■ Baseball
Jones to play in Japan
Chicago Cubs outfielder Jacque Jones was added on Saturday to US Major League Baseball's roster for its All-Star tour of Japan, completing the 27-man squad. Jones hit .285 with 27 home runs and 81 RBIs this year, his first with the Cubs. The Japan All-Star Series 2006 will consist of five games in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka from Nov. 3 to Nov. 8. The US MLB team also will face the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo on Nov. 2. New San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy will manage the team.
■ Triathlon
Aussies dominate at Noosa
Australians Craig Walton and Felicity Abram won the Olympic-distance Noosa Triathlon in Australia yesterday while world and Commonwealth Games champion Emma Snowsill placed third despite an injury. Walton, who is recovering from glandular fever, led throughout the men's race to finish in a time of 1 hour, 47 minutes and 46 seconds for the 1,500m swim, 40km cycle and 10k run. New Zealanders Bevan Docherty and Kris Gemmell placed second and third. Australian Snowsill finished behind Abram -- the world bronze medalist who won Sunday in 2:00.23 -- and Australia's Annabel Luxford. Snowsill, who was trying to win her fourth Noosa title in a row, suffered a badly sprained ankle in a training run on Friday.
■ Hockey
Bomb threat halts game
Police stopped a game in Sweden's first-division ice hockey league during the third period and evacuated the packed arena after receiving a bomb threat. The game between Farjestad and Modo in Karlstad in southern Sweden was stopped with less than eight minutes to go in the third period with host Modo leading 2-0. Police said two bomb threats against the arena were called in during the game, which caused officials to stop play and evacuate the 8,250 people in Lofbergs Lila arena. "In this case, the threat was deemed serious," police spokesman Christer Loof said. It was unclear whether Modo would be awarded the win or if the game would resume at a later date. Police dogs were called in to search the arena during the evening, but no bomb was immediately found.
■ Boxing
Trevor Berbick found dead
Former heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard on Saturday with chop wounds to his head in a suspected homicide. Berbick, who was believed to be 52 and was beset by legal problems following his retirement from the ring, lost his heavyweight title to Mike Tyson and was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali. Berbick's body was discovered at about 6:30am in his hometown parish of Portland, Jamaica, constable Beverly Howell said. Police have arrested a man whom they are interrogating at the Port Antonio police station, Constable Sheldon Francis said.
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