POTSDAM— Clarkson defeated Cazenovia in three games in college volleyball Wednesday, thanks to two aces from Nicole Edwards and 18 digs by Amanda Rankin.
Clarkson (10-9) won 25-21, 25-14, 25-9 to beat Cazenovia (2-16). Hillary Lockwood led the Golden Knights (10-9) with seven kills.
GYMNASTICS
Officials: China's 2008 gold medalists were of age
Though the case is closed on China's Olympic gold medalists, the age controversy in gymnastics is far from over.
Documents confirm all six members of China's gold medal team at the Beijing Games were old enough to compete, the International Gymnastics Federation said Wednesday. But it wants more answers from two members of China's 2000 squad — Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun — saying it "does not consider the explanations and evidence provided to date in regards to these athletes as satisfactory."
AUTO RACING
Logano will end Sprint Cup series experiment
SPARTA, Ky. — Joey Logano will stop driving Sprint Cup Series races this season for Hall of Fame Racing.
The 18-year-old phenom is set to replace Tony Stewart in Joe Gibbs Racing's flagship No. 20 next season. The team scheduled him for a handful of starts in a fourth JGR entry this year, and loaned him to Hall of Fame for another five races. But his first two races in the No. 96 were a struggle. He finished 32nd in his Cup debut in New Hampshire and was 39th last week at Kansas.
Logano was scheduled to make three more starts for Hall of Fame this year, but instead will turn the wheel over to Ken Schrader and focus on the Nationwide Series.
CYCLING
French anti-doping chief challenges Armstrong
PARIS — It could be truth or dare time on Lance Armstrong's comeback trail.
The French anti-doping authority has thrown down a challenge to the seven-time Tour de France champion, proposing he agree to retesting of his 1999 urine samples to see whether a French newspaper was right when it reported they contained traces of EPO, a banned blood-boosting hormone that enhances endurance.
A positive test from the samples could not lead to a ban that would thwart the 37-year-old's much-heralded return to cycling after three years in retirement. Too much time has passed for disciplinary measures to be taken and only part of Armstrong's samples were kept.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Yeatman to be sentenced on previous charges
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame tight end Will Yeatman will be sentenced on previous misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after being cited as a minor consuming alcohol. prosecutors said.
Prosecutors in February agreed to dismiss a criminal recklessness charge after Yeatman agreed to plead guilty to drunken driving and reckless driving. Under the agreement, if he had stayed out of trouble for a year, the drunken driving charge would have been dismissed. But he was cited by South Bend police on Sept. 21.
TENNIS
No. 1 Serena Williams upset by Li Na in Germany
STUTTGART, Germany — Serena Williams' game collapsed after she swept the first set Wednesday, leading to a 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 loss to China's Li Na that will cost her the No. 1 ranking.
By dropping the second-round match at the Porsche Grand Prix, Williams will be overtaken by Jelena Jankovic in Monday's new rankings, the WTA said. Williams gained the top spot when she beat Jankovic in the U.S. Open final three weeks ago for her ninth Grand Slam title.
Jankovic plays her first match today.
nSpain's Carlos Moya beat top-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the second round of the Open de Moseille in Metz, France.
nRoger Federer has withdrawn from next week's Stockholm Open, saying he needs to rest before starting his quest to reclaim the top spot in the world rankings.
RUNNING
Brit Radcliffe will defend NYC Marathon title
NEW YORK — World record-holder Paula Radcliffe will defend her title at the New York City Marathon in November.
The Brit says she will try to win the race for the third time. She won last year, 10 months after the birth of her daughter.
BOXING
WBA won't penalize Guzman for forfeited fight
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Unbeaten Dominican boxer Joan Guzman will not be penalized by the WBA for forfeiting a title fight last month.
Guzman was set to meet Nate Campbell for the American's WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titles in Biloxi, Miss., on Sept. 13, but Guzman was 3 1/2 pounds over the 135-pound weight limit. Given another two hours to lose the weight, he never returned to the scale.
Correction...
Due to a reporter's error, two names were not listed among the Frontier League's boys soccer scoring leaders on page C3 of Wednesday's Times. South Jefferson's Tom OYong has 8 goals and 4 assists for 20 points. Thousand Islands player Ethan Taylor has registered 10 goals and 4 assists for 24 points.
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