LACROSSE: Paul Rabil scored three goals Saturday to lead the United States to a 12-10 win over Canada for the Federation of International Lacrosse world championship in Manchester, England.
Rabil was named MVP of the tournament. Defenseman Kyle Sweeney, a Springfield (Delco) graduate, joined him on the all-world team. Former Wings and Barrage goalie Brian Dougherty, an Episcopal Academy grad, made 15 saves in the final, his highest total of the tournament.
BOXING: Top Rank chief Bob Arum said that Manny Pacquiao will fight former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito in a junior-middleweight bout on Nov. 13 after the promoter could not get a deal signed against former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. The location has not been decided.
SOCCER: Tyler Pollock's goal gave the Crew Juniors from Ohio a 1-0 win over the FC Delco Hammerheads for the under-19 boys' title in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Overland Park, Kan.
SOFTBALL: Jessica Mendoza doubled twice and drove in four runs, and Monica Abbott threw a one-hitter for the United States in an 8-0 win over Japan (2-2) in the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City.
The Americans have not allowed a run or an extra-base hit in four World Cup wins.
TENNIS: No. 2 seed John Isner had 20 aces as he survived another challenge to his endurance, beating the heat and unseeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa, 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, in Johns Creek, Ga., to reach the Atlanta Tennis Championships final.
Isner, who won the longest match in history - a three-day, 183-game match at Wimbledon last month, will face Mardy Fish on Sunday. The No. 6 seed upset top-seeded Andy Roddick, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
COLLEGES: West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins was hospitalized with four broken ribs Friday after an accidental fall at a hotel in Las Vegas during a recruiting trip, ESPN.com reported. Athletic director Oliver Luck said that Huggins would be fine.
SOAP BOX DERBY: Sean Brown, 14, of Spotsylvania, Va., rolled to victory in the Rally Super Stock Division of the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio.
Brown won in the car that had been driven by his late sister Carol Anne, who was 18 when she committed suicide last year on Easter.
Megan Gongaware, 12, won the Stock title - giving Akron its record 16th national champion.
- Staff and wire reports
