Briefs | Serena Williams overwhelms top-ranked Henin

Tennis

American wins final 10 games in Key Biscayne: American Serena Williams made the world's top-ranked woman resemble a beginner, routing Justine Henin of Belgium 6-2, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Williams won the final 10 games Tuesday by playing nearly flawless tennis. Henin unraveled after she double-faulted three times to fall behind 4-2.

Williams, ranked eighth, had lost their past three meetings.

At a postmatch news conference, an exchange regarding the 26-year-old Williams' fitness produced laughter.

Reporter: "So many people here at the tournament have been buzzing about just how good you look physically on the court. You've not looked this good since ... Can you finish that sentence?"

Williams: "Since 1982."

Reporter: "Serious question."

Williams: "That was a serious answer."

Venus Williams, Serena's sister, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4.

College football

Florida quarterback earns Sullivan Award: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the Heisman Trophy winner, claimed the 78th AAU Sullivan Award in New York. The Sullivan Award is presented to the nation's most outstanding amateur athlete in any sport.

UCLA, Tennessee to play on Labor Day: UCLA, coached by former Washington coach Rick Neuheisel, and Tennessee have agreed to play Sept. 1 — a 5 p.m. Labor Day game in Pasadena, Calif., to be televised nationally on ESPN. The game previously was scheduled for Sept. 6.

Montana State to visit Kansas State: Montana State will play at Kansas State on Sept. 6. Peter Fields, Montana State athletic director, said the school will receive a $350,000 guarantee.

Golf

Knost wins: Colt Knost, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, beat British Amateur champ Drew Weaver 2-and-1 in the Georgia Cup in Alpharetta, Ga.

Auto racing

FIA's Mosley rejects calls to resign: Max Mosley said he will remain FIA president despite calls for him to resign because of his alleged role in a sex scandal.

He wrote to officials at his organization — the governing board of Formula One — and acknowledged his embarrassment and asked for support.

The News of the World, a British tabloid, Sunday accused the 67-year-old Mosley of engaging in sex acts with five prostitutes in a scenario that involved Nazi role-playing. Though he didn't deny participating, Mosley said there was no "Nazi connotation to the matter."

Soccer

Manchester United, Barcelona win: Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney scored as Manchester United of England defeated host AS Roma of Italy 2-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

The second and final leg of the total-goals series is April 8 in Manchester.

In another first-leg quarterfinal, 17-year-old Bojan Krkic scored in the 12th minute to give Barcelona of Spain a 1-0 victory at Germany's Schalke.

MLS injuries: Forward Taylor Twellman of Major League Soccer's New England Revolution has torn cartilage in his right knee and is expected to miss at least six weeks.

Forward Carlos Ruiz of the Los Angeles Galaxy had arthroscopic knee surgery and will be out from four to six weeks.

Jurisprudence

CAS agenda: Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius' appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a ruling making the South African ineligible to compete at this year's Beijing Olympics will be heard April 29 and 30 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

American sprinter Justin Gatlin, the Olympic 100-meter winner, will have his appeal of a four-year doping ban heard May 28 and 29. He is seeking to compete in this year's Olympics.

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