super-G and decline awards, and won six out of eight races in the latter event.

Ice skating last Friday, Vonn has already been assured of the title when Riesch, the only rival and needing a win or second place to maintain this challenge, and sent out of the top two.

Instead of taking it easy, Vonn tore Kandahar course to win in a time of one minute 19.30 seconds, 0.16 seconds ahead of Elizabeth Goergl of Austria. Nadia Styger of Switzerland in third and fourth Riesch quote.

“As soon as I won the overall, I just thought let’s record the United States only and forget all the injuries I’ve had in this season,” said Vonn.

Olympic champion Andrea Fischbacher was involved in a plane crash amazing halfway down the course when she was leading.

Austrian crashed into the gate, lost balance and overturned, then fell about 50 meters before coming to an end. Emerged unhurt and was able to ski down the rest of the course.

India and Sri Lanka are playing 1st Test in Ahmedabad today. Indian team is fully prepared to hit the Sri Lanka team and is quite proved his way attitude.The started a test match is a rare event to see. India batters played as they were playing the ODI 8 vs. Australia.
Do not underestimate the Sri Lanka. The sub-continental team is quite familiar with the pitch and even have no problem with the weather too, since they also live in the same climate.
India has made 229 runs with a loss of five windows after56 overs where Yuvraj powerful 68 races are also included from 93 balls. Dravid and Dhoni are standing in the crease. Dhoni completed his half century after 85 balls with the help of a six and five borders. Dravid, who play only test cricket now has scored a brilliant century in 158 balls including one six and 14 boundaries and is still in the window.
4 players lost their windows important for only 32 races including Tendulkar, Laxman, Gambhir and Sehwag.
Gambhir Welegedara is wonderful. Twenty-year-old player is playing his second event of an absence of two top players.
In the press conference, Sri Lankan cricket team captain, Kumar Sangakkara, had said that they are quite determent to win the test series in India which have not since 1990.

MILWAUKEE — So it’s not a coincidence. Brandon Jennings This kid can play. We’ll be ready to go overboard here. You could not have been at the Bradley Center on Saturday and did not feel he was seeing something completely different.

Jennings is not just work on becoming a very good player, a rookie in a strong rookie class very solid. It is rising above all that. It’s becoming a star. Rookie of the Year? Bah. We may soon be thinking of him as a possible All-Star.

If your numbers through the first six games of the season was not enough evidence – he averaged 20.7 points, 5.2 assists and 4.3 rebounds – which the Warriors did Saturday night should be enough to consolidate the status of the child. He shook off a 4-for-13 first half (10 points) to light up Golden State by 29 points in the third quarter, the most points a player has scored against the Warriors in a quarter.

He finished with 55 points, with 12-to-13 for the third quarter to vault the Bucks to come from behind win. The 55 are a franchise rookie, surpassing the old mark of 51 held by Lew Alcindor. They are also the most points scored by an NBA rookie since Earl Monroe in 1968.

“I was standing in offensive rebounding position perfect all the time,” said the center Andrew Bogut. “But he kept working on the network.”

Jennings, of course, shocked children through basketball without passing through on a commitment to Arizona and instead of playing professional baseball in Italy last year, then join the project in 2009. He put the numbers of pedestrians in Italy, struggling to earn playing time between the benefits of euro, and in doing so managed to slip to No. 10 in the project. I was not even sure I was going to go that high – remember, refused to go to the green room at Madison Square Garden on draft night because I was not sure where he had land and did not want to wind up in a chamber as teams passed over him.

ABU DHABI: Pakistan and New Zealand meet face each other in the series’ third and final one-day international matches being played today (Monday).

This is simply a series of weight between the two sides eminently watchable which generally tend to produce some high quality cricket against each other.

Younus Khan is under pressure and has sacrificed goats in this sense out of slump.

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Coach Intikhab Alam on continuous performance Younus disappointed, “he said,” It can happen to any player. I’m sure you can come in handy at any time, perhaps in this crucial, must-win game. ”

Meanwhile, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said on the last game, “Pakistan can become harder for us, so we must be prepared for it, but I think there is anything left for us as a bunch of kids, I suppose, is needed on this tour and they have done need to do that again. ”

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The 11 probable member teams of Pakistan and New Zealand would be:

New Zealand 1 Aaron Redmond, 2 Brendon McCullum (wk), 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Scott Styris, 6 Neil Broom, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Daniel Vettori (captain), 9 Tim Southee, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 Shane Bond.

