BETHESDA, Maryland: South Korean K.J. Choi captured his second title in the last five weeks with a three-stroke victory at the Tiger Woods invitational tournament on a sweltering Sunday at Congressional Country Club.
MADRID: Spanish champions Real Madrid appointed former German international Bernd Schuster as their new coach yesterday.
CANTERBURY, England: Australian Robbie McEwen recovered from a crash to clinch the first stage of the Tour de France, a 203-km ride from London to Canterbury on Sunday.
HANOI: Qatar stunned defending champions Japan with a late equalizer to earn a 1-1 draw in their Asian Cup opener yesterday, but it ended on a sour note with Hussain Yaser and coach Dzemaludin Musovic sent off.
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela: An exuberant Argentina routed Peru 4-0 while Mexico thrashed 10-man Paraguay 6-0 on Sunday to complete an extraordinary sequence of one-sided quarterfinals at the Copa America.
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela: Defending champions Brazil beat Ecuador 1-0 to complete the quarterfinal line-up at the Copa America on Wednesday after Chile had also advanced to the last eight by holding Mexico to a goalless draw.
LONDON: Rafael Nadal staged a rousing comeback from two sets down to defeat gallant Russian Mikhail Youzhny yesterday and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
STOCKHOLM: Bjorn Borg hopes Roger Federer will equal his five successive Wimbledon wins this year and believes the Swiss can add further to the tally.
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