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Auto Racing

Two-time Indy 500 winner Ward dies

Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Rodger Ward died Monday at a hospice in Anaheim, Calif., Indianapolis Motor Speedway said.

At 83, Ward was the oldest living winner of the race. He won in 1959 and 1962, during a six-year span in which he finished no worse than fourth.

Ward was second to A.J. Foyt in 1964, failed to qualify in 1965 and drove for the 15th and final time in 1966, finishing 15th. The next night, at the Victory Banquet, Ward retired at age 45.

During his career, Ward won 26 champ-car races and two U.S. Auto Club titles. His final victory was April 24, 1966, in Trenton, N.J.

Soccer

Iraq coach resigns for safety reasons

Fearing for his safety, Bernd Stange said Monday he has resigned as coach of Iraq's national soccer team.

Stange had a contract with the Iraqi Soccer Federation that ran until 2006. The German said he was warned his life would be in danger if he returned to Iraq.

Stange has been in Jordan since April 8, when the German Foreign Ministry advised him to leave Iraq.

He said he was unable to do his job because he only sees his players when they play home games, which have been moved to Jordan, or at occasional training camps outside Iraq.

Tennis

Monaco wows field at Swedish Open

Argentine wild card Juan Monaco upset third-seeded Nicolas Massu 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the clay-court Swedish Open.

Monaco also beat Massu in their first meeting on clay earlier this year.

Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela, a French Open quarterfinalist who is seeded fourth, beat Spain's Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-0.

Novak, seeded fourth, won this clay-court title last year with a win over Roger Federer, who captured his second straight Wimbledon title Sunday.

Federer returns home today when he faces Thomas Behrend of Germany in a first-round match.

Pro Basketball

Woodson accepts offer from Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks have reached an agreement with Detroit assistant Mike Woodson to become their new coach, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported on it Web site Monday night.

Woodson agreed to a four-year deal to replace Terry Stotts, who was fired May 6.

"We think it's a good situation for us and a good situation for him," Hawks general manager Billy Knight told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

He did not give details of the contract.

Knight could not be reached by The Associated Press. Hawks spokesman Arthur Triche said Monday night no contract had been signed, and there would be no announcement until it was.

Miscellaneous

Former wrestler rams into terminal

A former Olympic wrestler who crashed his sport utility vehicle into a crowded terminal at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was hospitalized for psychological evaluation, an official said Monday.

Alexis Vila, 33, of Williamston, Mich., was taken into custody after he ran from his SUV following Sunday's crash. He sustained minor scrapes. No one else was injured.

Investigators don't know why Vila drove into the unmanned Southeast Airlines ticket counter, a sheriff's spokesman said. Authorities previously said they did not suspect terrorism.

It was unclear if Vila, who defected from Cuba in 1997, had been charged.

The SUV slammed into a Southeast Airlines ticket counter and smashed through a wall before stopping.