Cubs win world series

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Petra Vlhova took advantage of Mikaela Shiffrin taking the day off to win a World Cup parallel slalom event on Sunday. Vlhova rallied from a slower start in the final to edge ahead of Anna Swenn Larsson by just 0.02 seconds at the line. They had filled the podium places behind Shiffrin in a traditional slalom two weeks ago at Killington, Vermont. The Slovakian racer’s 10th career World Cup win was the first in a season where she shapes as the biggest rival to Shiffrin winning a fourth straight overall World Cup title. In the third-place race, Franziska Gritsch beat Meta Hrovat to take her first career podium finish. Shiffrin won the parallel event at St. Moritz last year, but said Saturday after placing third in super-G she would rest and manage her upcoming schedule in France. A giant slalom is raced Tuesday at Courchevel and Val d’Isere stages downhill and Alpine combined races next weekend. ___ More AP sports: … [Read more...] about Vlhova wins World Cup parallel slalom in Shiffrin’s absence

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Petra Vlhova took advantage of Mikaela Shiffrin taking the day off to win a World Cup parallel slalom event on Sunday. Vlhova rallied from a slower start in the final to edge ahead of Anna Swenn Larsson by just 0.02 seconds at the line. They had filled the podium places behind Shiffrin in a traditional slalom two weeks ago at Killington, Vermont. The Slovakian racer’s 10th career World Cup win was the first in a season where she shapes as the biggest rival to Shiffrin winning a fourth straight overall World Cup title. In the third-place race, Franziska Gritsch beat Meta Hrovat to take her first career podium finish. Shiffrin won the parallel event at St. Moritz last year, but said Saturday after placing third in super-G she would rest and manage her upcoming schedule in France. A giant slalom is raced Tuesday at Courchevel and Val d’Isere stages downhill and Alpine combined races next weekend. ___ More AP sports: … [Read more...] about Vlhova wins World Cup parallel slalom in Shiffrin’s absence

BEN STOKES is well used to stealing the show on any given Sunday. His heroics in England’s dramatic World Cup final win over New Zealand came on the Sabbath. And six weeks later, he was again at his Sunday best to single-handedly keep the Ashes alive with one of the all-time great innings at Headingley. Now tonight in Aberdeen, Stokes is tipped to be the first cricketer to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 14 years. And if the all-rounder emulates Freddie Flintoff in 2005, it will complete a remarkable redemption story — both on and off the field. In 2016 in Kolkata, Stokes was distraught after being destroyed by Carlos Brathwaite, who smashed four straight sixes off his final over as West Indies beat England in the World T20 final.Then the following year, his reputation was in tatters after being arrested — and then charged — following that infamous Bristol brawl. Even after he was acquitted of affray, few would have tipped Stokes to capture … [Read more...] about England star Ben Stokes tipped to become first cricketer in 14 years to win SPOTY 2019

Microsoft unveiled its “fastest, most powerful” Xbox gaming system yet Thursday — and it looks straight out of a sci-fi movie. With a vertical design resembling the black monolith from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the Xbox Series X will have four times the processing power of its predecessor, the Xbox One X, and the capability to show images at up to 120 frames per second, Microsoft said. ALSO READ: SERAP wins round one in battle to get details of failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV project “It’s bold and unique, very much like our fans around the world and the team of collaborators and innovators who built it,” Microsoft’s head of Xbox Phil Spencer wrote in a blog post. A dramatic trailer for the console — which will be available for the 2020 holiday season — shows it floating over a body of water under a cloudy sky. It can be set up vertically like a PC tower or horizontally, according to Spencer. The Series X is … [Read more...] about Microsoft reveals new Xbox Series X console with futuristic design

Shanghai: World number one Kento Momota fought back from a game down to win his 11th badminton title of the year on Sunday with victory at the BWF World Tour Finals. The peerless Japanese player defeated Indonesia's Anthony Ginting 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in 87 high-quality minutes in the final at the season-ending showpiece in Guangzhou. Momota surpasses the 10 tournaments won by recently retired Malaysian great Lee Chong Wei in 2010. "At this World Tour Finals I played carefully from the first match partly with the aim of winning an 11th title," the 25-year-old Momota said. "Even in tough games I did not give up." Momota was pushed all the way by the speedy Ginting and the Japanese fell 12-5 down in the deciding third game to the world number eight. However, the reigning two-time world champion surged back. Ginting was trailing 17-14 when he called the doctor on court for treatment on his right foot. The fading Indonesian continued but Momota rammed home his advantage to seal a stellar … [Read more...] about BWF World Tour Finals: Kento Momota Wins 11th title of 2019, Chen Yufei Claims Her 7th