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Switzerland's Didier Cuche wins first giant slalom of the season
Didier Cuche's decisive performance in the second run led to his claiming the 10th World Cup triumph of his career at the first giant slalom race of the season in Sölden, Sweden.
ALPINE SKIING
Hermann Maier takes off his boots
Austrian Alpine skiing champion Hermann Maier has ended his 13-year career, saying he wanted to retire while still in good health. As the second most successful Alpine skier ever after Stenmark, 'The Herminator' claimed four overall World Cup titles,
SKIING
Bode Miller returns to US squad after solo adventure
Having mulled retirement following an injury-wrecked season, two-time world champion Bode Miller has announced his return to the US Alpine skiing team after a two-year solo adventure that brought mixed results.
AUSTRIA
Six killed in avalanche near Alpine ski resort
An avalanche near the Austrian Alpine ski resort of Soelden has killed at least six people. Rescue services told the Austrian APA news service they had recovered the bodies of the victims.
ALPINE SKIING
France's Grange wins World Cup slalom title
A third place in the season-ending Are slalom in Sweden, won by Austria's Mario Matt, was enough for France's Jean-Baptiste Grange to claim the World Cup slalom title. Fellow Frenchman Julien Lizeroux finished the race in second.
ALPINE SKIING
Norway's Svindal clinches second World Cup title
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal claimed his second World Cup title after the season's last slalom in Are (Sweden). His closest opponent, Austria's Benjamin Raich, was forced out after straddling a gate. Svindal had won the overall title in 2007.
ALPINE SKIING
Raich close to World Cup title
The world title is just a ski-step away for Benjamin Raich. The Australian champion won the giant slalom at the season-ending World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, and is now within two points of overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway.
ALPINE SKIING
French Aubert wins second consecutive World Cup slalom
France's Sandrine Aubert claimed her second consecutive World Cup victory when she won the last slalom of the season in Are, Sweden.
ALPINE SKIING
Insatiable Vonn takes super-G crystal globe
American Lindsay Vonn secured the women's super-G at the Alpine skiing World Cup to clinch the Super-G crystal globe, after finishing ahead of rivals Italy's Nadia Fanchini and German Maria Riesch in the season-ending finals.
ALPINE SKIING
Norway's Svindal moves closer to World Cup crown
Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal extended his overall World Cup lead after a second place finish behind Italy's Werner Heel's in the men's Super-G in Are. The 26-year-old also bagged the discipline's crystal globe.
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