Overtime

Golf

Knox makes move in Georgia Amateur

In Athens, Ga., Jeff Knox of Augusta turned in the day's low round to move into contention for the title in the Georgia Amateur championship, which concludes today at Athens Country Club.

Knox, who was tied for 16th place after two rounds, shot 2-under-par 68 on Saturday to vault into a tie for fifth place.

He's three shots behind the leader, David Denham, of Tifton. Denham had 73 and is at 1-under 209. Jack Hall, of Macon, Griff Moody, of Cumming, and Jonathan Frickle, of Snelville, are tied for second place at 211.

Zac Tilton of Evans shot 73 and is at 218, Jay Mundy of Augusta had 74 and is at 221, Matthew Ricks of Thomson had 76 and is at 224, former Augusta State golfer Jayce Stepp of Cartersville had 75 and is also at 224 and Augusta's Chris Kuhllke had 74 and is at 225.

Soccer

Greek coach rejects offer from Germany

Otto Rehhagel, who coached Greece to the European title a week ago, turned down an offer to coach the German national team.

Rehhagel, a German native, will respect his contract with Greece, which runs through 2006.

In a telephone call Saturday to German officials, Rehhagel said he wanted to keep his word to the Greek federation and stay there for another two years.

"Unfortunately, he will not take the job, he wants to continue his work in Greece where he has built something," said Franz Beckenbauer, who chairs the federation commission in charge of finding a new coach.

Former Germany coach Rudi Voeller stepped down after the team's group-stage elimination at Euro 2004.

Rehhagel's decision plunges the three-time World Cup and European champion deeper into crisis two years before Germany stages the 2006 World Cup.

Former Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld also turned down the job.

Tennis

Wimbledon champ makes Swiss final

In Gstaad, Switzerland, Wimbledon champion Roger Federer overcame fatigue and rain delays to beat qualifier Potito Starace 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, advancing to the Swiss Open final.

Federer, who played two matches Friday because of rain delays throughout the week, beat Starace in 1 hour, 30 minutes in a match that was interrupted for 30 minutes overall by rain.

Federer will face Igor Andreev in the final. Andreev beat third-seeded Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6). Playing for the seventh time in Gstaad, Federer is looking for his first win in his homeland.

"I'm definitely exhausted," said Federer, who is 49-4 this season with six titles."I'm very tired, but I'm trying everything I can to do well in front of the fans here because they paid a lot of money to come and I'm having a lot of fun myself.

Prince Albert of Monaco introduced 47 Hall of Famers and the class of 2004 - Steffi Graf, Stefan Edberg and Dorothy "Dodo" Cheney - to a sellout crowd on the grass courts. They will be inducted before today's final match.

In today's Hall of Fame Championship final, seventh-seeded Alexander Popp will take on unseeded Greg Rusedski in the grass-court event.

Popp defeated Cyril Saulnier 6-4, 7-6 (5) and Rusedski beat eighth-seeded Antony Dupuis 7-5, 7-6 (10).

Popp, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in June, was down a break in the second set before he rallied back.

The matches are scheduled for this morning, with the finals following in the afternoon.

In singles, French Open champion Gaston Gaudio of Argentina will play Robin Soderling of Sweden in one semifinal, while defending champion Mariano Zabaleta of Argentina will take on Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the other.