TRACK AND FIELD: Jeremy Wariner of the United States ran the world's fastest 400 meters this year at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, while Tyson Gay helped the Americans set a meet record in the 400-meter relay.
Wariner finished in 44.13 seconds to take 0.27 off the season's best time, set by Jamaica's Jermaine Gonzales at the Monaco Diamond League meet last month.
Gonzales was second in 44.51 and Angelo Taylor of the United States finished third in 44.72.
Gay, Trell Kimmons, Wallace Spearmon and anchor Michael Rodgers finished in 37.45 seconds to beat a Jamaica quartet by 0.31 in the 400-meter relay.
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 100 in a photo finish with Carmelita Jeter of the United States, at 10.89.
GOLF: Arjun Atwal tied a tournament record with a 61 at Sedgefield Country Club while taking a 2-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
D.A. Weibring rallied with birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 to shoot a 5-under 67 and share the first-round lead with Tom Lehman at the Jeld-Wen Tradition in Sunriver, Ore., the fourth of five majors on the Champions Tour.
Tiger Woods officially entered the Barclays, which starts Thursday. It's the first of four playoff events that conclude with a $10 million prize to the winner of the yearlong FedEx Cup competition.
WNBA: Nicole Powell scored 20 points, Cappie Pondexter had 16 and the host New York Liberty beat the Tulsa Shock, 95-85, for their 10th straight victory.
TENNIS: Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray were pushed before moving on to the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters in Mason, Ohio.
Nadal survived a set point in the second-set tiebreaker, then surged to a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory over Julien Benneteau. Murray battled Ernests Gulbis for a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) victory.
NHL: Defenseman Freddy Meyer, a former Flyer, has signed with Atlanta.
- Wire reports
