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■ BASEBALL

Trainer beefs up legal team

Trainer Brian McNamee is adding a prominent New York attorney to his legal team as he tries to fight claims by Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens that McNamee lied when naming the ace a dope cheat. The New York Times reported on Saturday that Richard Emery, who in October won a major settlement in a case regarding inmates being strip-searched, is set to assist McNamee's legal team in defending McNamee in allegations by Clemens. McNamee, who worked with New York Yankees pitchers Clemens and Andy Petitte for years, revealed in the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball earlier this month that both pitchers had used performance-enhancing drugs.



■ CRICKET

Pietersen marries pop singer

England cricket star Kevin Pietersen married pop singer Jessica Taylor in a private ceremony on Saturday, a spokesman said. Hampshire batsman Pietersen and Taylor, who topped the British singles charts with her former band Liberty X, married at St. Andrew's Church in the picturesque village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, south-west England. Henry Jacob of The Outside Organization, which represents both the 27-year-olds, said: "We can confirm that today Kevin Pietersen and Jessica Taylor were married. "The private wedding was attended by close family, relatives and friends of the couple. They are now going away on their honeymoon and will return to the UK in January."



■ ICE HOCKEY

Sweden beats Canada 4-3

Tobias Forsberg scored with seven seconds left to help Sweden edge defending champion Canada 4-3 on Saturday and move atop Group A at the Under-20 World Ice Hockey Championship. Sweden leads the group with nine points from three games, Canada has six. The winner of each group directly qualifies for the semi-finals, while the second and third teams advance to the quarterfinals to play for the two remaining semi-final spots. Canada wasted a two goal lead after Brand Marschand scored the opening goal 55 seconds before the first period's end and Shawn Matthias made it 2-0 2:17 into the third period. Sweden rallied on goals by Eric Moe, Tony Lagerstrom and Oscar Moller.



■ SOCCER

Cagliari finds new coach

Serie A tailenders Cagliari ended their farcical search for a coach on Saturday by appointing Davide Ballardini. Ballardini takes over at the relegation-threatened Sardinian based club after a 10-day period which saw former coach Nedo Sonetti briefly resume his post following the refusal of his predecessor Marco Giampaolo to take the job. "Cagliari would like to announce that Davide Ballardini is the new coach," said a statement on the club's Web site. "He replaces Nedo Sonetti, whom the club would like to thank for the very professional manner in which he carried out his duties.



■ SOCCER

Antlers beat Frontale 1-0

New J-League champions Kashima Antlers neared a Japanese football double on Saturday when they beat Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 in the Emperor's Cup semi-finals. Kashima will clash with relegation-bound Hiroshima Sanfrecce, who beat J-League Cup winners Gamba Osaka 3-1 in the other semi-final, tomorrow for the title of the traditional tournament, which is also open to amateur teams. Masashi Motoyama scored the winner for Kashima at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
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