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Published: July 4, 2009

Tennis

PROFESSIONAL

Wimbledon

(At Wimbledon, England)

Men's singles semifinals

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Tommy Haas (24), Germany, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3; Andy Roddick (6), United States, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5).

Women's doubles semifinals

Serena and Venus Williams (4), United States, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, 6-1, 6-2; Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs (3), Australia, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (2), Spain, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2.

Mixed doubles semifinals

Leander Paes, India, and Cara Black (1), Zimbabwe, def. Stephen Huss, Australia, and Virginia Ruano Pascual (12), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Basketball

PROFESSIONAL

WNBA

EASTERN W L Pct GB

Indiana 7 2 .778 --

Chicago 6 4 .600 1½

Washington 5 4 .556 2

Connecticut 4 4 .500 2½

Atlanta 5 6 .455 3

New York 3 6 .333 4

Detroit 2 6 .250 4½

WESTERN W L Pct GB

Minnesota 7 4 .636 --

Phoenix 7 4 .636 --

Seattle 6 4 .600 ½

San Antonio 4 4 .500 1½

Los Angeles 3 5 .375 2½

Sacramento 2 8 .200 4½

Wednesday's Game

Phoenix 93, Seattle 81

Thursday's Games

Indiana 67, Connecticut 53

New York 80, Detroit 64

Sacramento 74, Minnesota 68

Friday's Games

Atlanta 72, Washington 65

San Antonio 85, Chicago 72

Saturday's Games

None scheduled

Sunday's Games

Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Connecticut at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9:30

Soccer

PROFESSIONAL

Major League Soccer

EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA

D.C. 5 3 8 23 25 24

Columbus 5 3 7 22 21 20

Toronto FC 6 6 4 22 21 25

Chicago 5 3 6 21 21 19

Kansas City 5 5 4 19 19 17

New England 4 4 4 16 15 20

New York 2 12 4 10 14 28

WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 8 3 4 28 20 10

Chivas USA 8 4 3 27 19 12

Seattle 6 3 7 25 24 15

Colorado 5 3 6 21 21 18

Real Salt Lake 5 6 4 19 22 17

Los Angeles 3 3 9 18 17 18

FC Dallas 3 7 5 14 18 24

San Jose 3 8 3 12 17 27

Friday's Game

San Jose at Real Salt Lake, late

Saturday's Games

D.C. United at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 9 p.m.

New York at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.

New England at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

Saturday, July 11

Houston at Seattle, 4 p.m.

Kansas City at New England, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Chicago, 8 p.m.

FC Dallas at Colorado, 9:30

Toronto FC at San Jose, 10:30

Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 11 p.m

Women's Professional Soccer

W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 10 1 4 34 23 5

Boston 5 4 3 18 14 13

Saint Louis 5 5 2 17 11 12

Washington 4 5 4 16 18 21

Chicago 3 6 5 14 10 16

Sky Blue FC 3 6 3 12 8 11

FC Gold Pride 3 6 3 12 11 17

Wednesday's Game

Chicago 2, Washington 1

Saturday's Game

Boston at Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.

Sunday's Games

Los Angeles at Washington, 6 p.m.

Saint Louis at FC Gold Pride, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, July 8

Saint Louis at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Sunday, July 12

Sky Blue FC at Boston, 6 p.m.

FC Gold Pride at Chicago, 8 p.m.

CONCACAF Gold Cup

FIRST ROUND

Top two in each group and two best third-place teams advance to quarterfinals

GROUP A

W L T GF GA Pts

Canada 1 0 0 1 0 3

Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0

El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jamaica 0 1 0 0 1 0

Friday's Games

Canada 1, Jamaica 0

Costa Rica vs. El Salvador, late

Tuesday's Games

At Columbus, Ohio

Jamaica vs. Costa Rica, 7 p.m.

El Salvador vs. Canada, 9 p.m.

Friday, July 10

At Miami

Costa Rica vs. Canada, 7 p.m.

El Salvador vs. Jamaica, 9 p.m.

