Skiing

Hirscher wins World Cup GS — Austrian Marcel Hirscher held on to his first-run lead to easily win a World Cup giant slalom Sunday in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on a day when American Ted Ligety and some other top rivals crashed. Fresh off his surprise super-G win the day before, Hirscher finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 32.58 seconds. He beat Victor Muffat-Jeandet of France by 0.98 seconds. Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen was third. It was Hirscher’s 15th giant slalom victory, an Austrian record. Bend’s Tommy Ford was 39th in the first run and did not qualify for the second run.

Vonn wins super-G to complete Lake Louise sweep — Lindsey Vonn won a super-G race Sunday to complete a sweep of World Cup races at Lake Louise, Alberta, for the third time in her career. The American finished in a time of 1:19.79, beating Tamara Tippler of Austria by 1.32 seconds. Another Austrian, Cornelia Huetter, was third. Vonn captured both downhill races over the weekend for the hat trick. Laurenne Ross, of Bend, finished 12th at 1:21.96.

Soccer

Penn State wins NCAA women’s soccer title — Raquel Rodriguez scored in the 72nd minute to lead Penn State to a 1-0 victory over Duke on Sunday in the NCAA women’s soccer final in Cary, North Carolina. The Nittany Lions (22-3-2) won the first national title in program history. Penn State outscored its opponents by a combined margin of 20-0 in six NCAA Tournament games.

U.S. women cancel exhibition — The U.S. women’s soccer team abruptly canceled a victory tour exhibition game Sunday against Trinidad and Tobago because of poor field conditions at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. U.S. Soccer said in a statement less than 24 hours before the game that “the artificial turf surface is not suitable to hold an international soccer match.” The Aloha Stadium surface was tested during training Saturday, “and after all possible options available were considered to get the field in a playable condition, the decision was made by U.S. Soccer to cancel the match.”

FIFA president being investigated by FBI — The FBI is investigating Sepp Blatter’s role in a kickbacks scandal that involved his predecessor as FIFA president, Joao Havelange, the BBC reported Sunday. The BBC said it will air a program today with evidence that indicates Blatter knew about millions of dollars in bribes being paid out to senior FIFA officials in the 1990s by sports marketing company ISL in return for television and marketing rights. Havelange had to resign as honorary FIFA president over his role in the case, but Blatter has denied knowledge of the payments.

TRACK AND FIELD

Russian runner banned in 10-year-old doping case — The IAAF says it has banned Russian runner Tatyana Andrianova for doping in 2005. Andrianova tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol while competing in the 800 meters at the 2005 world championships in Finland, where she won bronze. In August, the IAAF said it identified 28 athletes suspected of doping at the 2005 and 2007 worlds after retesting their samples using new technology.

— From wire reports