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Mikaeala Shiffrin is taking a break from downhill racing

Mikaeala Shiffrin is taking a break from downhill racing

TO SKI

Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States will not compete in downhill races in the upcoming World Cup season, in which she is aiming for her 100th career victory.

After a downhill accident in January that kept her off the slopes for six weeks – and cost her a record-breaking sixth overall win – Shiffrin has decided to remove the sport’s fastest and most dangerous discipline from her schedule.

“No departure, not this season. I would love to bring it back, but we’ll see how it goes,” she said.

FOOTBALL

US MEN: Mauricio Pochettino, the former Tottenham and Chelsea coach, will make his U.S. coaching debut in two friendlies, leading the team against Panama on Saturday evening in Austin, Texas, and in an away game against Mexico in Guadalajara three days later.

Pochettino did not feature in the first 26 games of the World Cup cycle, while Gregg Berhalter and three interim coaches were in charge. These games are the first of eight international windows in which Pochettino must assess players and develop tactics before the team reports ahead of the 2026 tournament.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Nottingham Forest was fined $980,000 after an independent panel found the club had questioned the integrity of match officials in a highly inflammatory social media post that was viewed more than 46 million times .

WATER POLO

HUSBAND DIES: Maddie Musselman Woepse, the US star, is mourning her husband Pat, who died of a rare form of lung cancer on Thursday evening. He was 31.

Pat Woepse was diagnosed with NUT carcinoma in September 2023. Woepse, a former water polo player himself, had a goal of going to the Paris Olympics to watch his wife play – and he did it.

BASKETBALL

COLLEGE: Cameron and Cayden Boozer are following their father Carlos Boozer’s path and playing basketball for Duke.

The twin brothers, who are both five-star prospects, announced their commitment in a video posted on The Players’ Tribune.

TENNIS

SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS: Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz reached a semi-final duel in China.

Djokovic, a four-time champion of the event, recovered from a set down to beat Czech player Jakub Mensik 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Fritz won a clear 6:3, 6:4 victory over David Goffin from Belgium. In the other semi-final on Saturday, leader Jannik Sinner meets Tomas Machac.

WUHAN OPEN: Second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeated Magdalena Frech of Poland 6-2, 6-2 and will face fourth-seeded Coco Gauff in the semifinals. Wang Xinyu and Zheng Qinwen, both from China, are the other semifinalists.

GOLF

LPGA: Sei Young Kim of South Korea maintained her lead with a 2-under 70 in the second round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament.

Kim is one shot ahead of Lucy Li of the USA and Mao Saigo of Japan. Li shot a 4-under 68 and Saigo shot a 7-under 65.

EUROPEAN: Thomas Detry shot a second-round 63 to share the lead with Dan Bradbury and Jesper Svensson at 9 under par midway through the Open de France in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

CAR RACING

FORMULA 1: Toyota returns to the race track after 15 years and becomes a “technical partner” of the American racing team Haas.

There will be Toyota branding on Haas cars starting at next week’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and the auto giant’s racing division will offer “design, engineering and manufacturing services” to the North Carolina-based team.

ICE HOCKEY

NHL: The Colorado Avalanche are without another forward, Jonathan Drouin, due to an upper body injury.

Drouin is expected to miss at least two games before his injury is reassessed. He didn’t have a shot on goal for more than 21 minutes in Wednesday night’s 8-4 opening loss in Las Vegas.