BRIEFLY : AGASSI REPEATS OHIO VICTORY.Andre Agassi, the Olympic gold medalist, defeated Michael Chang 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 Sunday to win the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Championship for the second consecutive year, in Mason, Ohio. Agassi, who also beat Chang in last year's final, got $320,000. Chang received $169,000. Agassi displayed the same form he used to defeat second-ranked Thomas Muster in the semifinals, combining a strong serve and forehand returns to move his opponent side to side. Top-seeded Monica Seles won the du Maurier Canadian Open in Montreal for the second straight year, beating No. 2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) with a masterful performance. Austria's Barbara Paulus, ranked 16th in the world, won her first WTA title in one of the shortest finals ever, in Maria Lankowitz, Austria. Her opponent, Sandra Cecchini of Italy, had to retire after only four points with a foot injury. MOTOR SPORTS Geoff Bodine stole the spotlight from gutsy Dale Earnhardt, ending a drought of nearly two years with a victory in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Earnhardt, aiming for an unprecedented eighth Winston Cup title, drove the entire 90-lap event on the demanding 2.45-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip at Seneca Lake owned by International Speedway Corporation. road course despite the pain from fractures to his left collar bone and sternum. He was hurt in a crash July 28 at Talladega, Ala. Alex Zanardi won the Miller 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside of the town of Lexington. (Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of in Lexington, Ohio. It was the Italian's second Indy-car victory of the season. Jacques Villeneuve didn't like the race track or his clutch. But he didn't let either deter him at the Hungarian Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Hungarian Grand Prix (disambiguation). The first Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungarian: Magyar Nagydíj) was held on June 21, 1936 over a 3. in Budapest. The 25-year-old Canadian beat the field for the third victory of his rookie season on the Formula One circuit, averaging 106.870 mph in his at-first-balky Williams Renault. Mike Stefanik passed Tim Connolly with only 23 laps remaining, and went on to win the Kendall 201 NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Featherlite Modified Tour race in Riverhead, N.Y. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). . El Salvador and the United States, preparing for the start of World Cup qualifying, will play an exhibition game at the Los Angeles Coliseum Aug. 30. . . . The United States women's coxless fours and lightweight coxless pairs won gold at the World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar. at Strathclyde, Scotland. |
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