BRIEFLY : SPAIN REIGN IS REGAINED BY ARANTXA.Spain's Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario regained her World No. 2 ranking by rallying in gusting winds Sunday to win the $450,000 Rexona Cup in Hamburg, Germany, over Conchita Martinez 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0. Sanchez-Vicario, who won the tournament for the third time, will reclaim her spot as world No. 2 from Martinez in next week's ranking, just one week after her compatriot com·pa·tri·ot n. 1. A person from one's own country. 2. A colleague. [French compatriote, from Late Latin compatri had wrestled the spot away. Martinez, the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre , led in the second-set tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie at 4-2 before she fell apart, losing five straight points and then being blitzed blitzed adj. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. in the final set. It was her ninth loss in 12 career meetings against Sanchez-Vicario. Karim Alami Karim Alami (Arabic: كريم علمي) (born May 24, 1973 in Casablanca) is a tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990. became the first player from Morocco to win an 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. event with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Nicklas Kulti Nicklas Kulti (born April 22 1971, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open. in the $328,000 AT&T Challenge in Atlanta. Alami, who beat defending champion Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American former professional tennis player. in Saturday's semifinals, relied on his impressive serve, which topped out at 126 mph. Second-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia beat defending champion Czech Bohdan Ulihrach 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, to win the $360,000 Czech Open clay-court tournament in Prague. It was Kafelnikov's second title this year. Unseeded Slava Dosedel of the Czech Republic made Carlos Moya his latest upset victim, sweeping past the young Spaniard in three sets to capture the BMW Open in Munich. VOLLEYBALL Fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana Harris and Linda Hanley upset top-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno 12-11 to win the $50,000 Hermosa Beach Open on the professional beach tour. OLYMPICS In Munich, Yugoslavia beat Australia in straight games to qualify for the Olympics in men's volleyball for the first time in 16 years. Yugoslavia became the 10th of 12 teams to qualify, joining the United States, Italy, Brazil, Cuba, The Netherlands, Russia, Argentina, South Korea and Tunisia. Poland beat Japan in Patras, Greece, to win the four-nation men's Olympic Volleyball Qualifying tournament and a berth in the Atlanta Olympics. The United States got a difficult group in the draw for the Olympic soccer tournament, winding up with games against co-favorite Argentina, Portugal and Tunisia. The United States opens against Argentina on July 20 at Birmingham, Ala., then plays Tunisia at Birmingham two days later. The Americans play Portugal at Washington's RFK RFK Robert F. Kennedy RFK Robotfindskitten (game) RFK Razorfen Kraul (World of Warcraft) RFK Ride For Kids RFK Request for Knowledge RFK Raum Funktionales Konzept Stadium on July 24. The top two teams advance to the quarterfinals of the 16-team tournament. Jim Terrell easily won the canoe 500 meters in Gainesville, Fla., and qualified for a second event at the 1996 Olympics. Terrell, 31, qualified for his fourth Olympics Saturday by placing second in the canoe 1,000 meters. HOCKEY Martin Prochazka broke a tie with 19 seconds left after Robert Lang scored two goals as the Czech Republic beat Canada 4-2 in Vienna to win its first gold in the world hockey championships since the country emerged three years ago from the split of the former Czechoslovakia. TRACK AND FIELD World record-holder Butch Reynolds won the 400 meters in 44.7 seconds in the Jesse Owens Track Classic in Columbus, Ohio, the second-fastest time in the world this year. Joseph Kimani of Kenya ran a world-best time of 27 minutes, 20 seconds for a 10-kilometer road course to win the Men's 10K Run at the 19th annual Revco/Cleveland Marathon and 10K Run. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). . In Anchorage, Alaska, Rick Swenson has won his appeal of a decision that forced him out of this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race U.S. dogsled race. It is held each March and run over a route between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska. It originated in 1967 as a race of about 25 mi (40 km), but by 1973 it had evolved into the current race, a 1,100-mi (1,800-km) trek roughly tracing after the death of one of his dogs. The Iditarod's appeals board announced its unanimous decision late Saturday after more than a day and a half of testimony from mushers, race officials and Swenson. The ruling should clear Swenson's reputation, which was one of his goals in filing the appeal. . . . Defending champion Lance Armstrong won his third stage of the Tour DuPont bicycle race (which finished in Roanoke, Va.). CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario: Sanchez-Vicario kisses thetrophy after beating Conchita Martinez in the Hamburg final. 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