Sampras, Rafter Knocked Out in Quarterfinals

There isn’t going to be a rematch of this year’s Wimbledon final between Pete Sampras and Patrick Rafter at the $2.95-million Tennis Masters Series-Canada at Toronto.

Eighth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia outlasted Sampras, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8), after an ailing Rafter fell apart after winning the first set in a 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 quarterfinal loss to Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic.

“It’s a tough loss,” Sampras said. “I feel like I played well enough to win. But it wasn’t meant to be.”

Before a decidedly pro-Sampras crowd on Centre Court, Safin dominated with his serve and tested Sampras’ backhand.

Rafter, who revealed after his match that his right shoulder has been sore all week, said he was withdrawing from next week’s Tennis Masters event in Cincinnati.

Safin faces Wayne Ferreira of South Africa in one semifinal today. Qualifier Harel Levy of Israel will face Novak.

Hockey

The New York Rangers added an enforcer, getting Sandy McCarthy from the Carolina Hurricanes for forwards Rob DiMaio and Darren Langdon.

McCarthy, who signed with Carolina on Tuesday, had six goals, five assists and 120 penalty minutes in 71 games with Carolina and Philadelphia last season. The Flyers traded the right wing to the Hurricanes in March.

The Hurricanes also signed forward Martin Gelinas to a two-year contract extension.

Calgary Flame goalie Fred Brathwaite will earn $950,000 next season--a raise of nearly $600,000--after he won his salary arbitration case. The arbitrator also ruled that Brathwaite, who was paid approximately $370,000 last season, will make $1.05 million for the 2001-2002 season. . . . Keith Acton is joining the Toronto Maple Leafs as an assistant coach after two seasons with the New York Rangers. . . . A hearing has been rescheduled for Sept. 5 for Dallas Star goalie Ed Belfour, charged with resisting arrest after a scuffle in March with a security guard at an upscale hotel in Dallas. . . . Philadelphia Flyer forward Gino Odjick was acquitted on charges of assault stemming from a 1998 incident in Mont-Laurier, Canada.

Colleges

Florida State safety Derrick Gibson, charged with soliciting an undercover policewoman for sex, will be kicked off the team if he gets into any more trouble, Coach Bobby Bowden said.

Florida football Coach Steve Spurrier underwent successful surgery to repair a ruptured disk in his back. Spurrier, 55, should be able to participate when practice begins next week.

Brown’s football team was ruled ineligible for this year’s Ivy League championship because some coaches, alumni and staff violated financial-aid rules. The Council of Ivy Group Presidents increased the penalties against the university for the recruiting violations at a recent meeting. It is the first time the council ruled an Ivy League school ineligible for the championship.

An assault charge against North Carolina football and basketball player Julius Peppers was dismissed.

Peppers and Andre Harris settled their case through an arbitrator. It was recommended for dismissal, and a judge and prosecutors agreed.

Peppers was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after Harris said he saw Peppers “stomp” on someone outside a Chapel Hill restaurant on July 21.

Dion Broom, a highly touted junior college forward, is academically ineligible to transfer to New Mexico this fall because he didn’t pass several required courses.

Soccer

Confident it will be awarded the 2010 World Cup, South Africa dropped plans to sue FIFA, the governing body of the sport, for awarding Germany the 2006 tournament.

FIFA rejected the request of the South African Football Assn. to take the matter to arbitration. Bid committee president Irvin Khoza said the delegation prepared legal papers for the Zurich, Switzerland, state high court, but decided against filing them after a meeting early Friday with officials of the African Football Confederation.

CAF president Issa Hayatou and other members advised the South Africans that “for the good of the game it is important for us to shelve the issue . . . We accepted the advice,” Khoza said.

Manchester United defeated European Champions Cup winner Real Madrid, 1-0, for a berth in the final of the Bayern Munich centenary tournament against the host.

Bayern Munich, the reigning German league champion, defeated UEFA Cup champion Galatasaray, 3-1, before about 28,000 fans at Olympic Stadium.

Bayern will face Manchester United today in rematch of the 1999 Champions Cup title game.

Miscellany

Ron Hornaday held off Jeff Purvis on a restart with five laps to go and won the NASCAR Kroger 200 at Indianapolis by less than a half-second, his second Busch Series victory in a month.

Former UCLA and Alabama Birmingham men’s basketball coach Gene Bartow was hired as president of the new American Basketball Assn. 2000’s Memphis team.

The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes will begin half an hour later starting next year. Post times for the three races will be changed to 3:04 p.m. PDT. The time change comes in the first year of NBC’s five-year contract to cover the races and were made in an effort to increase the national television audience.

Johnny Bairos of Redlands was added to the U.S. Olympic cycling team, completing the 27-member roster.

The builder of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed and injured race spectators at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., in May has agreed to replace the walkway. Tindall Corp. of Spartanburg, S.C., expects to complete the project at no cost to the speedway before an Oct. 8 Winston Cup race.