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Kenseth passes Edwards to win Nationwide race

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Matt Kensethhad never driven the new NationwideSeries car and was in unfamiliar territoryas a one-time, fill-in driver.

It didn’t matter on a hot, steamySaturday afternoon. Not with RoushFenway Racing dominating like it is.

As former Formula One championKimi Raikkonen struggled through a mis-erable day in his Nationwide debut,Kenseth passed teammate Carl Edwardswith two laps to go and hung on to winthe 300-mile race at Charlotte MotorSpeedway.

Edwards, who won last week’s All-Starrace at the same track, held on to finishsecond and Roush Fenway’s RickyStenhouse Jr. was fourth to move withinone point of series leader Elliott Sadler.

Only Kyle Busch, who failed to matchMark Martin’s Nationwide Series recordof 49 career wins, could come close to JackRoush’s team with a third-place finish.

Vettel wins thrilling Monaco Grand Prix

MONACO (AP) — Sebastian Vettelwon the Monaco Grand Prix on Sundayfor his fifth victory in six races this sea-son, beating Fernando Alonso and JensonButton in a thriller that several driversfailed to finish.

The most exciting race of the seasonfeatured almost as many twists and turnsas Monaco’s famed street circuit.

“It was unbelievable. The race todaywas pretty entertaining,” said Vettel, thedefending Formula One champion. “Theroulette button must have stopped lastnight and kept on spinning.”

The German is strengthening his gripon the title with each race. He leads LewisHamilton by 58 points, Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber by 64, Button by 67and Alonso by 74.

FIFA: 4 officials cleared of English allegations

ZURICH (AP) — Four FIFA executivecommittee members accused of World Cupbidding corruption during a BritishParliamentary hearing have been clearedof wrongdoing by the English FootballAssociation.

David Triesman, the head of England’s2018 bid until last May, told British law-makers this month that Jack Warner,Nicolas Leoz, Ricardo Teixeira andWorawi Makudi engaged in “improper andunethical” conduct. All four denied theallegations.

The FA investigated and its findingswere submitted to FIFA during the week.

“I hope FIFA will agree to make it pub-lic because all the people here, especiallyMr. Teixeira and Mr. Makudi, are com-pletely clean of all the allegations madeby Lord Triesman, a few weeks ago,” FIFASecretary General Jerome Valcke said at anews conference.

Russia won the 2018 bidding contest inDecember. England received only twovotes — fewer than the joint bids fromNetherlands-Belgium and Spain-Portugal.

In a separate case, Warner was sus-pended by FIFA on Sunday in connectionwith allegations of bribery in Mohamedbin Hammam’s bid to unseat Sepp Blatterin the presidential elections onWednesday. Bin Hammam also was sus-pended and pulled out of the race.

Giants’ Posey out for season after surgery

MILWAUKEE (AP) — San FranciscoGiants catcher Buster Posey is out for theseason after having surgery Sunday torepair three torn ligaments in his anklesustained in a collision at home plate lastweek.

“He’s not going to be back this season,”head athletic trainer Dave Groeschnersaid in a conference call with reporters.“He will have another surgery somewherein the 8- to 10-week mark to take outsome of that hardware that the doctorsput in. That’s already determined. ... Addthat to rehab time, and I don’t see himmaking it back this season.”

Groeschner said Posey had two screwsinserted into his lower leg to stabilize theankle over a surgery that lasted about 90minutes early Sunday morning.

“We’re very pleased with how his anklecame back together. He had that fracturedfibula as well,” Groeschner said. “After re-X-raying the fracture, we felt like we did-n’t really need to do anything with that,which was nice.”

The 2010 NL Rookie of the Year brokea bone in his lower left leg and injured theankle in a collision with Florida’s ScottCousins on Wednesday night. Groeschnersaid the team is optimistic Posey will beready for opening day next season, butthat he has a long road ahead.

Posey was injured when Cousins collid-ed into him as the Giants catcher wasattempting to catch a throw in SanFrancisco’s 12th inning loss to theMarlins.

Posey was in immediate pain, some-thing he had said hadn’t subsided whenhe talked for the first time since the

injury on Friday. Groeschner said Poseywill still be hurting for a few more days,but expected that to subside soon.

