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| Vonn crashes, Hoelzl wins World Cup GS in Austria LIENZ, Austria (AP) -- Overall champion Lindsey Vonn injured her left arm in a crash Monday in the opening run of the World Cup giant slalom and Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany won the race.... hosted.ap.org |
Saints plan to rest Brees, start Brunell NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Drew Brees will get some rest in the New Orleans Saints' regular-season finale at Carolina, likely keeping his NFL-record completion percentage intact.... hosted.ap.org |
Hape and Ashton make England squad • Former New Zealand rugby league star makes England squad• Northampton winger Chris Ashton among others namedFormer New Zealand rugby league international Shontayne Hape has been named in a revised 32-man England squad for the Six Nations Championship.Hape, 28, is joined in the squad by Northampton winger Chris Ashton, another league convert, and his Saints team-mates Courtney Lawes and Ben Foden.There is no place in the senior squad for Danny Cipriani of Wasps or Northampton's Shane Geraghty, who have to be content with places in the second-string England Saxons.Delon Armitage, Riki Flutey, Toby Flood and Nick Easter are all back in the fold after missing England's disappointing autumn international campaign through injury.The inclusion of the two rugby league converts is designed to sharpen England's attacking options. England scored just one try in three autumn Tests, in a laboured victory over Argentina, and they barely stretched the Australian and New Zealand defences.Hape, who won 14 caps for the Kiwis, has been on England's radar since moving to Bath from Super League club Bradford Bulls in 2008. He joins Dylan Hartley and Flutey as the third New Zealand-born player in the England squad. Hape qualified for England on residency grounds and has been promoted ahead of Geraghty and Ayoola Erinle, who both featured in the autumn, to replace Gloucester's injured Mike Tindall.If Hape features during the Six Nations, he will become the third former New Zealand rugby league international to play for England after Henry Paul and Lesley Vainikolo.Ashton, 22, is the country's leading try-scorer with nine in 10 Guinness Premiership matches for Northampton and a total of 67 in 62 games since moving to Franklin's Gardens from Wigan in 2007.Foden, who signed a new contract with Northampton today, and Ashton have formed a devastating partnership in the Saints back three this season.Lawes made his England debut off the bench against Australia in November as a lock and he has continued to impress for the Saints after being moved to blindside flanker.Harry Ellis has been retained as one of three scrum-halves despite concerns over his knee injury, while England have decided to delay a final decision on props Julian White and Andrew Sheridan until 25 January.Johnson has made a total of seven changes to the original squad named in July with Steve Thompson, Lewis Moody and James Haskell also being confirmed in the senior party.ForwardsS Armitage (London Irish), S Borthwick (Saracens), J Crane (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), L Deacon (Leicester), N Easter (Harlequins), D Hartley (Northampton), J Haskell (Stade Francais), C Lawes (Northampton), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), T Payne (Wasps), S Shaw (Wasps), A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), S Thompson (CA Brive), J White (Leicester), D Wilson (Bath).BacksD Armitage (London Irish), C Ashton (Northampton), M Banahan (Bath), D Care (Harlequins), M Cueto (Sale Sharks), H Ellis (Leicester), T Flood (Leicester), B Foden (Northampton), R Flutey (CA Brive), S Hape (Bath), D Hipkiss (Leicester), P Hodgson (London Irish), U Monye (Harlequins), M Tait (Sale Sharks), J Wilkinson (Toulon).Six Nations rugbyEngland rugby union teamRugby unionguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Tatum, Goins to be reinstated to Tennessee basketball team Tennessee point guard Melvin Goins and guard Cameron Tatum will rejoin the Volunteers on Sunday after serving suspensions for their Jan. 1 arrests. ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Arts & Science Council seeks $7.3M The Arts & Science Council has launched its 2010 fund drive with a goal of raising $7.3 million. (WFC) feeds.bizjournals.com |