BRIEFLY : NOVOTNA STAYS HOT.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Top-seeded Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , the Wimbledon champion, switched from grass to clay with little trouble. She beat France's Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud (born April 3, 1972) in Lyon, France is a former professional female tennis player from France. Career Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. 6-3, 6-0 Sunday to win the Czech Open in Prague. World No. 2 Novotna totally frustrated Testud, ranked 13th, in the second set. Alex Corretja defeated Boris Becker 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Swiss Open in Gstaad, denying the German a landmark 50th career singles title and first ever on clay. Spaniard Corretja, a French Open finalist this year, earned his sixth career title and his second this season. In Newport, R.I., Leander Paes of India defeated Neville Godwin of South Africa 6-3, 6-2 to win his first tournament title, the Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. CYCLING: Belgium's Tom Steels, disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. from last year's race for throwing a water bottle at a racer, overcame stiff winds and a crash involving a half-dozen riders to win the first stage of the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and , in Dublin, Ireland. Steels completed the 112-mile course in 4 hours, 29 minutes, 58 seconds. HOCKEY: The Pittsburgh Penguins appear resigned to losing captain Ron Francis to a four-year, $20.8 million offer from the Carolina Hurricanes, the franchise for which he played when they were the Hartford Whalers. The Hurricanes and Buffalo Sabres are bidding for the 35-year-old Francis, the ninth-leading scorer in NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there history with 1,434 points. The Penguins, who have lost an estimated $37.5 million the past two seasons, aren't bidding. FOOTBALL: College football takes center stage at ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. this season as the network begins its coverage with the Pigskin and Kickoff classics next month and finishes up with the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4, 1999. ABC released its schedule Sunday. The Pigskin Classic matches Purdue at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. on Aug. 30, and the Kickoff Classic has Florida State against Texas A&M at Giants Stadium in a night game on Aug. 31. Another big game: Notre Dame at USC, Nov. 28, 8 p.m. Former Notre Dame football Lou Holtz says he's ``mystified'' by remarks current coach Bob Davie made questioning Holtz's mental stability during the 1996 season. During testimony Saturday in an age-discrimination lawsuit former assistant Joe Moore has filed against Notre Dame, Davie said he speculated to another assistant that Holtz was having mental problems. |
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