Pakistan: 1 Salman Butt, 2 Khalid Latif, 3 Younis Khan (captain), 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik / Umar Akmal, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Kamran Akmal (BT), 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Mohammad Aamer, 10 Umar Gul , 11 Saeed Ajmal.

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan captain has promised a distinct advantage against New Zealand when the two teams on the second day of an international day.

Pakistan lead the three match series 1-0 after convincing win of 138 runs in the first match here on Tuesday.

“It would be fantastic if we win the second game and with it the series and that would be our first victory in the series for a year,” said Younis under which Pakistan has lost against Australia and Sri Lanka this year.

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“It’s important that we maintain the momentum to win, win the second after which we have the opportunity of cleaning.

Pakistan is a series of days last victory came against the West Indies a 3-0 win in Abu Dhabi in November last year.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said his team is in a position to be winning.

Vettori praised Pakistan spin duo of Afridi and Saeed Ajmal. ‘Afridi has reached another level as a bowler and the partnership being formed with Ajmal is very key to success in Pakistan, “said Vettori.

Paceman Kyle Mills and James Franklin – who missed the first game due to injuries – practiced with the team Thursday and Vettori expected to be available for selection.

The third party also be played on Monday before moving to Dubai for two international teams Twnety20 on November 12 and 13. Notice will be able to respond to follow.

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NEW YORK (AP) – Meb Keflezighi became the first American to win the New York Marathon since 1982.

Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, won his first major title marathon on Sunday. Born in Eritrea, 34 years old, became a U.S. citizen in 1998.

It was the second in New York in 2004 and third in 2005. Keflezighi, who wore “America in the chest, won in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds.

The four-time winner of the Boston Marathon Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya was second. Jaouad Gharib of Morocco finished third and fourth Americans Ryan Hall was. American Alberto Salazar won three straight New York marathon in 1980-82.

Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia was the winner of Women with 41-year-old Ludmila Petrova of Russia, a finalist for the second consecutive year.

Mohali: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss on Monday and sent to Australia in the bat in the fourth limited international procurement in Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here.

India lead 2-1 in the seven-game series after winning back-to-back matches at Nagpur and Delhi.

Each team made a change in their lineup.

Australia opener Shaun Marsh included at the expense of Adam Voges, while Virat Kohli replaced the injured batsman Gautam Gambhir in the Indian team.

India opener Virender Sehwag recovered from an injury suffered in the last game, passing fitness tests before being included in the squad.

The Australian team has been depleted by the thigh injury that hopes for allrounder James forced to return home Sunday for recovery. He became the player injured third after pace bowler Brett Lee and wicketkeeper Tim Paine to return to Australia this tour.

Lineups:

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Graham Manou, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle and Doug Bollinger.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Ishant Sharma.

Umpires: Amiesh Saheb and S.K. Tarapore, India.

TV Umpire: Sanjay Hazare, India. Match referee: Chris Broad, England.

MUMBAI: Australia hope to continue their winning streak when they clash with India in a seven games of a series of days beginning on Sunday, the captain Ricky Ponting said.

The world champions England beat 6-1 in September before winning the eight-nation Champions Trophy in South Africa earlier this month to regain the number one ranking in a cricket day.

“We’ve been playing a very good day for cricket in recent months from the tour of England, and we want to continue with that,” Ponting told a pre-lecture series on the media Wednesday.

“We could have done better than we did in the past few day games. But we have a fresh set of challenges here.”

Spain, ranked second behind Australia, was eliminated in the first round of the Champions Trophy, but will be boosted by the return of strong hitters Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh’s injuries.

“India has a very good and strong one-day team and we are not underestimating them,” said Ponting.

“We’re number one and number two teams in the world and this points to a fun and good competition in the coming weeks. We just have to continue to improve and be at our best right through the series.”

Ponting admitted he has to bear an additional responsibility in the absence of his deputy Michael Clarke, due to a back injury. Also missing wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, batter seamer Callum Fergusson and Nathan Bracken.

“The challenge will be how our means to address the batter with bowling spin over the coming weeks,” said Australian captain said.

“(Michael) Hussey has played a lot of cricket here. Shane Watson and Tim Paine play spin well. I’m sure the team do a good job.”

