■ Tennis
Russia's cup team named
Marat Safin and Nikolay Davydenko will play for Russia in the Davis Cup final against Argentina. Mikhail Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov will also be on the team, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. Both teams were due to be officially announced by the International Tennis Federation yesterday. The final is scheduled for Dec. 1 to Dec. 3 and will be played on carpet at the Olympic Indoor Stadium in Moscow.
■ Boxing
Hatton to hit Vegas
British fighter Ricky Hatton will challenge Colombia's Juan Urango for his former IBF light-welterweight title in Las Vegas on Jan. 20. Hatton relinquished the WBA welterweight title he won by beating Luis Collazo in Boston in May. He is moving up a division to try to reclaim the IBF crown he took from Kostya Tszyu in June last year. Hatton hopes to line up a fight against former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo, who is scheduled to appear on the same card in Las Vegas. It will be Hatton's first fight in the city. "It was always one of my goals to top the bill in Las Vegas," he said on Monday. "The era of Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran was what got me into boxing and all their fights were there." The unbeaten Urango claimed the vacant IBF title with a win over Naoufel Ben Rabah last June in Hollywood, Florida.
■ College Football
Talley closes in on record
John Talley only wishes his Duke team could have enjoyed his success. The senior cornerback had a spectacular season, but the Blue Devils suffered through a woeful one (0-11, 0-7). They've lost 19 straight and haven't beaten a Division I-A team in more than two years. Talley leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with seven interceptions and is tied for fourth nationally. "It's real tough, because I'm not one to brag or boast about my individual stats," Talley said Monday. "I'd love to have the wins instead of personal success." Talley enters his final college game against rival North Carolina with 18 career interceptions, two shy of the record held by the Tar Heels' Dre Bly. He might have a shot to tie or surpass that mark, because no ACC team has thrown more interceptions than the Tar Heels No. 17. "He's a guy who hasn't really ever wavered," coach Ted Roof said. "He's only gotten stronger and better in the way that he works and the way that he approaches the game."
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