SNOWBOARDING

Wescott takes silver medal behind Australian in Spain

Olympic champion Seth Wescott of Carrabassett Valley was runner-up to Australian rider Alex Pullin in the snowboard cross world championship at La Molina, Spain.

American Lindsey Jacobellis cruised to a third title in the women’s event.

Pullin held off Wescott and American Nate Holland, who took bronze. It was Wescott’s third world silver to go with his one title in 2005.

Jacobellis never trailed on the slippery course to finish ahead of Nelly Moenne of France and Dominique Maltais of Canada.

SKIING

MEN’S WORLD CUP: Ted Ligety moved up to a point-scoring 30th place in Saturday’s downhill race at Wengen, Switzerland, after Frenchman Alexandre Bouillot was disqualified.

The U.S. ski team said the International Ski Federation accepted its appeal that Bouillot missed the final gate on the Lauberhorn course. Ligety was tied for 31st with Tobias Stechert of Germany and Cornel Zueger of Switzerland in the original official results. All three now score a single World Cup point.

Ligety remained ninth in the overall standings.

GOLF

RYDER CUP: Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain will captain Europe’s Ryder Cup team when it defends the trophy against the United States in 2012.

The 44-year-old Olazabal, who played in seven Ryder Cups and was Europe’s vice captain for the last two matches, succeeds Colin Montgomerie, who guided Europe to a 14 1/2-13 1/2 victory over the U.S. at Celtic Manor, Wales, in October.

CYCLING

ARMSTRONG CHALLENGED: A story in Sports Illustrated challenges Lance Armstrong’s statements that he cut ties to a controversial Italian doctor and training adviser long accused of helping cyclists cheat.

Without naming its source, SI said when Italian authorities raided the home of Armstrong teammate Yaroslav Popovych last November in Italy, they found texts and e-mails linking the Radio Shack team with Dr. Michele Ferrari as recently as 2009.

Armstrong severed his longtime connection with Ferrari in 2004 amid accusations the doctor aided another rider in using performance-enhancing drugs.

Armstrong spokesman Mark Fabiani called the report “old news from the same old, discredited sources.”

LANDIS RETIRES: Floyd Landis retired from professional racing, saying the battle to fix the sport’s drug-tainted image is “not my fight.”

Landis told ESPN.com late Monday he “spent five years trying to get back to a place that I can never really go back to, and it’s causing more stress than is worth it.”

Landis won the Tour de France in 2006 but was stripped of the title after an arbitration panel upheld the results of a positive test for synthetic testosterone. Landis later acknowledged using performance-enhancing substances and has alleged widespread doping on his U.S. Postal Service team, which included seven-time Tour winner Armstrong.

GYMNASTICS

AMERICAN CUP: World champions Kohei Uchimura of Japan and Aliya Mustafina of Russia headline fields that include the top eight men at last fall’s world championships and five of the top eight women.

Jonathan Horton, the two-time U.S. men’s champion and reigning world bronze medalist, and Alexandra Raisman will represent the United States at the March 5 meet in Jacksonville, Fla.

TENNIS

McMANUS DIES: Jim McManus, a former player and founding member of the men’s tennis tour, died at age 70 of medical complications following a battle with cancer, the ATP said.

McManus was a member of the ATP’s original board of directors in 1972 and was an employee of the tour for 28 years.

OLYMPICS

WRESTLING: USA Wrestling chose Iowa City, Iowa, to host the 2012 U.S. Olympic team trials for wrestling, which will take place April 21-22, 2012.

The group announced Iowa City’s bid beat out those from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Columbus, Ohio.