Soccer
BLITZZ PLAYOFFS: The Utah Blitzz will host the Division 3 semifinal game against Stanislaus United at BYU Friday at 8 p.m.
The winner will play either the Greenville Lions or the Boston Bulldogs for the national crown. Time and place of the championship will be announced after the semifinals.
The Blitzz, who finished with the league's best regular-season record, haven't played in two weeks. Stanislaus, however, is coming off a stunning 2-1 upset over Chico in the Western Conference championship game.
Stanislaus is the only team with a winning record against the Blitzz this year.
Baseball
LEGION CHAMPION: The Danville, Calif., Hoots earned the right to defend their American Legion World Series title with a 6-5 victory over Colorado Tuesday in the Western Regional finals, advancing to the Legion World Series that begins this week in Yakima, Wash.
The Hoots trailed 5-4 in the middle of the seventh Monday before the game was suspended due to rain. The California (48-12) scored a run in the seventh and the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
Noah Albers led the Hoots with three hits and two RBIs.
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES: The "Baby Bombers" are moving on.
Rolando Torres threw a four-hitter as the Rolando Paulino team from the Bronx, N.Y., secured a spot in the Little League World Series U.S. semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Torres struck out four and the defense behind him was flawless, making diving catches and ending the game with a double play. The win clinched first place in Pool B for the Bronx (3-0) and a spot in Thursday night's semifinal against Oceanside, Calif. Bill Blankenship hit two of the four home runs by Apopka and the Florida team overcame a 3-0 deficit for a 10-3 victory over Davenport (Iowa) East.
Tennis
HAMLET CUP: Felix Mantilla, ranked No. 69 in the world, stunned Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic 6-3, 7-5 in the opening round of the Hamlet Cup.
The 26-year-old Mantilla, ranked in the top 25 from 1996 through 1999, lost five straight matches earlier this year and dropped to the Challenge circuit to try and get untracked.
Also, third-seeded Pete Sampras outlasted Olivier Rochus 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4).
PILOT PEN: Venus Williams stopped her match with Sandrine Testud for a three-minute medical timeout, then served two aces on the way to a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory in the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament.
Williams said her back started to hurt during the match and was getting worse, so she decided to get some treatment while she was up a game in the second set.
In another second-round match, Amelie Mauresmo took Henrieta Nagyova to the longest tiebreaker on the tour this year in a 7-6 (14), 6-3 victory.
Mauresmo will next face Lindsay Davenport, the tournament's top seed, who advanced with a quick 6-2, 6-1 win over qualifier Anastasia Myskina.
Fourth-seeded Kim Clijsters, a finalist at the French Open, beat Aranxta Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 6-4, rallying from a 1-4 deficit in the second set.
Hockey
LEMIEUX TO SIT OUT MORE: Mario Lemieux, already working out for what would be his first full NHL season in five years, plans to sit out nearly one-quarter of the Pittsburgh Penguins' games to stay healthy for the playoffs.
Lemieux, who is also the owner of the Penguins, missed only a handful of games after ending a 44-month retirement in January, but said Tuesday he expects to miss all road games when the team plays on consecutive nights.
Cycling
TOUR OF BURGOS: Three-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong moved up to 78th place — 6 minutes, 11 seconds, behind the leader — after the second stage of the Tour of Burgos.
Armstrong had been in 91st place following Monday's opening stage. Spain's Juan Mercado took the overall lead.