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Norway's Svindal wins world downhill title
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal reacts after his run of the men's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) -- Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the men� 39;s downhill title at the Alpine skiing world championships Saturday after a powerful run down the Planai course that no one came close to matching.


MUN705. Inzell (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer competes in the men's 5000m race of the Speed Skating World Cup at Max-Aicher-Arena in Inzell, Germany, 09 February 2013. Kramer won the race. EFE/EPA/Tobias Hase
MUN705. Inzell (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer competes in the men's 5000m race of the Speed Skating World Cup at Max-Aicher-Arena in Inzell, Germany, 09 February 2013. Kramer won the race. EFE/EPA/Tobias HaseMUN705. Inzell (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer competes in the men's 5000m race of the Speed Skating World Cup at Max-Aicher-Arena in Inzell, Germany, 09 February 2013. Kramer won the race. EFE/EPA/Tobias Hase


Wenger calls for blood testing
Wenger calls for blood testingArsene Wenger is adamant more must be done to stamp out potential doping in football, with the use of blood tests for starters.


FRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- German ski jumper Severin Freund takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERT
FRA20   0. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- German ski jumper Severin Freund takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERTFRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- German ski jumper Severin Freund takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERT


FRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERT
FRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERTFRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERT


FRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Norwegian ski jumper Anders Jacobsen takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERT
FRA200. Willingen (Germany), 09/02/2013.- Norwegian ski jumper Anders Jacobsen takes a jump during the first round of the Team Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNE DEDERT


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SKI-JUMPING-GER-WCUPGregor Schlierenzauer of Austria jumps during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup team competition on the Muehlenkopfschanze hill in Willingen, western Germany on February 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images


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SKI-JUMPING-GER-WCUPGregor Schlierenzauer of Austria jumps during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup team competition on the Muehlenkopfschanze hill in Willingen, western Germany on February 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images


Wenger calls for compulsory blood tests
Wenger calls for compulsory blood testsArsenal manager Arsene Wenger questions purity of sport and says football authorities do not do enough to tackle cheats.


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SSKATE-SHORT-WORLD-MENSeung-Hi Park (L) and Soyoun Lee both of Korea compete at the women's 1500m semi final race of the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event in Dresden, eastern Germany, on February 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT MICHAELROBERT MICHAEL/AFP/Getty Images


Blatter: 'Football will not die'
Blatter: 'Football will not die'FIFA President Sepp Blatter downplays Europol's recent match-fixing report and says that racism is a bigger problem.


DRE208. Dresden (Germany), 09/02/2013.- South Korea's Sukhee Shim (R) leads Germany's Bianca Walter (C) and Canada's Jessica Hewitt (L) during the women's 1,000m heat of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dresden, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/THOMAS EISENHUTH
DRE208. Dresden (Germany), 09/02/2013.- South Korea's Sukhee Shim (R) leads Germany's Bianca Walter (C) and Canada's Jessica Hewitt (L) during the women's 1,000m heat of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dresden, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/THOMAS EISENHUTHDRE208. Dresden (Germany), 09/02/2013.- South Korea's Sukhee Shim (R) leads Germany's Bianca Walter (C) and Canada's Jessica Hewitt (L) during the women's 1,000m heat of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dresden, Germany, 09 February 2013. EFE/EPA/THOMAS EISENHUTH


Arsenal's Wenger calls for compulsory blood tests
(Blank Headline Received)LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called on soccer authorities to introduce compulsory blood testing to check for drugs cheats. His comments come after a week where the head of the Spanish soccer league was forced to deny allegations he was complicit in the provision of banned substances to players while president of Real Sociedad. A damning report into doping in Australian sport was also released. "I do not think, in football, we do enough," Wenger told British newspapers on Saturday. …


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