BRIEFLY WILLIAMS SISTERS ON TARGET AGAIN.

Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire services

The streak of Sister Slams could be extended at the French Open.

The rankings no longer guarantee that Serena and Venus Williams will be seeded opposite each other in the final of a tournament, but the draw at Roland Garros put them on opposite sides of the field Friday.

Serena beat Venus to win last year's French Open, a result they duplicated at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2002, and again at the Australian Open in January.

That made them the first two women in Grand Slam history - siblings or otherwise - to meet in four consecutive finals.

With Venus ranked third, she could have been placed in top-ranked Serena's half of the bracket at the French Open, where play starts Monday.

Instead, Serena's potential semifinal opponent is fourth-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium. Venus could have a final-four matchup against No. 2 Kim Clijsters, another Belgian and the 2001 French Open runner-up.

--Top-seeded Chanda Rubin will play for the title today in the Spainish Open against Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo after defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the semifinals.

This is the 15th WTA Tour final for Rubin, whose fifth and last title came in August in Manhattan Beach.

--Top-seeded Andy Roddick reached the final of the Raiffeisen Grand Prix in St. Poelten, Austria, when David Sanchez quit in the second set with a leg injury. Roddick will play Nikolay Davydenko today for the title in the clay-court event leading into the French Open.

OLYMPICS: Moscow officially entered the race for the 2012 Summer Olympics, putting the Russian capital in competition with New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Havana and Leipzig, Germany.

The International Olympic Committee will make its final decision in Singapore on July 6, 2005.

SOCCER: David Beckham will be sidelined up to two months with a broken wrist but plans to play for Manchester United's tour of the United States in July.

England's star captain broke the bone between his right thumb and wrist in the national soccer team's 2-1 exhibition win over South Africa in Durban on Thursday.

Manchester United, the Premier League champion, will play Scotland's Celtic in Seattle on July 22, Mexico's Club America at the Coliseum on July 27, Italy's Juventus in Giants Stadium on July 31 and Spain's Barcelona in Philadelphia on Aug. 3.

Last year, Beckham broke a bone in his foot playing for Manchester United in a Champions League game. He recovered in time to play in all of England's World Cup games last summer.

FOOTBALL: New York Giants defensive tackle Keith Hamilton was charged with cocaine and marijuana possession after his car was stopped for having tinted windows.

Hamilton was released on his own recognizance.

--Green Bay Packers defensive end Joe Johnson was charged with marijuana possession after a deputy saw his car stopped on the highway in Georgia. Johnson posted bond of $1,625 and was released from jail.

COLLEGES: NCAA president Myles Brand said he is staying out of the fight as the Atlantic Coast Conference tries to lure Miami, Syracuse and Boston College from the Big East.

``The role of the NCAA is to support our member institutions,'' Brand said. ``However they align is up to them.''

Last week, the ACC voted to invite the three Big East schools to join its conference. The Big East responded by making a pitch intended to keep the schools from moving.

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Chanda Rubin returns to Iroda Tulyaganova during her semifinal win Friday in the Spanish Open, a warmup to next week's French Open.

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