AP - Christina Kim's second-round 68 at the LPGA State Farm Classic looked ordinary compared to her opening 63, but it included a birdie putt on her last hole that gave her a one-stroke lead over the charging Michelle Wie and three others.

AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson warned Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy he faces 'embarrassment' for reporting Manchester United to the Premier League on the basis of quotes in an English newspaper suggesting that the Old Trafford manager was directly courting Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov.

AP - The Tampa Bay Rays returned home and moved back on top of the AL East. Baseball's most surprising team this season entered the All-Star break on a seven-game losing streak, having dropped out of first place in the division, one-half game behind the Boston Red Sox.

AP - Oscar Freire closed in on the sprint title at the Tour de France by winning Saturday's 14th stage, while Australia's Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey in the doping-battered race.

AP - Tiger Woods and Kenny Perry couldn't have picked a better place to be on Saturday. Anywhere but Royal Birkdale. A fearsome wind sweeping off the Irish Sea turned the third round of the British Open into a test of survival, the only goal to limit the damage.

AP - Christina Kim's second-round 68 at the LPGA State Farm Classic looked ordinary compared to her opening 63, but it included a birdie putt on her last hole that gave her a one-stroke lead over the charging Michelle Wie and three others.

AFP - Serena Williams, still trying to put the sting of her Wimbledon final defeat behind her, reached the semi-finals of the 600,000-dollar WTA hardcourt tournament here Friday.

AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari may have been charged with restoring some King's Road swagger to Chelsea, but old habits clearly die hard for the Brazilian.

AP - CC Sabathia pitched a four-hitter to win his third straight start since joining Milwaukee and the Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-1 on Friday night.

AP - Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer and James Shields allowed one run over seven innings to help the Tampa Bay Rays snap a seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.

AP - Garret Anderson was 4-for-4 with a go-ahead solo homer and five RBIs, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.