Tseng shoots 68 again, leads British Open

Golf: Yani Tseng shot her third straight 4-under-par 68, and will take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Women’s British Open at Southport, England.

The 21-year-old star from Taiwan took advantage of the short, 472-yard, par-5 final hole by hitting an 8-iron to within 20 feet with her second shot. She rolled in the eagle putt to finish off her round, doubling her cushion over Australian Katherine Hull.

Hull played a flawless third round, including five straight birdies to finish with a 66.

The Australian made only one birdie on the way out, at the long sixth, when she hit a pitching wedge to within 3 feet. Four straight pars on the back nine followed, before a 5-iron to within 6 feet on the short 14th started her run of birdies.

She followed with a gap wedge to within 12 feet for birdie at No. 15, and a 5-iron to 20 feet the following hole. She got up and down out of a bunker at 17, then two-putted from the back of the green for another birdie on the short, par-5 finishing hole.

Wendy Ward of Edwall, Wash., shot a 77 and is 19 strokes back of Tseng.

• Overton up at Greenbrier: Jeff Overton overcame a tough start to shoot 4-under 66 for a three-stroke lead entering the final round of the inaugural Greenbrier Classic at White Suphur Springs, W. Va.

Overton made five birdies on the back nine of the Old White course to move to 18 under.

The second-round leader kept the lead despite a pair of others flirting with 59. D.A. Points three-putted the par-5 17th for bogey, finished with a 61 and is alone in second at 15 under, and J.B. Holmes couldn’t convert a 10-footer for eagle at No. 17 and shot 60.

Boo Weekley shot a 67 to reach 13 under, and Holmes is in a four-way tie for fourth with Jonathan Byrd (64), Brendon de Jonge (65) and Jimmy Walker (67) at 12 under for the tournament.

Holmes was among 17 players who made the 36-hole cut on the number. He looks to repeat the performance of Carl Pettersson, who a week ago also made the cut on the number at the Canadian Open, shot 60 in the third round and eventually won by a stroke.

Querrey reaches Farmers Classic final

Tennis: Second-seeded Sam Querrey defeated Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 to reach the Farmers Classic final in Los Angeles for the second consecutive year.

Querrey needed 2 hours and 47 minutes to put away Tipsarevic at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus, not far from his hometown of Thousand Oaks.

There were missed chances on both sides. Querrey lost the first set after holding five set points in the 12th game.

The American will try to defend his title in today’s final against top-seeded Andy Murray, who defeated No. 4 seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-0, 1-6, 6-4. It’s the first time since 1999 and fifth time that the top two seeds reached the final here.

• Gasquet, Almagro in Swiss final: Richard Gasquet of France beat Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the Swiss Open final at Gstaad, Switzerland, against Nicolas Almagro of Spain.

Both Gasquet and Almagro will be playing for their second ATP Tour title of the season today on Gstaad’s outdoor clay.

• Ferrero sets Croatia Open final: Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain reached the Croatia Open final at Umag, Croatia, for the second straight year after dispatching Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-4, 6-2 .

Ferrero will play against Potito Starace of Italy, who beat eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to gain his first final in three years.

• Azarenka to meet Sharapova: Victoria Azarenka reached the final of the Bank of The West Classic at Stanford, Calif., defeating top seed Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-3.

Azarenka, seeded eighth and ranked 18th in the world, will play Maria Sharapova in the final after Sharapova shook off a first-set loss to beat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Azarenka made her third final this season and is looking for her first title of the year.

Marquez thumps Diaz for lightweight title

Boxing: Juan Manuel Marquez earned a masterful unanimous decision over Juan Diaz in Las Vegas, picking apart his younger opponent to retain his WBA and WBO lightweight titles.

Marquez captivated the crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events Center with precise punching and slick defense in a rematch that was nearly as entertaining as the fighters’ thrilling first meeting, which Marquez won on a ninth-round stoppage in February 2009.

Farah, Ennis lead big British medal haul

Track and field: Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis led Britain’s golden night at the European Championships at Barcelona, Spain, with victories in the men’s 5,000 meters and women’s heptathlon.

Farah, who lost to Spain’s Jesus Espana four years ago by 0.09 seconds, ran a commanding race in the 5,000 to give him a distance double. He had won the 10,000.

Ennis set a European record of 6,823 points to add a European title to her world title. Ennis, holding an 18-point lead over Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska, finished in front of the Ukrainian in the closing event (800 meters) to take the gold.

• Dibaba wins 10,000 meters: Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia beat world champion Linet Masai of Kenya in the women’s 10,000 at the African Athletics Champion- ships at Nairobi, Kenya.

Dibaba trailed for most the race before outsprinting Masai on the last lap to win in 31 minutes, 51.39 seconds.

Fellow Ethiopian Haileyesus Melkamu was second in 31:55.50 and Masai third in 31:59.36.

Inter Milan beats Man City in exhibition

Soccer: Inter Milan opened its U.S. tour with an impressive showing against weary Manchester City, which was more than ready to head home to England.

Nsofor Victor Obinna scored in the 38th minute, and Inter pulled away to a 3-0 victory in a friendly at Baltimore.

Manchester City played the final 69 minutes with only 10 men after Patrick Vieira was given a red card for a hard foul against Marco Materazzi.

Rowers best Atlantic record by 11 days

Miscellany: A four-man rowing team has broken the 114-year-old record for crossing the Atlantic from New York to Britain by 11 days.

Skippered by Scotland’s Leven Brown, the team left on June 17 and rowed 3,262 miles to the Isles of Scilly off England’s southwest tip in 43 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes, 48 seconds.

The previous record of 55 days, 13 hours was set in 1896 by two Norwegians.