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ADELBODEN, Switzerland - Stefano Gross of Italy won a tight World Cup slalom on Sunday where just 0.03 seconds separated the top three finishers.A first career World Cup victory for Gross denied first-run leader Fritz Dopfer of Germany his first win by 0.02.Overall World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria extended his standings lead in third, a further 0.01 behind Grosss combined two-run time of 1 minute, 56.70 seconds.At age 28, Gross finally won after three podium finishes in the 2012 season, and a fourth place in the Sochi Olympics slalom last February where he tied with Dopfer just 0.05 off the bronze medal.I am very, very happy, said Gross, who has overcome back injuries. I have worked really hard this summer and this season to reach this result.On a good day for the Italian slalom team, 2010 Olympic champion Guiliano Razzoli placed fourth, 0.55 behind his teammate, equaling his best result in more than three years.Another Italian, 36-year-old Patrick Thaler, was second fastest in the first run but skied out in the afternoon when poised to extend his own World Cup record as the oldest man to finish on a slalom podium.Hirscher now tops the season-long slalom standings after previous leader Felix Neureuther of Germany failed to finish the first run.Earning 60 World Cup points, Hirscher leads Neureuther by 56 in a repeat of their duel last season which the Austrian edged on the final day.The three-time defending overall champion also tops those standings by 212 from Kjetil Jansrud of Norway who skips slalom events.Hirscher said it was a perfect weekend with 160 points after winning the classic giant slalom Saturday, and praised Gross and the surging Italians.Hes a very nice guy, hes good looking, Hirscher quipped, and a very good skier. I think the Italians are getting in shape for the world championships.Dopfer used his No. 1 start bib to be fastest in the morning through steady snowfall and on a tricky race surface.With victory in sight on a clear afternoon, he let a half-second lead slip on the steep final slope and added to a resume of near misses, including five runner-up finishes in World Cup races.Im pretty satisfied and confident with my second place, the 27-year-old German said. I tried everything and pushed really hard.Still, Dopfers consistent season with top-10 finishes in each of his nine races lifted him to third overall, though trailing Hirscher by a distant 330 points.Ted Ligety of the United States is seventh overall after placing 22nd Sunday, 2.02 back.David Chodounsky was the best-placed American in 11th, trailing Gross by 0.96.A 19th place Sunday for Luca Aerni proved the best Switzerland could manage in a signature Alpine meeting for the host nation this weekend, which last won at Adelboden in 2008.The World Cup moves to nearby Wengen where four different Swiss racers have won the classic Lauberhorn downhill in the past six years. Cheap Air Max 97 Mens . -- Manchester United thrilled a record crowd with a brilliant opening goal -- and even Cristiano Ronaldos unexpected entrance proved futile for Real Madrid. Cheap Air Max 97 Wholesale . 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It was a physical game.No, it wasnt pretty.Luck threw two interceptions, had one touchdown called back because of a rare penalty on Reggie Wayne and couldnt convert on fourth-and-1 on the Colts opening possession. He still finished 32 of 49 with 312 yards and the TD, and his nimble 13-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter wound up providing the decisive points.Indy also lost two fumbles and two of those four turnovers a€” Lucks third-quarter interception at the Baltimore 18 and Ahmad Bradshaws fumble at the Ravens 10 with 1:49 left a€” made the finish infinitely more difficult. It wasnt over until cornerback Greg Tolers diving deflection prevented Torrey Smith, who had gotten behind him on fourth-and-3 with 32 seconds left.Indianapolis (3-2) has won three straight and now owns a share of the AFC South lead thanks to Houstons overtime loss to Dallas.They (Baltimore) do such a great job of standing strong in the red zone and not giving up touchdowns, Luck said. We knew that coming in. We talked about if we werent getting (scores) early, stick with it. Dont get frustrated.The Colts patience paid off with Lucks 6-yard TD pass to Dwayne Allen with 10:33 left in the third quarter, and then with Lucks TD run with 8:56 left in the game that made it 20-6.But it was a strange game.Both teams missed scoring chances in the first half when they couldnt convert on fourth down. Both coaches, Pagano and John Harbaugh, lost first-half challenges as they attempted to get spots overturned. The teams combined for seven turnovers, and Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was sacked a season-high four times a€” one more than his combined total in the first four weeks this season.Even Lucas Oil Staadiums retractable roof was closed at halftime because of the threat of rain, the first time thats happened during a regular-season game since the stadium opened in 2008.ddddddddddddThe biggest surprise might have been Indys surging defence, which allowed a season-low 13 points, limited Baltimore (3-2) to just 1 of 11 third-down conversions and helped produce a 17 1/2-minute disparity in time of possession.Flacco finished 22 of 38 for 235 yards and no touchdowns, and his top two receivers a€” Steve Smith and Torrey Smith a€” combined to make eight catches for 72 yards. Baltimores only touchdown came on Justin Forsetts 11-yard TD run with 7:16 to go.The predictable result: Baltimores three-game winning streak ended as it dropped to 0-5 all-time in Indianapolis.They came after us a pretty good amount. When they do that, when they come after us, its tough to throw the ball, and we werent quite able to make those plays, Flacco said. We needed to hurt them a little bit more. We needed to take advantage of that.In the first half, it was all defence a€” and all field goals.Steve Smiths fumble on the Ravens first offensive play led to Adam Vinatieris 38-yard field goal.Vinatieri made it 6-0 late in the second quarter after one defensive penalty gave the Colts a second chance to score a touchdown, and an offensive penalty later wiped out a touchdown pass.Baltimore finally got on the scoreboard with Justin Tuckers 52-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, cutting the deficit to 6-3.But in the second half, the Colts applied even more pressure with Luck and the ground game taking charge on offence and the defence holding fast, a strategy Baltimore prefers.(Against Baltimore) you expect things not to go as expected. What you do expect is a tough, gritty, down-to-the-wire (game), Luck said. We survived our mistakes, in a sense. We made our plays enough to get a win.NOTES: Recently reinstated Colts linebacker Robert Mathis watched the game from the sideline. ... Reggie Wayne caught seven passes for 77 yards and passed Cris Carter for No. 8 on the NFLs career list in yards receiving. Wayne now has 13,950 yards. ... Ravens left guard Kelechi Osemele left briefly in the third quarter with a sprained right knee, but did return.___Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' ' |
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