World Cup

WINTER PARK, Colo. -- Lindsey Vonn leisurely glided down the outer edge of the sun-toasted course rather than through the gates.

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia -- Ted Ligety of the United States won the season's next-to-last World Cup giant slalom Saturday.

ARE, Sweden -- Lindsey Vonn became the first American to clinch four overall World Cup titles Friday by winning a giant slalom race, moving into second on the all-time list behind Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell.

BAGSHOT, England -- FIFA President Sepp Blatter is hopeful that he can convince soccer rule-makers to approve goal-line technology for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Blatter ended his long-standing opposition to the high-tech aids after England midfielder Frank Lampard's "ghost goal" against Germany at the 2010 World Cup. His shot bounced down off the cross bar beyond the goal line but was not counted.

The International Football Association Board will assess the latest test results on Saturday before sending approved firms into another phase of checks ahead of a final decision in July.

SAO PAULO -- A congressional commission partially approved a bill regulating the 2014 World Cup in Brazil on Tuesday, but congressmen remained divided on whether to allow the sale of alcohol at games during the monthlong tournament, dealing a setback to FIFA and local organizers.

ST. LOUIS -- In qualifying for the Olympics, the United States women's soccer team went 5-0 in its recent regional tournament, outscoring its opponents 38-0.

"It's amazing not to give up any goals, and we're happy about that," said Becky Sauerbrunn, a St. Louis Ladue High graduate who started three of those qualifying games. "But we have not played to the best of our ability. We feel have a lot to work on before we head off to the Olympics."

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- A career milestone and a rare family reunion. All of which left Lindsey Vonn in tears, and it made for a perfect day.

Vonn captured her 50th World Cup victory Saturday, winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course with temperatures plunging to minus 13.