Bansko, Bulgaria - World champion Lindsey Vonn on Saturday won the crystal globe in the downhill discipline after finishing 12 in the World Cup event in Bansko in Bulgaria.

Andrea Fischbacher won her first-ever World Cup downhill race, finally putting an end to a near 12-year wait for Austria to win a women's World Cup downhill race.

Fischbacher, who is related to Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier, beat Slovenian Tina Maze and Switzerland's Fabienne Suter into second and third place respectively.

Johannesburg, Feb. 28 : Having scored a combative 117 in his debut Test, 29-year-old Australian all rounder Marcus North, is keen to deliver some more of the same at the international level.

North was extremely upset upon his dismissal, and that in itself, is an indication of his approach to the game.

The 29-year-old West Australian scored almost 9000 first-class runs before winning a baggy green. He has also become the 18th Australian to score a century on debut.

North and Mitchell Johnson (96 not out) had steered Australia from 7-296 to 8-413 with a record partnership of 117 but North clearly wasn''t satisfied.

Liberec, Czech Republic  - Jason Lamy Chappuis dominated ski-jumping in difficult conditions on Saturday en route to a possible first Nordic combined world championship title for France.

Lamy Chappuis soared 131 metres to lead from a trio of Finns, World Cup leader Anssi Koivuranta, Lauri Asikainen and Janne Ryynaenen, who all had 127m.

Due to the style points Lamy Chappuis was due to start the 10-kilometres cross-country pursuit at 1415 GMT 26 seconds ahead of Koivuranta, with Asikainen on 28 seconds and Ryynaenen on
36 seconds.

Lahore, Feb. 28 : Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has said that Test matches should be more result-oriented to lure spectators back to the classy version of the game.

Talking to reporters on the eve of the second and final Test match against Sri Lanka here, Khan said that the Gaddafi Stadium pitch will be a better playing track than the Karachi's `lifeless' strip where he piled on a triple century.

Liberec, Czech Republic - World Cup leader Dario Cologna of Switzerland has withdrawn from Sunday's 50 kilometres cross-country race and leaves the Nordic skiing world championships empty-handed.

The ruling body FIS said in a statement on Saturday that Cologna felt tired and wanted to concentrate on the final World Cup events of the season which run until March 23.

Cologna won the Tour de Ski in January and leads the World Cup with 939 points from Norwegian two-time world champion Petter Northug, who has 736 points.

London, Feb. 28 : The global recession, it seems, has taken the sting out of Twenty20 cricket, which not too long ago, was billed as the sport''s unstoppable runaway train.

According to The Sun, Twenty20 cricket is not going to die, but it is going to have its wings clipped. It may have to survive on its product as much as its rowdy bells and whistles.

The rebel Indian Cricket League has not paid its players for several months and has postponed a competition that was due to start next month.