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Snowboardcross leads Vancouver Olympics injury list
LONDON (AP) -- Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 percent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races.

1 Wyoming football player killed, 3 hurt in wreck
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A University of Wyoming football player was killed and three teammates were injured when a pickup drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed on Monday, authorities said. Sports - Football - American - College football - Wyoming

Snowboardcross leads Vancouver injury list
Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 percent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races. According to a medical study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, at least 11 percent of all athletes at the games in February sustained injuries -- including 20 concussions.

New Zealand on target for Rugby World Cup
A year out from hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup the organisers maintain the foundations of the promised "Stadium of Four Million" are well in place despite the problems they still face.

All Blacks juggernaut rolling toward Rugby WCup
The in-form All Blacks have been installed as firm favourites for the next Rugby World Cup, which will kick off in one year's time in New Zealand.

Sports complex proposed for Michigan State Fair site
A Canadian businessman wants to turn the 164-acre site into a sports complex that would feature baseball, football, basketball and hockey.

Jaguar drops Aussie swimmer Rice over 'faggots' slur
Australia's triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice was stripped of her sponsorship deal with luxury carmaker Jaguar Tuesday after she posted a homophobic remark on Twitter.

More ex-China FA officials held on match-fixing
Chinese police have detained three more former top football officials -- including a one-time head of the national association -- in a widening gambling and match-fixing probe, state press said Tuesday.

NFL Injury Report
NEW YORK (AP) -- The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice): THURSDAY MINNESOTA VIKINGS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS -- VIKINGS: DNP: CB Chris Cook (notes) (knee), DT Jimmy Kennedy (notes) (knee). LIMITED: RB Toby Gerhart (notes) (knee ...