BRIEFLY.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Reports Bomb at Spain's Olympic site A car bomb exploded Saturday near a Madrid stadium used to promote the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics after a warning call by the Basque separatist group ETA, officials said. No injuries were reported. The bomb went off about 7 p.m. at a parking lot outside the Peineta track and field complex, the Interior Ministry said. The parking lot was nearly empty at the time and the blast, which came after a warning call made in ETA's name to the Basque daily newspaper Gara, caused little damage, the ministry said. ETA, blamed for killing more than 800 people since launching its fight for Basque independence in 1968, frequently makes warning calls to Gara. The group, whose initials stand for Basque Homeland and Freedom, wants independence for the three-province Basque region in northern Spain. VOLLEYBALL: Americans Misty May and Kerri Walsh Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American beach volleyball player. Walsh was born in California to Tim and Margie Walsh and grew up in Saratoga, California. As a high school student, she played on the varsity team at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. won their second straight title at the Beach Volleyball For the ball used in this sport, see . Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. World Championships in Berlin, defeating top-seeded Juliana Felisberta Juliana Felisberta Silva (born July 22, 1983 in Santos, Brazil) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Larissa França. Silva and Larissa Franca in the final. The reigning Olympic and world champions defeated the Brazilian pair 21-17, 21-17. Apart from two forfeit losses at the last worlds in Brazil, when May injured an abdominal muscle abdominal muscle Any of the muscles of the front and side walls of the abdominal cavity. Three flat layers—the external oblique, internal oblique, and transverse abdominis muscles—extend from each side of the spine between the lower ribs and the hipbone. , the Americans haven't lost an international match since July 2003. ``It wasn't easy. These girls are tough,'' Walsh said. ``These girls don't make mistakes and they're fearless. That's a scary thing in a young team. They'll take you out any way they can.'' The win marked the American pair's 16th international title in 22 finals. They are 186-27 since teaming up in 2001. BASEBALL: After totaling just five at-bats over 57 games during his freshman season at San Jose State, former Canyon High baseball standout Drew Peterson has left the college. He plans to play at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. this spring. ``San Jose State wasn't the right place for me,'' Peterson said. - Gerry Gittelson HORSE RACING: English Channel won the $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup The Colonial Turf Cup is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 2005 at Colonial Downs race track in New Kent County, Virginia. A Grade III event, it is raced on turf at a distance of 9.5 Furlongs (1 and three sixteenths miles) and is open to three-year-old horses. at Colonial Downs in Providence Forge, Va., the first leg of the Grand Slam of Grass The Grand Slam of Grass is a series of American Thoroughbred horse races made up of four turf events for three-year-old horses. The series offers a $2 million bonus for any horse who wins all four races. . English Channel, ridden by John Velazquez, covered the 1 3/16 miles on the Secretariat Turf Course in 1:56:37. The victory was the fourth in five career starts for English Channel, who is owned by James Scatuorchio. The next race in the slam is the $750,000 Virginia Derby on July 16 at Colonial Downs. It also will include the $400,000 Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park in Chicago on Aug. 13, and the Grade 1 $2 million John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. The race's current title sponsor is John Deere. on Oct. 29 at Belmont Park in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The slam offers a $3 million bonus for any horse sweeping all four races. FOOTBALL Texas A&M officials are planning to construct an indoor practice facility for football, and coach Dennis Franchione - who said A&M would be the final stop in his coaching career - is giving $1 million toward its construction. TRACK AND FIELD: Svetlana Cherkasova of Russia ran the fastest women's 800 meters this season at the Znamensky Brothers Memorial event in Kazan, Russia, clocking 1 minute, 56.93 seconds. |
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