Italian wins sauna contest

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An Italian beat more than 100 contenders to win a Sauna World Championship staged in Styria at the weekend. The competition – held in a spa in Graz on Saturday and Sunday – did not focus on how long people could endure boiling hot temperatures but on participants’ techniques of creating a perfect sauna experience […]

Fenninger triumphs in World Champs Super-Combined

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Anna Fenninger won today’s (Fri) Women’s Super-Combined World Championship race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.The 21-year-old skier from Salzburg, who debuted in the World Cup in 2006, claimed the gold medal ahead of Slovenian Tina Maze and Swede Anja Pärson.Elisabeth Görgl failed to win silver in the end, despite having led the field after the competition’s downhill […]

Hussey leaves Austria camp as mum has heart attack

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Coventry City star Chris Hussey was allowed to return to the UK from his team’s pre-season training camp in Obertraun, Upper Austria, after his mother suffered a heart attack.The 21-year-old former AFC Wimbledon defender was granted compassionate leave to be with his family ahead of the Championship club’s 2-0 win over third-league side SV Gaflenz […]