GROUP B

W L T GF GA Pts

Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hait i 0 0 0 0 0 0

Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0

United States 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saturday's Games

At Seattle

Honduras vs. Haiti, 7 p.m.

Grenada at United States, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, July 8

At Washington

Haiti vs. Grenada, 7 p.m.

Honduras at United States, 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 11

At Foxborough, Mass.

Haiti at United States, 7 p.m.

Honduras vs. Grenada, 9 p.m.

GROUP C

W L T GF GA Pts

Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0

Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sunday's Games

At Oakland, Calif.

Panama vs. Guadeloupe, 5 p.m.

Nicaragua vs. Mexico, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 9

At Houston

Guadeloupe vs. Nicaragua, 8 p.m.

Mexico vs. Panama, 10 p.m.

Sunday, July 12

At Glendale, Ariz.

Panama vs. Nicaragua, 5 p.m.

Mexico vs. Guadeloupe, 7 p.m.

QUARTERFINALS

Saturday, July 18

At Philadelphia

Group A winner vs. Group B runner-up, 5 p.m. or 8 p.m.

Group B winner vs. Group A or C third place, 5 p.m. or 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 19

At Arlington, Texas

Group C runner-up vs. Group A runner-up, 4 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Group C winner vs. Group A or B third place, 4 p.m. or 7 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Thursday, July 23

At Chicago

Philadelphia quarterfinal winners, 7 p.m. or 10 p.m.

Arlington quarterfinal winners, 7 p.m. or 10 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, July 26

At East Rutherford, N.J.

Semifinals winners, 3 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

MINNESOTA TWINS--Recalled LHP Brian Duensing from Rochester (IL). Assigned LHP Sean Henn to Rochester.

SEATTLE MARINERS--Activated RHP Shawn Kelley from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Mike Carp to Tacoma (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS--Purchased the contract of OF Dave Dellucci from Las Vegas (PCL). Designated INF-OF Russ Adams for assignment.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES--Placed 2B Kelly Johnson on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of INF Brooks Conrad from Gwinnett (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS--Placed INF Danny Richar on the 15-day DL. Activated 3B Edwin Encarnacion from the 60-day DL.

HOUSTON ASTROS--Agreed to terms with RHP Alexander Martinez, LHP Kilby Pena, RHP Enderson Franco, INF Luca Martone and INF Yonathan Mejia.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS--Agreed to terms with RHP A.J. Morris and LHP Paul Applebee.

Eastern League

TRENTON THUNDER--Announced OF Richie Robnett has been assigned to the team from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Announced RHP Jason Johnson has been assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and OF Jack Rye has been assigned to Tampa (FSL).

American Association

PENSACOLA PELICANS--Signed OF Adam Darby.

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS--Signed RHP Russ Fornea.

Atlantic League

LONG ISLAND DUCKS--Signed RHP Josue Matos.

Can-Am League

QUEBEC CAPITALES--Released LHP Nolan Chestnut and RHP Joe Klein.

BASKETBALL

Women's National Basketball Association

ATLANTA DREAM--Signed G Ivory Latta. Waived G Nikki Teasley.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL--Suspended N.Y. Jets LB Calvin Pace for four games without pay for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

CAROLINA PANTHERS--Claimed TE Andrew Davie off waivers from the N.Y. Jets.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS--Signed RW Mark Recchi to a one-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed C Trevor Frischmon to a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD--Signed D Shane Hnidy. Named Dave Barr assistant coach. Retained assistant coach Mike Ramsey.

PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed LW Stefan Meyer and D Shaun Heshka to one-year contracts.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Signed D Nate Guenin to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with F Ruslan Fedotenkoon a one-year contract. Named Tom Fitzgerald assistant to general manager and Dan MacKinnon director of player personnel.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Signed F Mikael Samuelsson to a three-year contract.

LACROSSE

Major League Lacrosse

TORONTO NATIONALS--Claimed M Craig Point from the League player pool. Placed D Matt Vinc and M Thomas Montour on waivers.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Signed MF Michael Fucito.

COLLEGE

ARKANSAS--Named Patrick Sullivan women's assistant tennis coach.

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