Kastor earns second Olympic marathon berth

Deena Kastor won the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Boston Sunday, earning a berth in the Beijing Games. It will be the second Olympic marathon and third Olympics for Kastor, who ran the 10,000 meters in Sydney.

“I accomplished two major goals: first, to make the team and, secondly, to win,” said Kastor, who won the bronze medal in Athens despite fading in the U.S. trials and finishing second. “It feels just as sweet the third time around.”

Kastor finished in 2 hours, 29 minutes, 35 seconds, earning a $50,000 prize and the chance for a $10,000 bonus if she lines up in Beijing.

•Tiffany Snow scored three goals to lead the United States field hockey team to a 7-0 win over Russia at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Kazan, Russia.

Snow’s hat trick helped the Americans to a 2-0 start at an event they must win to advance to the Beijing Games.

•A new foursome beat a boat featuring two former Olympians at the U.S. Olympic trials in Oklahoma City to earn the chance to qualify for a spot in the Beijing Games.

Brandon Woods, Bartosz Wolski, Taran Stucchio and Tim Hornsby won the 1,000-meter race on the Oklahoma River, beating Morgan House, Patrick Dolan and former Olympians Jeff Smoke and Rami Zur by just less than 2 seconds.

basketball

U.S. women rout Cuba

Sylvia Fowles scored 25 points with 18 rebounds and six blocked shots to help the U.S. women’s team bounce back from a loss and earn a 92-60 victory over Cuba.

The U.S. opened its Good Luck Beijing Tournament on Saturday with a 74-60 loss to Australia.

Katie Smith added 19 points for the U.S. and Swin Cash had 12. Crystal Langhorne and Lisa Leslie each scored 10 points.

The U.S. started with a 9-0 run, made its first six shots and never let the game get close.

Fowles said she was rested since she sat most of the game against Australia with foul trouble. Against Cuba, she had six points and seven rebounds in the first quarter.

The Americans went up by as many as 23 points in the first half.

The U.S. women face South Korea today and New Zealand Wednesday. They close preliminary play against host China on Thursday.

tennis

Spaniard upsets Blake

In Houston, Marcel Granollers-Pujol upset top-seeded James Blake 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship for his first tour title.

•Roger Federer ended a long drought with his first title of the year winning the Estoril Open in Valencia, Spain, when second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with a left leg injury while trailing 7-6 (5), 1-2.

•Serena Williams captured the Family Circle Cup title in Charleston, S.C., defeating Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her first clay court title since the 2002 French Open. Williams’ third title of the year was expected to lift her to No. 6 in the rankings.

miscellany

Duo defends title

In beach volleyball at Arlington, Texas, top-seeded Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second straight AVP Crocs Tour event, beating second-seeded Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs in the Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open.

In the men’s event, top-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers also won their second straight event.

•Damiano Cunego won the Amstel Gold Cycling Race in Maastricht, Netherlands, beating Frank Schleck of Luxembourg and Alejandro Valverde of Spain.