Bayern Munich secures its first Club World Cup

Bayern Munich capped the greatest year in club history by beating Raja Casablanca, 2-0, at Marrakech, Morocco, for its first Club World Cup.

The European champion added a record fifth title to its trophy cabinet at the tournament of continental champions to go with the Champions League, Bundesliga, German Cup and European Super Cup triumphs.

Dante scored early to deflate the Moroccan hosts at Marrakech Stadium, and Thiago Alcantara put the Bavarians in command with his 22nd-minute goal.

Unheralded Raja, which beat Copa Libertadores champion Atletico Mineiro in the semifinals, used its speed on the break and came close to scoring but ultimately couldn’t keep up with the German champions.

Bayern coach Pep Guardiola has won the competition three times, also with Barcelona.

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Canada’s Erik Guay won the men’s World Cup downhill in Val Gardena, Italy, with Bode Miller fifth in his best finish in a speed event this season.

Guay made up time over the last few gates to edge Kjetil Jansrud of Norway by 0.12 seconds, with Johan Clarey of France in third.

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Nick Goepper wrapped up a spot on the U.S. Olympic team with his second-place finish at the U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle skiing contest at Copper Mountain, Colo. ... Lindsey Jacobellis qualified for the U.S. Olympic team by winning the Lake Louise (Canada) World Cup snowboard cross despite a broken right thumb. Olympic champion Maelle Ricker of Canada crashed in the final and finished fourth. ... Jan Ziobro of Poland had the longest jump in both rounds to get his first career victory in the ski jump World Cup at Engelberg, Switzerland.

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The United States preserved its perfect Duel in the Pool record by beating the European All-Stars in a tiebreaker race at Glascow, Scotland. In the extra final race — a 200-meter mixed medley relay — Simone Manuel anchored the U.S. to victory by 0.2 seconds.

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Qualified male candidates were repeatedly passed over for an assistant job in the University of Iowa track program after the athletic department quietly mandated that a woman be hired, a discrimination complaint alleges. Track and field director Larry Wieczorek joked during the hiring process that then-assistant Mike Scott should consider having a sex change operation to improve his prospects, according to a complaint filed by Scott with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.

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Spain’s Kiko Martinez successfully defended his IBF junior-featherweight title, stopping South Africa’s Jeffrey Mathebula in the ninth round at Elche, Spain. England’s Stuart Hall took the vacant IBF bantamweight title, unanimously outpointing Vusi Malinga of South Africa at Leeds, England.

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Marv Wolfenson, 87, one of the two businessmen who brought the NBA back to Minnesota, has died.