Overtime

Cricket

Funding denied for 'dysfunctional' U.S.

In London, cricket's world governing organization is withholding all funding to the U.S. cricket body until it sorts out its "dysfunctional" management.

The International Cricket Council said it was concerned by the power struggle at the United States of America Cricket Association. After recent elections for the board of directors, two camps claim to be in control.

Gladstone Dainty, executive director of the Hyattsville, Md.-based USACA, said the group receives about $54,000 annually from ICC.

College Baseball

Donaldson, Tigers defeat Gamecocks

In Columbia, Josh Donaldson had a double and two solo home runs to lead Auburn to a 4-1 win over South Carolina.

Aaron Rawl (7-4) pitched eight innings for South Carolina (30-12, 10-7 SEC) and gave up six hits and all four runs. Rawl walked one and struck out a career-high 12 batters.

- In Statesboro, Ga., Wofford scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat Georgia Southern, 4-2.

James Payne was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for Georgia Southern (28-13, 13-5 SoCon) in the loss.

Horse Racing

Day says he won't ride in '05 Derby

In Louisville, Ky., Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day said he won't ride in the Kentucky Derby because he's still recovering from hip surgery, ending a record 21-year streak of Derby mounts.

Day, who has ridden in every Derby since 1984 and won aboard 16-1 long shot Lil E. Tee in 1992, said he would like to ride in the Preakness Stakes on May 21.

Day, the sport's all-time money earning jockey, had surgery to repair cartilage in his right hip.

Tennis

Jaguars advance to NCAA Regionals

No. 27 Augusta State has earned an at-large bid into the men's NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional, which will be held next weekend.

The berth into the Spartanburg, S.C. event is the Jaguars' (13-5) third trip in the past six seasons.

- In Warsaw, Poland, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne reached the semifinals of the J&S Cup, moving closer to a championship match between the two former top-ranked Belgians.

The seventh-seeded Clijsters beat Russia's Elena Bovina 7-6 (4), 6-3, while Henin-Hardenne ousted No. 4 Patty Schnyder 6-1, 6-2.

- In Oeiras, Portugal, top-seeded Carlos Moya beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-4, 6-2, one of three Spaniards to advance to the semifinals of the clay-court Estoril Open.

- In Berlin, Australian Open champion Serena Williams pulled out of next week's German Open because of an ankle injury.

Soccer

Referee punished with lifetime ban

In Frankfurt, Germany, the referee who triggered Germany's biggest game-fixing scandal in more than 30 years was banned for life by the German soccer federation Friday.

Robert Hoyzer admitted in January that he received $87,000 from Croatian gamblers to fix games.

- In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jewish leaders demanded that Argentine soccer authorities take action against a club whose fans waved flags emblazoned with swastikas at a professional match.

Colleges

Coach put on leave after players arrests

In Murray, Ky., Murray State football coach Joe Pannunzio was put on paid administrative leave by the school following the campus arrests of a player and former player on drug trafficking charges.

- In Cullowhee, N.C., North Carolina State assistant Larry Hunter was hired as the new basketball coach at Western Carolina.