ARE, Sweden -- Anna Fenninger seized the lead in the overall Alpine World Cup standings on Friday by winning a giant slalom for the second straight day. The 24-year-old Austrian extended her first-leg lead to beat Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany by 0.61 seconds. "Its just amazing. It was a fight in the second run," said Fenninger, the Olympic silver medallist in giant slalom, who had to contend with cross winds, rain and a rutted snow surface. Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden was third, trailing 0.68 behind Fenningers combined time of 2 minutes, 00.15 seconds, and retained her lead in the season-long GS standings. Still, it is Fenninger who leads overall, using the 100 race points for victory to take a slender seven-point advantage -- 1,151 to 1,144 -- over Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany. "Im so happy that I can win two times in Are," said Fenninger, whose late-season surge has her contending for the overall title for the first time. Hoefl-Riesch, the 2011 overall champion, had a better second run yet still placed 10th, 2.32 behind her new rival. Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., was 25th and Marie-Pier Prefontaine of St-Sauveur, Que., didnt qualify for the second run. Five scheduled races remain this season, starting with a slalom on Saturday when the German will be favoured to regain the lead. Hoefl-Riesch, the 2010 Olympic slalom champion, has three top-5 finishes in World Cup slaloms this season, while Fenninger has not started in the discipline since December 2011. Fenninger also won the Olympic super-G title last month, and has two victories and a runner-up finish in three World Cup races since the Winter Games. Rebensburg, who took a bronze medal defending her Olympic GS title in Sochi, got her best-placed finish of the season. With one GS race remaining, Lindell-Vikarby has a 14-point lead over Fenninger in the discipline standings. The final race closes World Cup finals week at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on March 16. On Saturday, new Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States will start as favourite. She placed 24th on Friday, more than three seconds behind the winner. American teammate Julia Mancuso placed 20th and fell outside the top-25 places in the season-long GS standings, which determines the line-up at the World Cup finals. Pete Rose Jersey . According to the Red Wings Twitter feed, Zetterberg plans to practice with the team on Thursday and is aiming for a second round comeback. Darren Daulton Jersey . Ghoulam has put pen to paper on a four and a half year deal, tying him to Napoli until 2018. The 22-year-old Algeria international, who played for France at Under 21 level, has made 87 league appearances in four seasons at Saint-Etienne. http://www.baseballphilliesofficial.com/customized-c-4/. 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The Magpies generated a profit after tax of £32.4m and a net cash flow from operating activities of £39.1m. The figures both show an increase on 2014 when they stood at £18.7m and £32.9m respectively.However, Charnley knows the main issues are on the field with Rafa Benitezs men sitting down in 19th place in the Premier League with only seven matches remaining. We appreciate that at the present time, football results and not financial results are what our supporters want to see from us, he said.That said, it would be wrong for the club not to acknowledge the submission of our accounts for the period July 14 to June 15. Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley alongside new boss Rafa Benitez We understand, however, that what you want to see are results on the pitch. There are still 21 points to play for and lots can, and likkely will, happen over the next seven games.ddddddddddddWe of course acknowledge the seriousness of our situation. However, we must remain positive and retain the belief that we can secure our Premier League status and we are doing everything we can to support Rafa and the team.The financial report shows owner Mike Ashley has not used Newcastles profit to chip away at the £129m owed in the form of interest free loans from him and companies under his control. Mike Ashley has not chipped away at his loans to Newcastle None of the debt has been repaid and the Sports Direct founder has not taken any other money from Newcastle during the year or since the year end.The results also show the club had £48.3m in the bank at the end of the financial year, but the net spend on players during the subsequent transfer windows amounted to just under £80m. Also See: Newcastle video Newcastle fixtures Newcastle stats Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China China NFL Gear Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Stitched NFL Jerseys ' ' '
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