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Ronaldinho signs 1-year extension with Atletico

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Franz tops downhill training run ahead of Miller

By NESHA STARCEVIC - Associated Press

Randall gives US rare chance at cross-country gold

By MATTIAS KAREN - Associated Press

World Cup stadium inauguration postponed in Brazil

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World Cup stadium test match postponed in Brazil

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Head coach of the United States soccer team, Jurgen Klinsmann, from Germany, talks with the press inside Arena da Amazonia stadium in Manaus, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup, and will host a game between the U.S. and Portugal. (AP Photo/Raphael Alves)

Johnson injury, Altidore’s woes concerns for US

By KURT VOIGT - Associated Press

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka)

Shiffrin, Svindal, Hoefl-Riesch can star in Sochi

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 file photo of Chelsea's Michael Essien, right, as he shields the ball from Arsenal's Mesut Ozil during their English League Cup soccer match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates stadium in London. Chelsea said Monday Jan. 27, 2014 that Michael Essien has left the club to join AC Milan, ending the Ghana midfielder's 8½-year stint at Stamford Bridge. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Netherlands to play Ghana in pre-WCup friendly

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Marcel Hirscher of Austria competes during the first run of an alpine ski men's World Cup Slalom in Schladming, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Norway’s Kristoffersen wins World Cup night slalom

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2013 file photo, Brazil's soccer team coordinator Carlos Alberto Parreira attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's assistant coach and former world champion Parreira says it’s a “joke” the Brazilian government took so long to start working on some of the infrastructure projects needed for the World Cup. With less than five months before the tournament, Parreira said this Monday Jan. 27, 2014 that he is disappointed with the country’s preparations and accused the government of missing a huge opportunity to improve conditions for Brazilians. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Parreira blasts Brazil’s World Cup preparations

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

First placed Austria's Hannes Reichelt celebrates at the end of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Austrian skier Reichelt to miss Sochi Olympics

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press

Bode Miller of United States stands in the finish area after he placed second at an alpine ski men's World Cup Super G in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Defago, Pinturault win World Cup races in Austria

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press

Placed first United States' Kate Hansen displays her medal during the award ceremony of the women's race at the Luge World Cup event in Sigulda, Latvia, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov, F64)

US Olympic teams wrap up World Cup sliding seasons

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Gut wins windy super-G, regains form for Sochi

By BY ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Jazmine Fenlator, foreground and Lolo Jones, of the United States start their first run of the two-woman Bobsled World Cup race in Koenigssee, southern Germany, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Humphries edges Meyers for World Cup bobsled title

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Damjan leads Slovenian sweep in World Cup ski jump

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2014 file photo, Japan's Sara Takanashi poses on the podium following the women's Ski Jumping World Cup event in Planica, Slovenia. For a 17-year-old high school student, Japanese ski jumper Takanashi is remarkably calm about carrying the gold medal aspirations of an entire nation at the Sochi Olympics. With her dominance of World Cup events this season, Takanashi will be the favorite to take gold when women's ski jumping makes its debut at Sochi. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Ski jumper Takanashi aiming high at Sochi Olympics

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Sarah Hendrickson high fives Lindsey Van as they are announced to be on the U.S. women's ski jumping team at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. They will shortly leave for the Olympics in Sochi. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Jeffrey D. Allred)

Hendrickson makes Olympics team after ACL surgery

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

From left second placed Aksel Lund Svindal, of Norway, first placed Hannes Reichel, of Austria, and third placed Bode Miller, of United States, celebrate on the podium at the end of an alpine ski men's World Cup Downhill in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Reichelt wins downhill, Miller 3rd after mistake

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press