Shiffrin wins after late arrival

Mikaela Shiffrin wrapped up an eventful return from her 11-day break from World Cup racing, dominating a giant slalom at Lienz, Austria, for her 63rd career victory and moving into outright second place on the women’s winners list.

After nearly arriving too late for the opening run, Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both legs to win by a big margin of 1.36 seconds.

Having misread the local start time of 10:15 a.m., the American three-time overall champion was preparing for a 10:30 start. Shiffrin had to interrupt her usual warmup routines to make it to the start gate in time but made no mistake on the course.

Serena Williams was selected by the AP as the female athlete of the decade.

Gymnast Simone Biles, the 2019 female athlete of the year, finished second in voting for the decade honor, followed by swimmer Katie Ledecky.

Andy Murray put his Grand Slam comeback on hold, announcing he will not be playing at the Australian Open next month.

Tennis Australia issued a statement saying Murray had withdrawn from the season-opening major at Melbourne Park and from the ATP Cup, a new international men’s team event that starts this week and will be played in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane.

Ger vonta Davis knocked out Yuriorkis Gamboa in the 12th round in Atlanta to win a belt in a second weight division, claiming a vacant secondary lightweight title.

Jean Pascal beat Badou Jack by split decision to retain his secondary lightheavyweight title.

Fedor Emelianenko knocked out Rampage Jackson in first round at Bellator 237 in Japan.

Major League Baseball said it is committed to protecting minor league teams, a day after U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) warned of congressional action if the organization followed through on minor league contraction plans.

Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner will miss three to four weeks because of an upper body injury . ... Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Ilya Mikheyev had surgery to repair an artery and wrist tendons that were severed by a skate during a game against the New Jersey Devils.

Russia stunned Canada 6-0 at the World Junior Championship, handing Canada its worst defeat since the tournament became official in 1977.