Vonn, Shiffrin, Ligety on U.S. Olympic ski team

Past Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Ted Ligety and Andrew Weibrecht are among the 22 ski racers named to the U.S. Alpine team heading to the Pyeongchang Games.

U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced the roster Wednesday.

Three California-based skiers made the team — Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley) and Mark Engel (Truckee) are on the 13-member men’s team and Stacy Cook (Mammoth Lakes) made the nine-member women’s team. Also, Reno’s Tim Jitloff was named to the men’s team.

Vonn won a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, then sat out the Sochi Olympics four years later because of a knee injury. Shiffrin won a slalom gold in 2014, while Ligety owns two golds and Weibrecht has one silver and one bronze. The Olympics open Feb. 9 in South Korea. Twelve North Korean female hockey players crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea on Thursday to form the rivals’ firstever unified Olympic team.

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Serena Williams, who hasn’t played in a WTA event in 14 months because of her pregnancy and the September birth of her daughter, plans to return to tournament play in March in Southern California.

Williams was among the entries released for the BNP Paribas Open, which runs March 5-18 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Riverside County. Soccer: David Beckham’s plan to bring Major League Soccer back to South Florida is on the cusp of becoming reality.

Beckham and his partners are reportedly planning a Monday event to formally announce Miami’s MLS team, as well as its name and logo. His group has said it wants the team to begin play in the 2020 season.

Real Madrid was eliminated from the Copa del Rey quarterfinals after a 2-1 defeat by visiting Leganes. Playing without Cristiano Ronaldo and other regular starters, Madrid was unable to defend its 1-0 win from the first leg, crashing out on the away goals rule after a 2-2 draw on aggregate.

Arsenal profited from two fortuitous goals to beat Chelsea 2-1 and seal a League Cup final meeting with Manchester City.

World Cup final coach Bert Van Marwijk has been appointed head coach of Australia for the World Cup in Russia. Baseball: The Kansas City Royals signed former Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to spring training. Goins, 29, was nontendered by Toronto after hitting .237 with 21 doubles, nine homers and 62 RBIs.