Boxing
TITLE BOUT: Wladimir Klitschko outpointed Chris Byrd to win the WBO heavyweight title on Saturday.
Klitschko, ranked No. 3 by both the WBA and WBC, improved his record to 35-1 with 32 knockouts and gained revenge for his older brother Vitali, whom Byrd defeat-ed to win the title in April.
Horse racing
GOLD CUP: Trainer Nick Zito got a Gold Cup for his Champagne.
One race after Zito won his third straight Champagne for 2-year-olds with A P Valentine, he won the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup with 3-year-old Albert the Great on Saturday at Belmont Park.
Tennis
CA TROPHY: Germany's Tommy Haas defeated France's Cedric Pioline 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-2 Saturday to advance to the finals of the CA Trophy tennis tournament.
Britain's Tim Henman also advanced to the finals of the $800,000 event, beating Switzerland's Roger Federer 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Auto racing
DRIVER KILLED: Drag racer Wayne Bailey died Saturday of injuries from a crash during qualifying Friday night for the IHRA World Finals at Red River Raceway.
The car Bailey was driving split in half as it went down the track and crashed into a concrete retaining wall.
Cycling
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Zinaida Stahurskaia of Belarus was the surprise winner in the elite women's road race at the World Cycling Championships Saturday.
Triathlon
IRONMAN: Canada's Peter Reid won his second Ironman Triathlon World Championship in three years Saturday, while wife Lori Bowden finished second in the women's race.
Reid, 33, completed the 140.6-mile course in 8 hours, 21 minutes, 1 second, more than two minutes ahead of runner-up Timothy Deboom of Boulder, Colo.
"This makes up for all those months feeling depressed and watching other guys win races," Reid said. "To finish the year with a win in Hawaii makes it all worthwhile."
Some 1,500 competitors took part in the 22nd annual Ironman, which includes a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and 26.2-mile run on the Big Island's Kona and Kohala coasts.
Natascha Badmann, 33, of Switzerland was the women's winner and 44th overall finisher, completing the course in 9:26:17.
Bowden, 33, the 1999 winner, finished in 9:29:05.
Reid and Bowden were looking to become the first husband and wife to sweep the gold medals in the world championship.
Last year, the couple became the first husband-and-wife team to win the same Ironman race when they won the Ironman Australia. They won the Ironman Canada in August.