Men’s 10,000, Women’s 1,000 World Records Broken at Belgium

Morocco’s Salah Hissou broke the world 10,000-meter record, Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova set a women’s 1,000 mark, and 110-meter hurdles champion Allen Johnson came within one hundredth of a second of another record Friday at the Van Damme Memorial track meet at Brussels.

Hissou clocked 26 minutes 38.08 seconds to shave 5.45 seconds off the 10,000 record set by Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie in June 1995.

The Moroccan raced away from the field in the last 1,500 meters and finished well ahead of Kenya’s Paul Tergat, 12.33 seconds behind.

Masterkova, the Olympic 800- and 1,500-meter gold medalist who also set the 1,500 world mark in Zurich nine days ago, clocked 2:28.98 in the seldom-run 1,000 meters. Maria Mutola of Mozambique, who owned the previous mark of 2:29.34, was second, .32 off her old mark.

Johnson ran 12.92 seconds in unfavorable rainy conditions at King Baudouin Stadium, powering past record-holder Colin Jackson of Britain, who ran 13.24.

Another Olympic winner, women’s 100-meter champ Gail Devers, ran the second fastest time of the year, 10.84, to beat rivals Gwen Torrence and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica.

Dennis Mitchell upset Olympic champion and world record holder Donovan Bailey, winning the 100 meters in 10.03. Bailey finished second in 10.09, and Carl Lewis placed third in 10.10 despite a sore leg.

Michael Johnson cruised to a 400-meter victory in a modest 44.29, which still left the field trailing by five yards. Derek Mills was second in 44.78.

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Obea Moore of Pasadena won the 400 meters in a meet-record 45.27 seconds at the World Junior championships at Sydney, Australia.

Tennis

Todd Woodbridge defeated fellow Australian Mark Philippoussis, 7-5, 6-4, to reach the semifinals of the du Maurier Open at Toronto. Woodbridge, ranked 43rd in the world, will take on fourth-seeded Marcelo Rios of Chile. No. 7 Todd Martin also advanced.

Fifth-seeded Andrei Medvedev of the Ukraine overcame a strong challenge from unseeded Jonathan Stark for a quarterfinal victory in the Hamlet Cup at Commack, N.Y. Adrian Voinea of Romania also advanced.

Kimiko Date of Japan defeated Argentina’s Gabriela Sabatini in the quarterfinals of the Toshiba Tennis Classic at Carlsbad.

Chanda Rubin, seeded 11th, has pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a wrist injury.

Golf

Defending champion Isao Aoki and Larry Ziegler shot 67s and were tied for the first-round lead of the Bank of Boston Senior PGA Classic at Concord, Mass.

Defending champion Greg Norman birdied four of the first six holes before heavy rain and lightning suspended the second round of the World Series of Golf at Akron, Ohio.

Auto Racing

Austrian Gerhard Berger completed the fastest lap in qualifying for Sunday’s Formula One Belgian Grand Prix. . . . Mark Martin won his fourth consecutive pole at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway with the fastest qualifying time for tonight’s Goody’s Headache Powders 500.

Jurisprudence

Miami linebackers James Burgess and Jeffrey Taylor were suspended for their involvement in an attack on a fellow athlete. The players were charged with trespassing in connection with wide receiver Jammi German’s alleged June 19 attack on track athlete Maxwell Voce.

Burgess, a senior projected as a starter at middle linebacker, will be suspended for next Saturday’s opener at Memphis. Taylor, a junior backup, will be out for the team’s first two games. Coach Butch Davis wouldn’t say why Burgess received a lesser penalty than Taylor.

Four Mississippi State football players, including three starters, will go to court next month to fight malicious mischief charges filed by a woman who claims they broke her car window.

Quarterback Derrick Taite, linebacker Dwayne Curry, tailback Keffer McGee and top reserve receiver Michael Brown are free on their own recognizance pending a Sept. 5 court date at Starkville, Miss.

Mississippi State Coach Jackie Sherrill said he investigated the Aug. 10 incident and is “confident that the players named in the complaint will be exonerated.”

Xavier McDaniel, a former Seattle SuperSonic forward, pleaded not guilty to the charge of domestic-violence assault against his girlfriend in King County, Washington.

Bantamweight boxer Tim Austin, who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics, pleaded innocent to charges of beating his ex-girlfriend and her brother at Cincinnati.

Miscellany

Ralph Bayard, senior associate athletic director at Washington, says the NCAA Council is recommending that college athletes be allowed to hold part-time jobs in the offseason during the school year. “It’s not official yet--the NCAA membership has to vote on it in January--but we’re hoping,” Bayard said. The Council recommendation would allow athletes to hold a job and earn up to the difference between the value of an athletic scholarship and the school’s “full cost of attendance.” That would vary at each school.

A rally car driven by Richardt Karsten of Denmark plunged into the crowd during the 1,000 Lakes race, injuring 26 people, at Jyvaskyla, Finland. . . . Austin Croshere of Providence College scored 22 points, leading the United States to a 113-84 basketball victory over Panama in the COPABA 22-and-Under World Championship Qualifying Tournament at Caguas, Puerto Rico. UCLA’s Toby Bailey scored 10 points. . . . Former NHL defenseman Jeff Batters was one of two people killed in a highway accident at Canmore, Canada, that also seriously injured two cousins of New York Rangers center Mark Messier. . . . Samaki Walker, the Dallas Mavericks’ first-round draft pick, signed a three-year, $4.3-million deal. . . . Temple guard Johnny Miller has decided to transfer to Clemson.