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ALPINE SKIING

Federica Brignone, seen on the podium at the FIS Alpine World Cup Finals on March 27, suffered a broken leg in the giant slalom at the Italian Championships on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Apr 4, 2025
Italian star Federica Brignone breaks leg with home Olympics on horizon
The 34-year-old is one of Italy's strongest medal contenders in the blue-ribbon sport of Alpine skiing for next year's home Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States celebrates on the podium after her second place finish in the Super G alpine skiing race in the 2025 FIS Ski World Cup at Sun Valley on March 23.
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Apr 1, 2025
Vonn and Shiffrin fuel U.S. 2026 Winter Olympics hopes
Shiffrin wrapped up her injury-marred season by winning the slalom on Thursday for a record-extending 101st career World Cup victory.
Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the podium after finishing second in a women's super-G event in Sun Valley, Idaho.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Mar 24, 2025
Lindsey Vonn gets confidence boost from first podium finish since comeback
Vonn had not managed a World Cup podium since 2018.
Italy's Federica Brignone celebrates her overall and downhill World Cup titles after the final event of the season in Sun Valley, Idaho, was canceled on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Mar 23, 2025
Canceled downhills give Brignone and Odermatt World Cup titles
Last season, Brignone finished second in the overall, slalom and giant slalom standings.
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt in action during the men's super-G World Cup event in Kvitfjell, Norway, on March 9.
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Mar 16, 2025
Alpine star Marco Odermatt clinches fourth straight overall World Cup title
Odermatt, 27, had already secured the super-G globe for the third year in a row and is the runaway favorite to also clinch the downhill title.
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after her 100th World Cup victory in Sestriere, Italy, on Sunday.
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Feb 24, 2025
Mikaela Shiffrin earns historic 100th World Cup victory
Shiffrin won the slalom, finishing 0.61 seconds ahead of second-place Croatian Zrinka Ljutic.
Federica Brignone celebrates on the podium after winning the women's giant slalom at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach, Austria, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Feb 14, 2025
Federica Brignone scorches to giant slalom gold as Mikaela Shiffrin sits out
Alice Robinson, who became the first New Zealander to win a world ski medal, finished second, and American Paula Moltzan claimed bronze.
Mikaela Shiffrin skis during her first run in a World Cup slalom event in Courchevel, France, on Thursday.
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Jan 31, 2025
U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin pays tribute to victims of plane crash in return
Chasing a landmark 100th World Cup victory Shiffrin said her return from injury was timely, but also appeared moved by events back home.
Lara Gut-Behrami celebrates with her team after winning the women's World Cup super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Jan 27, 2025
Lara Gut-Behrami wins super-G in Garmisch; Lindsey Vonn 13th
Gut-Behrami, who won gold in the event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, finished 0.35 seconds ahead of Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff Lie.
Lindsey Vonn poses for selfies with fans after the women's Super-G in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria, on Sunday.
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Jan 13, 2025
Impressive Vonn fourth as Macuga takes first World Cup win
Vonn said she wasn't "100%" but her form suggests she may be building well for next month's World Championships in Saalbach, Austria.
American Lindsey Vonn celebrates after finishing sixth in the women's downhill World Cup race on Saturday in St. Anton, Austria.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Jan 12, 2025
Lindsey Vonn sixth in downhill return as veteran Federica Brignone wins
Vonn, 0.58 seconds behind after starting 32nd of the 51 starters, raised her arms as if she had won after her exhilarating effort.
Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. reacts after her run at the Women's super-G event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday. The event was called off the following day.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Dec 23, 2024
Wind halts Vonn comeback as St. Moritz super-G called off
After three postponed starts the race was in danger of overrunning its broadcasting slot.
American Lindsey Vonn competes in the women's super-G World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday.
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Dec 22, 2024
'Perfect start' for ski great Vonn on World Cup return
Vonn left the sport in 2019 after a series of major injuries but she has been free of pain since a right knee replacement in April.
Mikaela Shiffrin crashes during her second run in the giant slalom in Killington, Vermont, on Nov. 30.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Dec 19, 2024
Mikaela Shiffrin's status for remainder of season in doubt after injury
The 29-year-old American has been sidelined since suffering a punctured abdomen on Nov. 30.
Soffia Goggia (center), Lara Gut-Behrami (left) and Ariane Raedler celebrate on the podium after the women's super G race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Sunday.
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Dec 16, 2024
Sofia Goggia makes victorious return with super-G victory at Beaver Creek
The weekend at Beaver Creek capped a remarkable return to competition for Goggia, who broke her tibia during a giant slalom training crash in Italy 10 months ago.
Lindsey Vonn after racing as a forerunner prior to a World Cup downhill in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Saturday
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Dec 15, 2024
Lindsey Vonn hopes comeback gets her to 2026 Olympics
The 40-year-old American had retired in February 2019 citing the physical toll the sport had taken on her body but announced last month she was making a comeback.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after securing her 99th career World Cup win on Saturday in Gurgl, Austria.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Nov 24, 2024
Mikaela Shiffrin takes 99th World Cup win, putting her on course for 100 on home snow
Shiffrin won the slalom in the resort of Gurgl by a comfortable 0.55 of a second from Italian-born Lara Colturi, who skis for Albania, in second place.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
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Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
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People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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