■ RugbySouth Africa wins Sevens
Captain Marc de Marigny scored eight minutes into sudden-death, extra time Sunday to give South Africa a thrilling 24-19 win over Argentina and the Singapore Sevens title. "It was a lucky bounce of the ball, it could have gone either way," said South Africa coach Paul Treu, of de Marigny's try. "It was just tense in the last five minutes." With scores tied at 19-19, and the ball in South Africa's hands from four meters out, de Marigny took possession, slipped inside the Pumas' last man for the final score before his teammates surrounded him.
■ Tennis
Roddick handed title
Andy Roddick was handed the Nasdaq-100 Open title on Sunday after a back injury forced Guillermo Coria to retire with the score at 6-7 6-3 6-1 to the American in the best of five-set final. "Even when Guillermo's hurt he's still faster than 95 percent of the players on the tour," said Roddick. "It's tough to play when you're injured, especially in a big tournament like this. It's a great effort." Argentine Coria sustained the injury at 4-4 in the first set when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back after a rally.
■ Soccer
Beckham denies affair
England soccer captain David Beckham has denied newspaper allegations that he had an affair with his former personal assistant but failed yesterday to stop media speculation about the state of his marriage. British tabloids were full of intimate details of the alleged affair between Beckham, 28, and 26-year-old Rebecca Loos following Sunday's original News of the World story, including a series of explicit text messages the paper said was sent between the couple. The Real Madrid midfielder issued a statement describing the story as "ludicrous."
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