COPPER MOUNTAIN — World Cup overall and downhill champion Lindsey Vonn injured her knee when she fell during a routine training session for a super-G on Wednesday.
She was taken to U.S. women’s alpine ski team doctor William Sterett, who indicated Vonn suffered a bruised left knee. There was no ligament or cartilage damage.
A decision on Vonn’s return is pending further evaluation.
Yao sits with injury
HOUSTON — Rockets center Yao Ming sat out Houston’s game against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore left foot.
“It’s nothing bad,” Yao said. “I’m all right, actually.”
Yao is expected to play Friday night at Washington.
• Dallas Mavericks guard Josh Howard is day to day because of a left ankle injury.
• Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford (ankle) is day to day.
Wife of doping doctor threatens to talk
MADRID, Spain — The wife of the doctor at the center of Spain’s biggest doping investigation said Spanish sports would be ruined if she revealed what she knows about drug use among athletes.
Cristina Perez ran on Spain’s 1,600-meter relay team at the 1992 Olympics. She alluded to problems at the Barcelona Games but did not elaborate.
“I know what happened at Barcelona ’92 and I’m a Pandora’s box that, if opened one day, could bring down sport,” Perez said. “But out of respect for my companions, the people who sacrificed so much, I’m staying quiet. Although I could speak out and ruin all those caught up in this little world.”
Perez’s husband, Eufemianio Fuentes, was the doctor at the center of cycling’s Operation Puerto case.
Tar Heels lose 7-footer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina 7-foot freshman Tyler Zeller will likely miss the rest of the season because of a broken left wrist suffered in Tuesday night’s victory over Kentucky.
Zeller had surgery to repair fractures in two places, a recovery that normally would take 12 to 16 weeks.
• The NCAA denied forward Alex Stepheson‘s waiver petition for eligibility to compete at Southern California this season after transferring from North Carolina.
• The men’s Final Four will be played at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2014 and at Reliant Stadium in Houston in 2016.
Footnotes.
Ottawa Senators forwards Mike Fisher and Chris Neil will be sidelined several weeks because of knee injuries.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman Rostislav Klesla (ankle) on injured reserve.
• Wimbledon organizers will pay $83 million over a likely five-year period to regain total control of the All England Club, buying back the 50 percent it gave away in 1934.
• Honduras got an own-goal from Mexico defender Ricardo Osorio just after halftime to earn a 1-0 win in World Cup qualifying. In other qualifiers, Trinidad defeated Cuba 3-0 and Jamaica beat Canada 3-0.
• Carole Caldwell Graebner, who won doubles titles at the U.S. and Australian championships in the 1960s, died of cancer in New York. She was 65.
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