Powell gets revenge on Bolt in 100 meters at Stockholm

Asafa Powell took on the world’s fastest man with every intention of beating him to the finish line. Usain Bolt just couldn’t catch up in time.

Powell capitalized on Bolt’s weak start and edged the world-record holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to finish in the 100 meters at the DN Galan meet Tuesday in Stockholm.

Powell, the former world-record holder, won their highly anticipated rematch in 9.88 seconds. Bolt, who was slow out of the blocks, nearly caught his fellow Jamaican at the finish line. Third went to Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure in 10.06.

The win was a measure of revenge for Powell, after losing to his close friend Bolt at Jamaica’s Olympic trials last month.

Bolt set the world record of 9.72 in New York on May 31, breaking Powell’s mark of 9.74.

Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson of Sweden pulled a muscle on his fourth jump and will miss the Olympics.

BASKETBALL

Warriors get Williams from Nets for picks

The Golden State Warriors acquired Marcus Williams from the New Jersey Nets, filling their need for a backup point guard. The Warriors traded a conditional first-round draft pick to the Nets for Williams, a first-round pick in 2006.

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Guard Sebastian Telfair reached agreement on a multiyear deal to remain with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Forward Matt Barnes signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Suns.

TENNIS

Roddick advances in the Rogers Cup

With the match on the line, Andy Roddick was too much for Nicolas Mahut.

The sixth-seeded American won his second-round match at the Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto, ousting Mahut, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3, in a match that was twice interrupted by rain.

In other action, Germany’s Tommy Haas beat Spain’s Carlos Moya, 6-3, 6-2.

MISCELLANY

UCLA’s Ramirez is ineligible for season

UCLA tailback Christian Ramirez won’t play for the Bruins this season because he didn’t meet NCAA eligibility requirements. The junior will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Safety Bret Lockett has been suspended for the Sept. 1 opener against Tennessee for violating an unspecified team policy involving academics.

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Joe Calzaghe postponed his proposed September fight at Madison Square Garden against Roy Jones Jr. because of a sprained right wrist.

The 36-year-old Calzaghe, who is unbeaten in 45 professional fights during a 15-year career, injured his hand Sunday while punching pads.

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The Iowa Board of Regents reopened its investigation of how the University of Iowa handled its inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of a woman by two football players.

The board took action after learning about letters sent by the mother of the woman who claims she was raped on Oct. 14 at a campus dorm.

The letters were sent last November and in May to school officials, including University of Iowa President Sally Mason, but were not disclosed to the regents until last week after they were provided to the Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper.

Abe Satterfield and Cedric Everson, who have left the football team, are accused of sexually assaulting the woman. Everson has been charged with second-degree sexual assault and Satterfield has been charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault. Both have pleaded not guilty.

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Jadson Andre earned a perfect wave score of 10 in the men’s round of 144 at the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing alongside the Huntington Beach pier.

Andre’s best maneuver on the overhead wave was a hands-free front side aerial. After a successful landing, he disappeared in the whitewash before reemerging and continuing on his ride.

Earlier in the heat, Andre was awarded a score of 9.23, giving the 18-year-old from Brazil the top heat score of the event (19.23). In the same heat, Torrey Meister of Kona, Hawaii, earned wave scores of 9.93 and 9.17 to achieve the second-highest heat score of the event.

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American soccer player Freddy Adu will move from Portugal’s Benfica to play with Monaco next season in the French league.

Benfica said that the 19-year-old midfielder will join Monaco on a season-long loan.

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Second-round play at the U.S. Junior Amateur was suspended because of threatening weather. Jorge Fernandez Valdes, 15, from Argentina has a five-shot lead through eight holes at Shoal Creek, Ala.

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Michelle Cabassol and Kaylea Arnett led the women’s three-meter and 10-meter synchronized events after preliminaries at the U.S. national diving championships at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena. Cabassol and Arnett totaled 262.71 points on three-meter springboard.

The duo from Texas was first on 10-meter platform with 255.72 points.