Goergl wins downhill at world championships

Skiing: In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Elisabeth Goergl of Austria has won the women’s downhill at the world championships, beating favorites Lindsey Vonn and Maria Riesch to earn her second gold medal of competition.

Goergl skied the 1.8-mile Kandahar course in 1 minute, 47.24 seconds Sunday to lead Vonn by 0.44 and Riesch by 0.60.

It was the first women’s top-level downhill race in two years not won by either Vonn or Riesch.

No. 14 Purdue comes back to beat Illinois

College Basketball: JaJuan Johnson scored 24 points and E’Twaun Moore added 20 to lead No. 14 Purdue to an 81-70 comeback win over Illinois in Champaign, Ill.

Purdue (20-5, 9-3 Big Ten) survived a first half of 28.6 percent shooting to trail only 32-27 at the break. Then the Boilermakers caught fire, scoring 54 second-half points and outrebounding the Illini 28-9 over the final 20 minutes.

Illinois was led by Brandon Paul’s 23 points. Mike Davis added 16 and D.J. Richardson had 13.

• No. 11 Georgetown defeats Marquette: Chris Wright scored 20 points, Austin Freeman added 17 despite limping badly off the court in the first half, and No. 11 Georgetown survived the run-’em-ragged strategy of Marquette coach Buzz Williams to win its eighth straight game, beating the Golden Eagles 69-60 in the nation’s capital.

Georgetown won despite an off night against Marquette’s tough man-to-man defense, shooting 43 percent from the field, including 7 for 27 from 3-point range. But the Hoyas made 16 of 18 free throws and held the Golden Eagles to 40 percent from the field.

• Smith carries No. 5 Duke past Miami: Nolan Smith scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half, Seth Curry added 16 and No. 5 Duke extended its Atlantic Coast Conference lead by holding off Miami 81-71 in Coral Gables, Fla.

Kyle Singler scored 14 and Mason Plumlee 12 for the Blue Devils (23-2, 10-1). Reggie Johnson scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting for Miami (15-10, 4-7).

• No. 4 Tennessee rallies, beats Vanderbilt: In Nashville, Tenn., Shekinna Stricklen scored 14 points and Lauren Avant added 11 off the bench and No. 4 Tennessee rallied from one of the Lady Vols’ worst first halves ever and beat Vanderbilt 65-57.

The Lady Vols (24-2, 12-0 Southeastern Conference) played their third game in seven days and were sloppy scoring only 15 points in the first half, the third-worst scoring performance for 20 minutes in Tennessee’s history.

They came back with a 50-point second half keyed in part by Avant, who scored all her points in the final 20 minutes. Glory Johnson also added 10 points.

Kvitova upsets Clijsters in Paris final

Tennis: In Paris, Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters lost to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Open Gaz de France.

The Belgian slammed an ace to save a match point, but Kvitova converted her second match point with a forehand winner.

The victory is not a complete surprise. Kvitova has won 16 of 17 matches this season and won the WTA Newcomer of the Year award last season.

Kvitova served 10 aces to only one for Clijsters.

• Soderling beats Tsonga, defends Rotterdam title: In Rotterdam, Netherlands, top-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to defend his title at the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament.

Soderling broke Tsonga’s serve to take a 5-3 lead in the deciding set, serving an ace to wrap up the win.

Soderling became only the fourth player to successfully defend his title in Rotterdam, along with Arthur Ashe, Stefan Edberg and Nicolas Escude.

• Hantuchova wins Pattaya Open over Errani: In Pattaya, Thailand, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia defeated Sara Errani of Italy 6-0 6-2 in the Pattaya Open final.

The fourth-seeded Slovak collected her fourth career title and first since Linz in 2007. Hantuchova improved to 3-1 against Errani.

• French Open to stay at Roland Garros: The French Tennis Federation voted to keep the French Open at its traditional Roland Garros venue and renovate the existing site by making it considerably larger, more attractive and modern, rather than moving it elsewhere.

The federation said it had chosen the option of renovating Roland Garros, located in western Paris for more than 80 years, by making it 60 percent bigger while preserving its “unique history.”

Quick stops 40 in Kings’ win vs. Flyers

NHL: Jonathan Quick stopped 40 shots and Drew Doughty scored to lead the visiting Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 victory against the Flyers, their first regulation win in Philadelphia in nearly 18 years.

Quick, who sat out Saturday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals, was sharp. He covered up a loose puck with 8:28 left in the game after Danny Briere had fanned on a Jeff Carter pass in the goal mouth.

• Nash, Mason lead Blue Jackets past Stars: Rick Nash scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, Steve Mason made 29 saves, and the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets beat the slumping Dallas Stars 2-1.

Matt Calvert added a goal for the Blue Jackets, 5-0-2 in their last seven road games to move closer to playoff contention.

Brad Richards notched his 24th goal and Kari Lehtonen stopped 37 shots for the Stars.

• Panthers beat Sharks to snap home skid: In Sunrise, Fla., Chris Higgins scored in the third period, and the Florida Panthers snapped a five-game home losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks.

San Jose outshot Florida 30-22.

Cho, Reutter win short track World Cup races

Miscellany: In Moscow, American Katherine Reutter captured her second straight and fifth overall victory in short track speedskating this season, winning the women’s World Cup 1,000-meter race.

Simon Cho of the United States won the men’s 500 meters in 42.157 seconds for his first World Cup win this season.

Reutter, who took silver in the 1,000 and bronze in the 3,000 relay at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, timed 1 minute, 32.076 seconds at Megasport Arena for her second top finish in the discipline.

The American, who won the 1,500 meters Saturday, led the 1,000 from the second lap and edged South Korea’s Hwang Hyunsun and Kim Dam-min at the finish line.

Cho also led his race to finish ahead of Britain’s Paul Stanley and Freek Van Der Wart of the Netherlands.

• Iowa’s Hess wins US Bowling Congress Masters: In Reno, Nev., Tom Hess defeated top-seeded Jack Jurek in the final of the United States Bowling Congress Masters to earn his first PBA Tour title.

Hess, of Urbandale, Iowa, outscored Jurek, of Lackawanna, N.Y., 225-214, at the National Bowling Stadium and defeated Mika Koivuniemi of Finland 254-219 in the semifinals.