Colombo—Sri Lanka clinched second spot behind South Africa in the official rankings as they swept aside New Zealand by 96 runs in the final Test on Sunday to sweep the series 2-0. Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed five wickets as the Kiwis, set an improbable victory target of 494 runs, were bowled out for 397 in their second innings just before tea on the fifth day. Sri Lanka had to overcome spirited batting by Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori and heavy rain during the lunch break that delayed resumption by 35 minutes to build on their

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Madrid—Cristiano Ronaldo, the world’s most expensive player, scored a dream debut goal as Real Madrid’s new generation of expensive ‘Galacticos’ defeated Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 in the Spanish league curtain-raiser. Real spent over 250 million euros in the summer with Ronaldo accounting for 94 million euros of that, and the Portuguese star got off to a great start converting a first half penalty for his first competitive goal in the famous white shirt.The cameras were out in force for Ronaldo and Kaka, the past two Ballon d’Or winners, but

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New Haven (Conn)—Caroline Wozniacki believes this is her time. The 19-year-old from Denmark won her second consecutive Pilot Pen tennis championship Saturday beating Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-4 in the final tuneup for the U.S. Open. Spain’s Fernando Verdasco won the men’s title, besting American Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6 (6). The second-seeded Verdasco, 25, fought off four set points from the hard-serving Querrey in the second set, three

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Belgium—Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, the current drivers’ title leader, both crashed out of the Belgian Grand Prix on the opening lap here on Sunday. Button lost control and spun out after his Brawn GP appeared to be clipped by the Renault of Romain Grosjean, who also spun out. Hamilton’s McLaren Mercedes also received a bump from another car and went off at the same bend. The multiple pile-up could

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Sapporo (Japan)—Asian Games silver medallist Kiyoko Shimahara of Japan won the Hokkaido marathon on Sunday with Kenya’s Daniel Njenga taking the men’s title. Shimahara, whose previous best finishes were second in the 2004 Tokyo and 2005 Hokkaido marathons, pulled away from teammate Akemi Ozaki at the 12-km mark and crossed the finishing line in two hours 25 minutes and 10 seconds. Ozaki was never in a position to challenge Shimahara’s lead and had to settle for second place in 2:27:23, ahead of Satoko Uetani in 2:33:55.

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