INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES NEWS

Shaun Tait recalled to Australia squad for India T20s

SYDNEY (AP) Fast bowler Shaun Tait has been recalled by Australia after an absence of almost five years for the three-match Twenty20 series against India later this month.

JANUARY 17, 2016

Bangladesh wins 2nd T20 by 42 runs to lead series 2-0

KHULNA, Bangladesh (AP) Bangladesh tightened its grip on the four-match T20 series against Zimbabwe, securing a comfortable 42-run win in the second game on Sunday.

JANUARY 17, 2016

Ana Drev of Slovenia leads after 1st run of giant slalom

FLACHAU, Austria (AP) Ana Drev of Slovenia held a narrow lead after the first run of a women's giant slalom World Cup race on Sunday.

JANUARY 17, 2016

Peter Prevc wins ski flying world championship title

BAD MITTERNDORF, Austria (AP) Peter Prevc of Slovenia soared 244 meters to clinch the ski flying world championship title with a hill record in a shortened competition on Saturday...

JANUARY 16, 2016

Kenneth Gangnes leads ski flying worlds after 2 heats

BAD MITTERNDORF, Austria (AP) Kenneth Gangnes of Norway held a narrow lead over Four Hills champion Peter Prevc of Slovenia after the first two heats of the ski flying world champ...

JANUARY 15, 2016

Jansrud edges Svindal for Norway 1-2 in World Cup combined

WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) Norway keeps racing toward a historically successful World Cup season.

JANUARY 15, 2016

Australia beats India by 7 wickets in ODI match

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Australia has defeated India by seven wickets in the second one-day international at the Gabba ground on Friday:

JANUARY 15, 2016

India makes 308-8, batting 1st in 2nd ODI vs Australia

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Rohit Sharma completed back-to-back centuries, reaching 124 and sharing another big stand with Virat Kohli as Indi...

JANUARY 15, 2016

FIFA reveals bid inspector banned for seeking favors

ZURICH (AP) The 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid inspector was banned from soccer for seeking several favors for family members, the FIFA ethics...

JANUARY 14, 2016

Sharma makes 171, India posts 309-3 in 1st ODI vs. Australia

PERTH, Australia (AP) Rohit Sharma continued to thrive against Australia's bowlers with an unbeaten 171 and Virat Kohli scored 91 as the two combined for a record-breaking, 207-ru...

JANUARY 12, 2016

India wins toss, bats in 1st ODI vs. Australia

PERTH, Australia (AP) India won the toss and elected to bat Tuesday in the first of five one-day internationals against Austraia at the WACA Ground.

JANUARY 12, 2016

Allrounder Todd Astle named in NZ squad for Pakistan T20s

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Allrounder Todd Astle has been recalled to the New Zealand squad for its three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan, three years after making his in...

JANUARY 11, 2016

Peter Prevc wins 4th successive ski jumping World Cup

WILLINGEN, Germany (AP) Peter Prevc of Slovenia soared highest for his fourth straight ski jumping World Cup victory and extended his lead in the standings on Sunday.

JANUARY 10, 2016

Martins Dukurs wins World Cup race in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) Martins Dukurs of Latvia continued his perfect World Cup skeleton season Saturday, winning a race in Lake Placid for his fourth victory.

JANUARY 9, 2016

Sundby all but clinches Tour de Ski title with 3-minute lead

CAVALESE, Italy (AP) Martin Johnsrud Sundby all but clinched his third consecutive Tour de Ski title on Saturday, winning the penultimate stage to open up a seemingly insurmountab...

JANUARY 9, 2016

Vonn leads WCup downhill after 1st run, Gut fails to finish

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) Lindsey Vonn built a commanding lead in the first run of a women's World Cup downhill on Saturday, while overall leader Lara Gut failed to fini...

JANUARY 9, 2016

Tour de Ski Results

1. Finn Haagen Krogh, Norway, 22 minutes, 7.8 seconds.

JANUARY 8, 2016

Norway's Boe beats brother to win biathlon World Cup sprint

RUHPOLDING, Germany (AP) Johannes Thingnes Boe defeated older brother Tarjei Boe to lead a Norwegian sweep of the podium in the men's 10-kilometer sprint at a biathlon World Cup o...

JANUARY 8, 2016

Norway's Sundby and Oestberg retain Tour de Ski leads

DOBBIACO, Italy (AP) Martin Johnsrud Sundby re-established a comfortable lead over Norwegian teammate Petter Northug Jr. in the sixth stage of the Tour de Ski on Friday.

JANUARY 8, 2016

Lindsey Vonn fastest in last World Cup downhill training run

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) Lindsey Vonn prepared for a record-equaling 36th women's World Cup downhill victory by posting the fastest time in final training on Friday.

JANUARY 8, 2016