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2010 FIFA World Cup

Kearney wins 15th straight World Cup moguls event

Wall Street Journal -
AP BEIDA LAKE, China - American Hannah Kearney won her 15th straight World Cup moguls event Sunday, breaking downhill great Ingemar Stenmark's all-discipline record for consecutive FIS World Cup victories. "It's insane. I had no idea about the record ...

Alpine skiing-World Cup title and an injury for Kostelic

Reuters -
Kostelic wins super-combined World Cup * Father blames Olympic course for new injury (Adds details and quotes) By Patrick Lang SOCHI, Russia, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Ivica Kostelic scored one of the most frustrating victories of his Alpine skiing career ...

Austria's Schild triumphs in World Cup slalom

Globe and Mail -
SOLDEU-GRANDVALIRA— AP Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season on Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.

Machata wins World Cup 4-man bobsled finale

Wall Street Journal -
AP CALGARY, Alberta - Manuel Machata drove Germany 1 to victory Saturday night in the final World Cup four-man bobsled race of the season, and Russia's Alexandr Zubkov won the season title.

Despite Violent Winds the Women Ski Team Perseveres in Andorra World Cup

Ski Channel -
After two and a half hours of delaying the event, conditions proved so relentless across the Pyreness that officials had no choice but to cancel the first of two Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom races. The decision was announced Friday to the ...

Switzerland's Feuz wins World Cup downhill

Yahoo! Sports -
Switzerland's Beat Feuz celebrated his birthday in style by winning the World Cup downhill here on Saturday on the course to be used for the men's alpine events at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Argentina's 1978 World Cup win against Peru was fixed in a brutal political ...

Yahoo! Sports -
Sports Feb 11, 12:28 am EST One of the World Cup's oldest mysteries finally may be solved after claims were made this week of a sinister plot involving mass corruption, government interference and torture.

Clint Dempsey's Diary: Playing and scoring in the World Cup was the ultimate dream

Goal.com -
#thatswhatsup Growing up, the World Cup was all I knew... Watching the World Cup on television, seeing countries play against each other and seeing all the fans cheering on their country are my first memories of watching the game at the highest level.

Marit Bjoergen anchors dominant Norway to victory in women's World Cup cross ...

Winnipeg Free Press -
NOVE MESTO, Czech Republic - Marit Bjoergen anchored the dominant Norway team to a comfortable victory in the women's cross-country World Cup relay on Sunday. The team also included Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen skiing ...

Norway upsets Austria in World Cup ski jumping team event

Washington Post -
WILLINGEN, Germany - Norway upset Austria in a World Cup ski jumping team event on Saturday. The team of Anders Fannemel, Rune Velta, Vegard Sklett and Anders Bardal secured the victory with 999.2 points.

Switzerland's Beat Hefti, Thomas Lamparter win, wrap up World Cup 2-man ...

Washington Post -
CALGARY, Alberta - Switzerland's Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter won the two-man event and the World Cup bobsled title Friday in the season finale at Calgary Olympic Park.

Romario criticizes Brazil's preparations for 2014 World Cup again, fears ...

Washington Post -
SAO PAULO - Former Brazilian star Romario has again criticized his country's preparations for the 2014 World Cup, saying he fears it faces embarrassment if work on outdated airports is not speeded up.

Norway's Kokslien wins second straight Nordic Combined World Cup event in Almaty

THE FAN 590 -
February 12, 2012 - 07:01 AP ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Mikko Kokslien of Norway narrowly beat Japan's Akito Watabe Sunday to win his second Nordic Combined World Cup event in two days. Kokslien's wins move him up to third place in the season's World Cup ...

Short tracker Gehring bags World Cup win

Chicago Tribune -
Glenview speedskater Lana Gehring won the second World Cup short track race of her career Saturday in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Racing coming to Canada in September

Examiner.com -
A first time experience, Canada will host the Championship event of the 2012 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup on September 14 and 15.

World Cup ski races present a test for 2

FOXSports.com -
Following three days of official training runs at the Rosa Kutor resort, World Cup racing begins with a men's downhill and super-combined Saturday and Sunday, followed by the same events for women a week later.

Hendrickson wins first World Cup in Ljubno

ladies-skijumping.com -
Clearly over 3000 spectators attended today's World Cup in Ljubno, by far the largest crowd that has been at any Ladies World Cup that winter. Many of them brought horns and other noisemakers, so there was really a great atmosphere around the hill.

Brazil World Cup workers unite, threaten strike in venues in all 12 host cities

Washington Post -
SAO PAULO - Workers building and renovating Brazil's stadiums for the 2014 World Cup are threatening to go on strike if employers don't agree to their demands for unified salaries and benefits.

Sochi World Cup Skiing Not Just Test Event – Official

RIA Novosti -
Sochi's round of the Alpine skiing World Cup should continue after the 2014 Olympics, rather than simply being a test event for the games, the president of Russia's ski federation said Friday.

Soccer: Two Bad Foreign Coaches – How World Cup and African Cup dodged Ghana.

Modern Ghana -
For the next two or three weeks, I shall be bringing to my readers some serious analyses of how our foreign coaches always mistrain and mislead the Black Stars to the extent of depriving them of ultimate victories that can make them grab the World Cup ...
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