BRIEFLY SLOVAKIA CLAIMS FED CUP.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Slovakia beat Spain for its first Fed Cup title Sunday. In Maspalomas, Canary Islands Canary Islands, Span. Islas Canarias, group of seven islands (1990 pop. 1,589,403), 2,808 sq mi (7,273 sq km), autonomous region of Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara. They constitute two provinces of Spain. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1990 pop. , the Slovaks won both singles to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five competition. Spain was trying for a sixth Fed Cup title. Daniela Hantuchova beat Conchita Martinez 6-7 (8-10), 7-5, 6-4 and Janette Husarova downed Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-0, 6-2. The doubles match was canceled. Sanchez-Vicario played her record 100th Fed Cup match, but she was barely able to run after straining her right thigh during Thursday's semifinal. --Serena and Venus Williams Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked the world's No. 1 female tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. are the top two seeds in the season-ending WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) Championships. Top-seeded Serena Williams will open play against Israel's Anna Smashnova on Thursday. Venus Williams is seeded second and will play Patty Schnyder of Switzerland when the $3 million tournament begins Wednesday at Staples Center. --Marat Safin won his first title of the year, beating Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (7-4), 6-0, 6-4 to win the Paris Masters for the second time. --Cedric Pioline is retiring from tennis, ending a 13-year career for the former Wimbledon and U.S. Open runner-up. BASKETBALL: Westchester forward Trevor Ariza, who insisted last week he hadn't committed to UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , did so. Villa Park of Orange forward Sean Phaler visited UCLA over the weekend. --CSUN sophomore Katie Bartsch, the only returning player from last year's 2-24 team, scored 15 points and had eight rebounds as the Matadors fell 71-47 in an exhibition game against Love & Basketball at Northridge gym. Freshman Ofa Tulikihihifo added nine points and seven rebounds. Kim Gildersleeve finished with eight points and five assists. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge will have one more exhibition game against P&P Lady Express on Nov. 15 before opening the season at home against Portland State on Nov. 22. OLYMPICS: USA Boxing was placed on probation by the U.S. Olympic Committee for failing to meet its obligations as a national governing body. USAB USAB United States Activities Board (IEEE) USAB USA Bowling USAB United States Army, Berlin USAB United States Army barracks (US DoD) USAB United States Airforce Base (less common) has until Dec. 1 to comply or the USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. executive committee will revoke its USOC membership and its standing as a national governing body. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion