Tarvisio, Italy  - Lindsey Vonn raced into the record books as the most successful female in US alpine ski history when she charged to victory in the World Cup super-g in Tarvisio on Sunday.

It was a 19th World Cup win for 24-year-old Vonn who had drawn level with the record held by Tamara McKinney earlier this month.

The victory moves Vonn, who won the super-g along with downhill at the world championships in Val d'Isere earlier this month, closer to defending her World Cup title.

Rome  - Roma failed to impress their home crowd Saturday, but still managed to clinch a 1-0 win against defence-geared Siena through a goal from Brazilian Rodrigo Taddei.

The Tuscany guests paid dearly for an imperfect clearance on 68 minutes that gave Taddei space and time to curl a classy drive into the top right corner.

With nothing left to lose, Siena abandoned their defensive tactics and brought on veteran forward Nicola Amoruso, who immediately threatened with a header on 70 minutes.

Another header from French substitute Abdelkader Ghezzal gave Roma goalkeeper Alexander Doni a chance to ensure his side's win with two minutes left.

Rome  - Inter Milan stretched their lead in the Italian Serie A Saturday courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Bologna in a slow-paced game that allowed Jose Mourinho's side conserve some energy for this week's Champions League clash with Manchester United.

Argentine Esteban Cambiasso and substitute Mario Balotelli scored in the second half to sink the central-Italy hosts, who managed to briefly equalize but lie now just above the drop zone.

The win moves Inter 12 points clear of Juventus, who have the chance to reduce the gap when they visit Sicily side Palermo in a night game.

Tarvisio, Italy - Germany's Gina Stechert claimed a surprise alpine ski World Cup downhill win when she edged overall leader Lindsey Vonn of the United States in Tarvisio on Saturday.

Stechert, 21, clocked 1 minute 59.94 seconds to beat double world champion Vonn by one-hundredth of a second for her maiden World Cup victory.

Sweden's Anja Paerson was third, 0.39 seconds behind Stechert whose best previous finish was fourth in the downhill at Lake Louise, Canada on December 5.

Tarvisio, Italy - Slalom world champion Maria Riesch of Germany won the women's super combined ahead of overall leader Lindsey Vonn of the United States in Tarvisio on Friday.

Sweden's Anja Paerson clinched the discipline title after the three super-combined events of the season by finishing fifth.

Riesch was 0.76 seconds behind double world champion Vonn after the downhill leg but a superb slalom run gave her a combined time of 2 minutes 18.57 seconds and a 0.49-second advantage over the American with

Rome - Italy's conservative government introduced Friday harsher penalties for rape and other sexual abuse cases, the creation of civilian anti-crime patrols and an extension to the period for which illegal immigrants can be kept in detention centres.

The measures contained in a decree approved by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet, come in the wake of several high profile gang-rape cases.