Posey finishes 2011 hitting .284 withfour home runs and 21 RBIs in 45games. Last year, Posey was recalledfrom the minors in late May and hit .305with 18 home runs and 67 RBIs in 108games.

The collision has sparked a debate on ifrules should be changed to better protectcatchers at the plate. Posey felt Cousinscould have slid around him but said it wasa legal play. His main objective will be tocontinue his career as soon as he can,starting with Sunday’s procedure.

Northwestern tops Maryland for women’s lacrosse title

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) —Northwestern won its sixth NCAAwomen’s lacrosse championship in sevenyears Sunday, getting four goals fromShannon Smith, including the game-win-ner with 4:36 remaining, in an 8-7 victoryover top-ranked Maryland.

Freshman Kara Mupo added two goalsfor the Wildcats, who avenged last year’s13-11 loss to Maryland and overcame anearly three-goal deficit.

Erin Fitzgerald and Jessica Russo alsoscored for the Wildcats (21-2), whoadvanced to the championship withFriday’s 11-10 victory over NorthCarolina.

Katie Schwarzmann scored with 85seconds remaining for the Terrapins (21-2), who were trying to repeat for the firsttime since winning a record seven straightchampionships from 1995-2001.

Freshman Beth Glaros scored fourgoals in the first half, including three in a94-second span for Maryland, which over-came a six-goal deficit in last year’s cham-pionship victory.

Mercyhurst edges Adelphi for Division II lacrosse crown

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mercyhurst cap-tured its first Division II national lacrossetitle Sunday, beating Adelphi 9-8 on fourgoals from junior midfielder Ian Wild, thegame’s Most Outstanding Player.

Junior attackman Kyle Kallay addedtwo goals and sophomore attackmanBrian Scheetz had a goal and threeassists in helping lift Mercyhurst (17-2) tothe first national title in the program’s15-year history. The Lakers lost to LeMoyne in the 2007 final on a last-secondshot.

Junior attackman Joe Vitale had threegoals and two assists for Adelphi (13-3),which was in the finals for the first time

since winning its seventh national cham-pionship in 2001.

Junior midfielder Kieran Riegel andjunior attackman Danny Blau added twogoals apiece for the Panthers, who lostdespite winning 16 of 21 faceoffs.

Kallay and Trevor Rice scored extra-man goals during a 4-0 run that gaveMercyhurst a 7-4 lead at the 10:08 markof the third quarter. Adelphi outscoredMercyhurst 4-2 the rest of the way andgot within one on a no-look flip shot byBlau with 6:29 remaining in the fourthperiod.

Bradman powers Salisbury toDivision III lacrosse championship

BALTIMORE (AP) — Sam Bradmanscored seven goals and Salisbury routedTufts 19-7 on Sunday night to win itsninth NCAA Division III national champi-onship.

Bradman used a variety of moves to setthe Division III record for most goals inchampionship game. But the junior mid-fielder saved his best trick for last, drivingfrom behind the goal and using a swimmove to get past a defender before flip-ping an underhanded shot into the topcorner of the net.

Tony Mendes added four goals forSalisbury (21-1), which avenged an upsetloss to Tufts in last year’s final.

D.J. Hessler had two goals and threeassists for Tufts (18-3), which was outshot46-29.

Guillen sounds off on passion, forgetful fans

TORONTO (AP) — White Sox managerOzzie Guillen doesn’t want anyone toquestion his passion for winning andlashed out at Chicago fans for being for-getful.

Guillen was still steamed aboutSaturday’s 14-inning defeat to the BlueJays and fired back at his critics beforeSunday’s series finale, defending himselfand his coaching staff against those call-ing for their jobs.

The manager said no one in the WhiteSox locker room has more passion for thegame than he does and that he’d be “lyingto myself” if he tried not to care so muchabout wins and losses.

He also decried Chicago fans’ shortmemories, saying that “when they’redrunk” they urinate on the display outsideU.S. Cellular Field that honors the 2005World Series champions.

Later Sunday, Guillen tweeted that hewouldn’t say bad things about White Soxfans because they’ve been behind him allhis career.