Silver to McGee, Mactier into final
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There were a couple of near misses for Australia on the second night of track cycling competition, with a silver medal to Brad McGee in the 4000m individual pursuit and fourth place to the team sprint trio.
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Travis Moen helped shut down Ottawa's big three, then scored a goal that trio would have been proud of. Moen, part of Anaheim's primary checking unit, took a pass in the slot from Rob Niedermayer and snapped the puck past Ray Emery with 2:51 left, giving the Ducks a 3-2 victory over the Senators in the Stanley Cup finals opener Monday night.
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A fired-up Lleyton Hewitt defused hard-hitting Andy Roddick 6-3 6-2 on Saturday, scurrying into the final of the Masters Cup for the third time in four years.
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Agassi, Hewitt advance: Andre Agassi continued to make quick work of the field at the Legg Mason tournament in Washington, DC, winning 6-4, 6-4 yesterday over Paul-Henri Mathieu to reach the tournament&#39;s semifinals for the seventh consecutive year.
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Paul Casey beat Ryder Cup team-mate Colin Montgomerie 6&5 in the World Match Play semi-finals at Wentworth.
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Maurice Greene grabbed the baton and accelerated toward the finish, blowing past a Nigerian and reeling in Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis. But even the self-proclaimed greatest sprinter of all time could not make up for a sloppy handoff earlier in the race Saturday, and his chest crossed the line just a hair behind the Brit's. The Americans were forced to settle for silver by an excruciating hundredth of a second.
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Britain's Andy Murray moved into the final of the ATP tournament here on Saturday following a 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Paul-Henri Mathieu.
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FILDERSTADT, Germany  - Amelie Mauresmo  safeguarded her number one ranking for another week when she  beat fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-4 to reach the  final of the Filderstadt Grand Prix tennis tournament on  Saturday.
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Defending champion Justine Henin needed less than an hour to beat Marion Bartoli 6-1, 6-3 Friday to reach the final of the Eastbourne International.
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Lleyton Hewitt has an unexpected rival in the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic after Andre Agassi was beaten in straight sets by unheralded Luxembourg player Gilles Muller on Saturday.
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Roger Federer beat Andre Agassi in last year&#39;s hardcourt final to go 5-0 for the week and corral $1.5 million...Hewitt captured the Masters Cup back-to- back in 2001 and 2002...This year&#39;s winner will collect at least $1 million, while and undefeated
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Serena Williams of the United States reached the final of the WTA Championship Sunday by beatingAmelie Mauresmo 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in the semifinals in Los Angeles.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the final of the Swisscom Challenge, defeating fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in one of Saturday&#39;s semifinals.
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Today&#39;s BB&amp;T Classic final will feature two teams that used their athletic ability to overmatch opponents yesterday. Maryland outran George Mason, relying on its man-to-man defense to spark transition offense.
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Cristie Kerr claimed her third tournament of the year, overcoming a shaky final round and a strong challenge from Christina Kim to win the State Farm Classic yesterday in Springfield, Ill.
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Second-seeded Jiri Novak beat Wesley Moodie 6-3, 6-3 Saturday to advance to the final of the Millennium Tennis Championships.
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GSTAAD, Switzerland  - Richard Gasquet, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Gael Monfils completed a perfect day for French players at the Swiss Open on Thursday when all three progressed to the quarter-finals.