INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES NEWS

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

Weirather leads 1st DH training ahead of Schmidhofer, Vonn

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein posted the fastest time in the first training for a women's World Cup downhill on a shortened course on Thursda...

JANUARY 7, 2016

Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc wins 4 Hills Tour

BISCHOFSHOFEN, Austria (AP) Ski jumper Peter Prevc became the first Slovenian winner of the Four Hills Tour in nearly two decades after winning the final stop on Wednesday.

JANUARY 6, 2016

Johaug, Poltoranin win mass start races at Tour de Ski

OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) Therese Johaug beat Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg in the women's 10-kilometer mass start Wednesday to cut her Norwegian teammate's lead in the Tour de Ski to...

JANUARY 6, 2016

Hirscher beats Kristoffersen to win World Cup slalom

SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, Italy (AP) Marcel Hirscher earned his 36th career win on the World Cup circuit Wednesday, edging Norwegian rival Henrik Kristoffersen by 0.21 seconds in a...

JANUARY 6, 2016