Duval Starts Off Quickly in Quest of Another Win

David Duval, second seven times before finally winning twice in a row earlier this month, shot a five-under-par 66 Thursday to tie Jesper Parnevik and Jim Furyk for the first-round lead in the $4-million PGA Tour Championship at Houston as he tried to win his third consecutive start.

Duval eagled the 509-yard ninth hole, Parnevik had two-putt birdies on all three par fives, and Furyk had seven birdies as the trio finished the day one stroke ahead of Brad Faxon.

Five others, including PGA champion Davis Love III, were two strokes back at 68 as the top 30 players on the PGA Tour money list went after the $720,000 first prize. Tiger Woods shot a 69.

Boxing

Mike Tyson will need about six weeks to fully recover from a punctured lung and broken rib sustained in a motorcycle accident in Connecticut, his personal physician said.

The former heavyweight champion is expected to be released in a day or two from Hartford Hospital.

State police said Tyson did not have a motorcycle license and was fined $77.

Dr. Ira Trocki said the injury should not harm Tyson’s boxing skills. The 31-year-old fighter is banned from the sport for biting Evander Holyfield’s ears in their title fight in June but can apply for reinstatement in July.

Doctors put a tube in Tyson’s punctured right lung to reinflate it, said Dr. Lenworth Jacobs, chief of the hospital’s trauma unit. He added there was no evidence of alcohol or drug use.

Former Olympic boxer Fernando Vargas of Oxnard was arrested, booked and released on bail on a charge of misdemeanor reckless driving after chasing his sister through Oxnard streets at speeds surpassing 55 mph, Oxnard police said.

Authorities said that Vargas and his sister, Guadalupe, had become embroiled in an argument over the ownership of a car he bought for her. She sped off in the car and was chased by her brother.

Tennis

Pete Sampras, the world’s top-ranked player, defeated Petr Korda, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the $2.1-million Paris Open. Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek also advanced by beating U.S. Open winner Patrick Rafter, 7-5, 6-2. . . . Top-seeded Jana Novotna defeated Kimberly Po, 6-0, 6-2, in the second round of the $926,250 Kremlin Cup at Moscow. Second-seeded Irina Spirlea of Romania defeated Larisa Neiland of Latvia, 6-4, 7-6 (12-10).

Soccer

Forward Roy Wegerle, a former starter on the U.S. national team, was left unprotected by two-time Major League Soccer champion Washington and will be among the 106 players available in next week’s expansion draft. He can be taken by either the Miami Fusion or Chicago Fire, who will select first in the 12-round draft on Nov. 6. . . . Chile’s professional soccer players went on strike, threatening preparation of the national team seeking a spot in next year’s World Cup. Players approved the strike Wednesday after Arica, a second-division team, fired its entire roster. Chile plays Bolivia on Nov. 16, and a victory would ensure a spot in the World Cup field.

Miscellany

U.S. swimming authorities want random drug tests on all members of China’s team for next year’s world championships at Perth, Australia. Some allege that results from this month’s Chinese National Games in Shanghai point to the possibility that athletes were using illegal drugs to boost performance. Two swimmers, previously unknown to all but the most knowledgeable observers, broke world records at the games.

A firebomb was left aboard a passenger ferry in Sydney, Australia, the fifth bomb scare on public transport in less than a year in the city that will be the host of the 2000 Summer Olympics. The bomb was discovered after a 1,100-seat ferry had made an afternoon run Sunday from Manly, a popular Sydney beach. . . . The home of the Houston Rockets will no longer be called the Summit. Houston’s city council approved changing the name of the city-owned arena to Compaq Center.

Names in the News

Cincinnati Bengal safety Tremain Mack was released from jail pending an appeal of his 30-day sentence for drunk driving. He will enter a substance abuse program so the NFL can assess his drinking problem. The Bengals will resume paying his salary, but he won’t return to practice until the league evaluates him. . . . Colgate basketball Coach Jack Bruen said that he plans to stay involved with his team even though doctors tell him he has pancreatic cancer. Bruen, 48, is beginning his ninth season with the Red Raiders and has a 106-124 record.