SKIING

Vonn makes mistakes, Gut claims super-G win

Lindsey Vonn made a couple of mistakes and Lara Gut capitalized Sunday to win a World Cup super-G race in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria.

Gut, a 19-year-old Swiss, had a near-flawless run to finish in 1 minute, 12.82 seconds and beat Vonn by 0.53.

Vonn, the three-time defending overall champion, lost speed as she almost fell in a right turn and had both hands in the snow to avoid crashing.

Gut’s teammate, Dominique Gisin, was 0.72 seconds behind in third. Maria Riesch of Germany was sixth and remain on top of the overall standings with 923 points, followed by Vonn on 827.

MEN’S WORLD CUP: Ivica Kostelic won a slalom race in Adelboden, Switzerland, to take the lead in the overall standings.

Kostelic finished in 1 minute, 50.90 seconds. Marcel Hirscher was 0.26 seconds back in second. Reinfried Herbst trailed Kostelic by 1.29 in third.

Americans Bode Miller and Ted Ligety skied out on the first run.

BIATHLON: Tarjei Boe held off Emil Hegle Svendsen to win a 15-kilometer mass-start event in Oberhof, Germany.

Boe’s fourth victory of the season increased his overall lead on Svendsen to 55 points.

Helena Ekholm won the women’s 12.5K mass start in 39 minutes, 22.9 seconds, using a late surge to pass Andrea Henkel. Henkel had two penalty laps but still led until shortly before the finish and ended up 1.6 seconds behind.

Boe had two misses and completed the course in 39:51.3 to beat Svendsen by 2.4 seconds. Svendsen had three misses.

SOCCER

PREMIER LEAGUE: David Beckham will begin training with Tottenham today, and the club hopes a loan deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy can still be completed.

Beckham wanted to play for Spurs for two months during the Major League Soccer offseason, despite the Galaxy’s reluctance to allow its star to risk injury.

Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp said Sunday morning that a loan was not possible because of insurance issues, and the team said in a statement that Beckham would instead only train with the club.

But Redknapp later backtracked, indicating that a deal could still be reached that would allow the midfielder to play in the Premier League for the first time since 2003, when he left Manchester United for Real Madrid.

FA CUP: Kenny Dalglish endured a painful return as Liverpool manager, losing 1-0 at rival Manchester United . Liverpool conceded a penalty in the first minute and had captain Steven Gerrard sent off.

TENNIS

CHENNAI OPEN: Third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Xavier Malisse 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 to win the title at Chennai, India.

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL: Top-seeded Robin Soderling beat defending champion Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5 in the final at Brisbane, Australia.

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL: Kim Clijsters easily won her first-round match, beating Alexandra Dulgheru 6-1, 6-2 in 62 minutes.

PREP SCHOOLS

BOYS’ HOCKEY: Drake Hart scored three goals to lead Hebron Academy to a 5-1 win over South Kent at Hebron.