Auto Racing
Logano makes it 4 in a row at Dover International
DOVER, Del. – Joey Logano won again at Dover International Speedway, taking the checkered flag in the track’s Nationwide Series race for the fourth consecutive time.
Logano won from the pole Saturday. Kyle Larson was second, followed by Kevin Harvick, Brian Vickers and Elliott Sadler. Points leader Sam Hornish Jr. was 17th.
Logano dominated at the end and never was seriously threatened for the win on the mile track. The Chase for the Sprint Cup championship contender has yet to transfer his success at NASCAR’s second-tier level to the Sprint Cup series. He has had only one top-five finish in nine career Cup starts at Dover.
Logano will start 11th in the Sprint Cup AAA 400 on Sunday, race three of the Chase.
Cycling
Vos the boss at road cycling world championships
FLORENCE, Italy – Marianne Vos won her third title in the road race at the world championships Saturday and reinforced her status as the top rider in women’s cycling.
The Dutchwoman attacked on the final climb of the 87-mile race with about 3 miles to go, adding to her titles from 2006 and last year.
Vos, who also won the road race at the London Olympics and has world and Olympic titles in cyclocross and track cycling, clocked 3 hours, 44 minutes along the route from Montecatini Terme to Florence.
Emma Johansson of Sweden finished second, 15 seconds behind, and Rossella Ratto of Italy crossed third with the same time.
Durangoan Kristin McGrath finished 32nd, and Durangoan Carmen Small, who finished with a pair of medals at worlds, did not finish the road race.
Day 1 of his new presidency, Cookson names his 3 VPs
FLORENCE, Italy – Newly elected UCI leader Brian Cookson appointed the heads of three continental cycling confederations as his vice presidents Saturday, and he clarified his relationship with Russian backer Igor Makarov.
With the support of the UCI’s management committee, Cookson selected David Lappartient of France, Mohamed Wagih Azzam of Egypt and Tracey Gaudry of Australia as vice presidents. They head the European, African and Oceania confederations, respectively.
Cookson defeated incumbent Pat McQuaid 24-18 in a fiercely contested vote Friday that is being hailed as key to moving the sport forward from its doping-infested past.
High School Football
Union High of Roosevelt returns to the gridiron
ROOSEVELT, Utah – A high school football team in rural Utah returned to the field after it was hit by unique suspensions for off-field misconduct.
Union High of Roosevelt lost its homecoming game 41-21 on Friday night, a week after coach Matt Labrum took the entire team’s jerseys away because of problems of skipping classes, not doing homework, bullying classmates over the Internet and disrespecting teachers.
Instead of practicing Monday and Tuesday, Labrum ordered the team to pull weeds, wash windows and visit two nursing homes in the town of 6,100 about 100 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
Labrum, who lifted the suspensions for most of the players Wednesday, said the lessons his players learned this week will last long after Friday night’s loss to Emery.
Tennis
Kvitova defeats Kerber to win the Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO – Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 to win the Pan Pacific Open title Saturday.
The seventh-seeded Kvitova hit a crosscourt forehand to the corner to close out the match in 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, won her 11th career title and second of the year.
Associated Press
