Cautious Vonn skips super-G
Lindsey Vonn pulled out of a World Cup super-G race yesterday in Val D’Isere, France, because of a sore knee.
The 33-year-old American skier did not say which knee hurts, but has injured both before. She took part in yesterday’s early-morning inspection at the French Alpine resort, but then decided against racing as a precautionary measure and flew home.
Vonn secured her first win of the season and record-extending 78th in Saturday’s super-G on the same Oreiller-Killy course.
In the race, Olympic champion Anna Veith won for the first time in more than two years. The 28-yearold Austrian who has been battling back from injury clocked 1:05.77, well ahead of Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein and Italian Sofia Goggia . .. .
Marcel Hirscher dominated both runs to take a record fifth straight win in the Alta Badia giant slalom in La Villa, Italy. The Austrian finished a massive 1.70 seconds ahead of Norwegian rival Henrik Kristoffersen, with Zan Kranjec of Slovenia 1.82 behind in third.
Olympic and three-time world champion Ted Ligety moved up from seventh after the opening run to finish fifth for his best result in more than a year.
Colleges: Coach award finalists set
Central Florida’s Scott Frost, Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney are the finalists for The Associated Press Coach of the Year award. The winner will be announced today . . . .
East Tennessee State hired Florida State co-offensive coordinator Randy Sanders as football coach.
Golf: Cabrera rule at father-son
Angel Cabrera and Angel Cabrera Jr. closed with a 12-under 60 for a 3-shot victory in their debut at the PNC Father-Son Challenge in Orlando, Fla. They finished at 25-under 199 to beat David Duval and Nick Karavites, and Bernhard and Jason Langer . . ..
Justin Rose played 30 holes in the weather-delayed Indonesian Masters, closing for a final-round 10-under 62 and an 8-stroke victory at Royale Jakarta Golf Club over Phachara Khongwatmai of Thailand.
Soccer: Kaka calls it a career
Former Ballon d’Or winner Kaka announced on Brazilian TV that he is retiring from soccer at age 35.
A graceful midfielder, Kaka won 92 caps for Brazil, scoring 29 goals and featuring at three World Cups. He was part of the Brazil squad that lifted the global trophy in 2002 . . . .
Manchester United kept pace with runaway English Premier League leaders Manchester City, as Romelu Lukaku scored the opener in a 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion. Jesse Lingard scored the second as the Red Devils stay 11 points behind City.
Liverpool had no problem scoring against Bournemouth, posting a 4-0 road win where Mohamed Salah scored to move to 20 goals on the season and the Reds jumped over Arsenal into fourth . . . .
Luis Suarez and Paulinho scored twice as Barcelona routed Deportivo La Coruna, 4-0, to extend its lead atop Spain’s La Liga over to six points over Atletico Madrid. It’s 11 over Real Madrid heading into next weekend’s “El Classico” in Madrid.