Miscellany

Lance Armstrong was fifth in the Tour DuPont’s final stage, but it was enough to win the prestigious U.S. cycling event. Defending champion Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia won the final stage to Greensboro, N.C., but finished second overall by two minutes. . . . Brazil swept the FIVB beach volleyball world championship series at Clearwater Beach, Fla. In the women’s final, Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva of Brazil upset Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan of the United States, 12-3, 12-8. In the men’s final, Franco Jose Viera Neto and Roberto Lopes da Costa defeated fellow Brazilians Jose Marco Nobrega Ferreira and Emanuel Scheffer Rego, 12-6, 12-6. . . . Ville Peltonen scored a hat trick, leading Finland to a 4-1 victory over archrival Sweden in the final of the World Hockey Championships at Stockholm. . . . John Kagwe, a native of Kenya who moved to Philadelphia two months ago, broke the men’s record in the Pittsburgh Marathon, finishing in 2 hours 10 minutes 24 seconds. Alina Ivanova of Russia won the women’s race in 2:35.30. . . . One person died and 25 were injured after a railing collapsed at Sporting of Lisbon’s Alvalade stadium before the beginning of the Sporting-FC Porto first division soccer match. . . . Jim Brovelli retired as head basketball coach at the University of San Francisco to become assistant athletic director. . . . Kelley Morrow of San Diego led after six games of qualifying at the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour $60,000 California Classic in Chatsworth.