Downhill skiing continues to look like a workplace safety incident waiting to happen, Lindsey Vonn tests gravity’s patience once again, and Germany produce an Olympic ski-jumping champion who isn’t overly fond of heights. In football, Liverpool and Manchester City turn a red card into a national debate, Scotland forget how lineouts function, and the Calcutta Cup now arrives with consequences attached. The Super Bowl delivers sacks, field goals and very little chaos, Super Rugby is back with Waratahs v Reds, Falkirk grind out results without ever making it comfortable, and somewhere in winter sport we learn that sometimes the real performance enhancement is tailoring.