AP - Angela Stanford won the Bell Micro LPGA Classic on Sunday for her second career LPGA Tour title, holing a 3 1/2-foot par putt on the final hole for a 1-over 73 and a one-stroke victory over China's Shanshan Feng.

AP - Airtight defense with no long balls will lead to a lot of games like this, 3-2 decisions that come down to the very last ...

AFP - Seeking to follow in the footsteps of titleholders Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool set out Tuesday on their Champions League adventures with early French tests in their opening pool games.

AP - All the elements were in Carlos Zambrano's favor.

AP - For Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, engineering fourth-quarter comebacks has become almost routine during his career.

AP - Brett Myers pitched a two-hitter and the Philadelphia Phillies moved into a tie for the NL wild-card lead, sweeping a day-night doubleheader from Milwaukee by winning the second game 6-1 on Sunday.

AP - On a less-than-ideal night for football or any other outdoor activity, the Pittsburgh Steelers made it a perfect 10 over the Cleveland Browns.

AP - Greg Biffle began the Chase for the championship as a long shot. At best. Winless for almost a year and seeded a distant ninth in the 12-driver field, few considered him a serious contender.

AP - Life without Tom Brady might not be so bad for New England after all. Matt Cassel was efficient running the offense in his first NFL start, taking over for the injured quarterback and leading the Patriots over Brett Favre and the New York Jets 19-10 on Sunday.

AP - All the elements were in Carlos Zambrano's favor. Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a sore rotator cuff to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike. "I guess I'm back!" Zambrano woofed.

AFP - Russia retained their Fed Cup crown here on Sunday to make it four titles in five years when Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to give the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead over Spain.

AP - Malo Taumua blocked a field goal to lift UNLV to a 23-20 overtime upset of No. 15 Arizona State on Saturday night.

AFP - Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley announced Sunday he wanted to sell the troubled English Premiership football club.

AP - Xavier Nady hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Saturday, salvaging a split of the day-night doubleheader.