In brief

Tiger wins record 6th Slam by 7

By wire services
Published November 24, 2005

POIPU BEACH, Hawaii - Tiger Woods, who battled a stomach virus in the opening round, won the exclusive 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf for the record sixth time Wednesday, closing with an 8-under 64 for a seven-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson.

Woods pocketed $400,000 and finished with a 13-under 131 total.

Mickelson, the PGA champion, shot 68 to earn $250,000. U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell shot 70 to finish 12 strokes back, collecting $200,000. Vijay Singh was another stroke behind after 69. He took home $150,000.

Woods was never seriously threatened. He opened with 67 for a three-stroke lead over Mickelson, and widened the gap to five with birdies on Nos. 2 and 3.

He finished with two eagles, five birdies and a bogey in relatively calm conditions on the oceanside 7,123-yard Poipu Bay Golf Course. He was bogey-free on the back nine for the second day.

Woods showed no signs of a virus that caused him to vomit during the opening round and miss Monday's pro-am, or the ankle he twisted while successfully defending his Dunlop Phoenix title last weekend in Japan.

A Florida production company sued tennis star Maria Sharapova in federal court, seeking a judgment declaring that it is legally entitled to market a documentary about Russian women tennis players.

According to the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Sharapova objected to the use of her name and image in the documentary, Anna's Army: Behind the Rise of Russian Women's Tennis.

The International Olympic Committee said it will increase the number of doping tests at next year's Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The IOC plans to perform 1,200 tests, 45 percent more than the last Winter Olympics.

GYMNASTICS: American gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Chellsie Memmel took first and second place, respectively, in the preliminary competition for the women's all-around title at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia.

DANCE: U.S. champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto withdrew from next week's NHK Trophy, because Agosto pulled a groin muscle. He expects a full recovery before January's U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Three-time Kentucky Derby winning rider and Hall of Famer Gary Stevens will retire at Churchill Downs. Stevens' final ride most likely will come aboard Stream Cat in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes on Saturday. Through Tuesday, he had ridden 5,005 winners and his mounts earned more than $221-million in North America.

Colin Montgomerie was honored by Prince Charles and dedicated the royal award to his Ryder Cup teammates. The 42-year-old Scotsman was at Buckingham Palace to collect the OBE, Order of the British Empire.

Cyclist Roberto Heras said an analysis of a second urine sample that will determine if he failed a drug test in winning a record fourth Tour of Spain title was inconclusive, and he wants the probe scrapped.

His Liberty Seguros team has suspended him pending the result of the sample, and faces losing the title and a two-year ban.

SOCCER: Defending champion Liverpool, Chelsea and Inter Milan reached the knockout stage of the Champions League, joining seven other teams.

RACING: Katherine Legge crashed on her second lap after becoming the first woman in 13 years to drive a Formula One car. Legge, 25, lost control of the Minardi car she was testing and it skimmed a concrete wall.

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