■ Golf
Teenager wins in Evian
American teenager Paula Creamer's final round of 1-under 71 in Evian, France on Saturday saw her win the Evian Masters by eight shots. The 18-year-old from Mountain View, California, finished at 15-under 273 to dominate the 78-woman field and claim the second title of her rookie season. Tied for second were 15-year-old amateur Michelle Wie and Mexico's Lorena Ochoa. Canada's Lorrie Kane took fourth place at 282. "It's a good feeling with the leaderboard getting younger and younger," Creamer said. "I've just had a great week. Just the strength of this field and the Evian ensemble makes it huge for me to win here. It means an awful lot."
■ Sumo
Asashoryu takes Cup
Grand champion Asashoryu dispatched Tochiazuma yesterday to win his 13th Emperor's Cup on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Fighting in the day's final bout at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, the Mongolian-born yokozuna held off a series of arm thrusts from Tochiazuma before working his opponent to the edge of the ring and lifting him by the belt over the straw ridge. Asashoryu finished the tournament at 13-2 to capture his fifth straight title. Tochiazuma dropped to 9-5. Bulgarian-born komusubi Kotooshu, who entered the final day tied for the lead with Asashoryu, was quickly thrown off balance by Wakanosato and pushed to the dirt. Kotooshu would have faced a possible winner-takes-all playoff with Asashoryu had he won. Kotooshu dropped to 12-3, while Wakanosato improved to 11-4.
■ Diving
China gathers more gold
Olympic champion Hu Jia won the 10m platform title Saturday at swimming's World Championships, giving China its fourth diving gold medal. Hu rallied to win on his last dive, a backward double somersault with one twist. He finished with 698.01 points. Cuba's Jose Antonio Guerra was second with 691.14, earning his country's first diving medal in the World Championships. Gleb Galperin of Russia rose from sixth to third on his last dive, taking the bronze with 656.19. Hu's teammate, Yang Jinghui, was seventh. He was in contention for the bronze until he botched his fourth dive. Bryan Nickson, a 15-year-old diver from Malaysia, was ninth among 12 finalists.
■ Hockey
Flyers buy out contracts
The Philadelphia Flyers have bought out the contracts of five-time National Hockey League All-Star forwards John LeClair and Tony Amonte. The 36-year-old LeClair spent 10 years with the Flyers, and was a member of the famed "Legion of Doom" line with Eric Lindros and Mikael Renberg in the mid-1990s. LeClair, who entered the lockout due US$9 million in the final year of a five-year contract, was to make US$6.84 million after the league-wide 24 percent pay cut. "Obviously I'm disappointed," LeClair said. "But it was something I was prepared for. I knew it was a very realistic possibility for over a year now. My disappointment comes from knowing my years with the Flyers are over."
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