Ponting is the third largest race in capturing a cricket day with 12,044 runs, behind India’s Sachin Tendulkar (16,903) and Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya (13,377).

Ponting finished with the highest total of 228 runs in five matches in the Champions Trophy and was named player of the tournament.

“I played some of my best days of cricket in recent months,” said “a great responsibility on my shoulders is like hitting number three on the team.”

Skyline Vs Oaks Christian,It might seem crazy to some, but ESPN will broadcast 21 high school football games live on their family of networks this fall.

This will come as no surprise to hardcore college football fans, however, as nowadays almost as much attention is paid to future college stars as current ones. That is exactly what makes the match-up of Skyline (Sammamish, WA) vs. Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, CA) so intriguing to local football fans. Skyline features star quarterback Jake Heaps, who is considered one of the top prep players in the country and will play for BYU next season, while Oaks Christian is quarterbacked by Nick Montana, a highly touted high school player himself who also happens to be the son of NFL legend Joe Montana. Montana has committed to play for the University of Washington next season.

While the focus may be on the two quarterbacks, there are several other top college prospects on both teams, which are ranked nationally in preseason high school polls. Oaks Christian is rated as high as number six in the country, while Skyline checks in as high as number nine. Oaks Christian is considered by many as the best high schoolteam in the West and features five seniors who will play D-1 football next year in addition to Montana, including running back Malcolm Jones, who hasn’t made his college choice and offensive lineman Erik Kohler, who will join Montana at UW. Skyline’s roster also includes junior receiver Kasen Williams, the son of former Washington Husky receiver Aaron Williams, who figures to be one of the most sought after prospects in the state next season.

LONDON: Australia captain Michael Clarke praised two of the newcomers to the tour of England as his side put their Ashes defeat behind them with a tense four-run win in the first one-day international.

Callum Ferguson won the man-of-the-match award for an unbeaten 71 here at the Oval on Friday and Cameron White weighed in with 53 as Australia, returning to the scene of their 197-run fifth-Test Ashes losing defeat, went 1-0 up in this seven-match series.

Ferguson’s innings was the centrepiece of Australia’s 260 for five, a total that just proved too much for England to overhaul as they finished on 256 for eight.

The 24-year-old South Australian’s score was his best in 15 matches at this level and took just 75 balls.

“We’ve got a lot of new players in our squad that didn’t take part in the Ashes,” Clarke, deputising for the resting Ricky Ponting, told reporters.

“One-day cricket is a lot different to Test cricket, I’m taking a lot of positives out of tonight.

“Callum Ferguson played beautifully,” Clarke added ahead of Sunday’s second match at Lord’s.

“But for Cameron Wright get an opportunity at No 3 and play the way he did was fantastic. It shows he’s a good all-round player and can bat in any position.”

Clarke, whose 45 was subdued by his normally fluent standards, admitted: “I thought we were maybe 15, 20 runs short but that was mainly down to my batting. I took too many balls to score the runs I did.

“But the way we bowled and fielded was very good. We were very disciplined,” he said after seeing left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson take three wickets for 24 runs.

England fell just short with Ryan Sidebottom unable to score the six required off the last ball from fellow left-arm quick Nathan Bracken.

However, things ought not to have been so tight.

Ravi Bopara, who was dropped for the Ashes finale after averaging just 15 in the first four Tests, made 49 but took 88 balls and hit only three fours before he was stumped after off-spinner Nathan Hauritz beat his forward defensive stroke.

The experienced Paul Collingwood also couldn’t seize the initiative, his 23 taking 39 balls and featuring a solitary boundary.

Owais Shah (40 off 48 balls) and Luke Wright (38 off 27) upped the tempo but by then England were behind the required run-rate.

“When you’re chasing 260-odd you need one of your batters to get a big score,” said England captain Andrew Strauss, himself out for 12.

“There were plenty of contributions but no one made a sizeable enough one to turn the game in our favour.”

One consolation for England was the form of 21-year-old Adil Rashid.

In only his second match at this level, and first against Test opposition, the leg-spinner bowled 10 economical overs for 37 runs – and on another day might have had Ferguson lbw for nought – and then made a brisk 31 not out off 23 balls with four fours.

“We’ve always known Adil was a very talented individual with ball and bat,” said Strauss. “Today, in a big game for him, I thought he was exceptional with the way he bowled.

“That’s encouraging. He’s got the capability to be a genuine all-rounder.”