Golf: Reid contending on Champions Tour

SUNRIVER, Ore. — Brad Bryant shot a 5-under 67 Saturday to take a two-stroke advantage over former BYU golfer Mike Reid into the final round of the Jeld-Wen Tradition.

Bryant padded his lead to go 15 under after three rounds at Crosswater Golf Club in central Oregon. He has stayed atop the leaderboard after shooting a career-best 10-under 62 in the opening round, matching a tournament record.

Reid birdied the par-4 No. 18 to finish with a 66 and go to 13 under in the fourth of five majors on the Champions Tour.

SOLHEIM CUP: At Sugar Grove, Ill., Michelle Wie and Cristie Kerr overcame a dismal final two holes to win their match at the Solheim Cup, giving the United States a split in the afternoon foursomes and sending the Americans into Sunday's singles tied. Both teams have eight points; the United States needs 14 points to win the Cup for a third straight time, while Europe needs 141/2 points to claim its first victory on U.S. soil.

The afternoon matches weren't the Americans' finest — there were two big losses, and Wie and Kerr struggled down the stretch. But singles is where they are strongest. Since the Solheim Cup began in 1990, the Americans have a .602 winning percentage and have lost just three times.

The last was in 2003 — also the last time Europe won the Solheim Cup.

PGA TOUR: At Greensboro, N.C., Sergio Garcia and Chris Riley were both 13 under par through 10 holes to share the clubhouse lead when play was stopped midway through the third round of the rain-plagued Wyndham Championship.

Steve Marino, Fred Couples, Kevin Stadler and Justin Rose were 12 under and Brandt Snedeker and Bill Haas were 11 under through varying stages of their rounds when play was suspended due to darkness.

Another day, another gold medal for Bolt

BERLIN — Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the world championships Saturday when Jamaica won the men's 400-meter relay but the team failed to set a world record.

With former world-record holder Asafa Powell taking the baton from Bolt for the anchor leg, Jamaica won in 37.31 seconds, a championship record but falling short of the world record mark of 37.10 they set at the Beijing Olympics last year.

Sky Blue wins first WPS championship

CARSON, Calif. — Heather O'Reilly scored early and Sky Blue FC from New Jersey hung on to win the first Women's Professional Soccer championship, 1-0 over the 10-woman Los Angeles Sol on Saturday.

In the 16th minute, Natasha Kai's glancing header off Keeley Dowling's right-wing cross fell to O'Reilly, whose 8-yard shot deflected off diving Sol goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc.

Los Angeles was reduced to 10 when defender Allison Falk was sent off for tripping Kai from behind in the 27th minute.

Sky Blue FC goalkeeper Jenni Branam finished with four saves in her second consecutive playoff shutout.

The New Jersey-based team fell to last place early in the season, used three different coaches and made the playoffs by one point before winning three games in eight days for the title.

The Sol won the regular-season championship, led WPS in fewest goals allowed and finished second in goals scored.

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Tennis: Dementieva beats Williams

TORONTO — Elena Dementieva of Russia advanced to the final of the Rogers Cup on Saturday with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over Serena Williams. Dementieva, the tournament's fourth seed, will face either Maria Sharapova or Alisa Kleybanova in Sunday's championship match.

CINCINNATI MASTERS: At Mason, Ohio, top-ranked Roger Federer snapped a four-match losing streak against No. 2 Andy Murray and advanced to the finals of the Cincinnati Masters with a 6-2, 7-6 (8) win Saturday.

Federer was leading the tiebreaker 9-8 when Murray double-faulted to lose to the top seed for the first time in five matches since the finals of last year's U.S. Open.

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