SOCCER
Leverkusen cruise to victory
Michael Ballack (pictured) and Sidney Sam scored against their former club as Bayer O4 Leverkusen beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday to gain a confidence-boosting win ahead of the Champions League encounter with Chelsea. The 35-year-old Ballack, who won the German title with Kaiserslautern in 1998, gave the visitors a 54th-minute lead when goalkeeper Kevin Trapp let his 18m shot slip through his hands and roll in. Minutes earlier Trapp spectacularly saved a 22m Lars Bender missile. Sam added a second goal after 70 minutes to end Kaiserslautern?s four-game unbeaten run. The win lifted last season?s runners-up, who host Chelsea in their penultimate Group E match on Wednesday, into sixth place on 21 points from 13 games. Kaiserslautern are 12th on 13 points.
FOOTBALL
NFL fines Lions and Bears
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and five other players were fined a total of US$62,500 for incidents in last Sunday?s ill-tempered game between the Lions and Chicago Bears, the NFL said on Friday. Stafford was fined US$7,500 for unnecessary roughness after he grabbed Bears defensive back D.J. Moore by the helmet in the fourth quarter, an NFL spokesperson told Reuters. Moore drew a US$15,000 fine for striking Stafford in retaliation. He also was ejected from the game, won 37-13 by the Bears. Detroit defensive tackle Nick Fairley was also docked US$15,000 for unnecessarily driving Bears quarterback Jay Cutler to the ground. Guard Rob Sims and defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch of the Lions were each fined US$7,500 for striking an opponent late, while Bears receiver Earl Bennett was assessed a US$10,000 fine. Bennett?s infraction? For the second time this season, he wore predominantly orange shoes, a uniform violation, the NFL said.
BASEBALL
Kemp inks US$160m deal
Matt Kemp became the highest-paid player in Los Angeles Dodgers history on Friday, signing an eight-year deal worth US$160 million to remain with the club. The 27-year-old American center fielder led the National League with 39 home runs and 126 runs batted in and was third in the league with 40 stolen bases and a .324 batting average. ?This is very special for me,? Kemp said. ?It?s a joy to be known as a Dodger.? Kemp?s contract, the largest in National League history and seventh-highest in major league history, pays him a US$2 million bonus in April next year and a US$10 million salary for next year with US$2 million deferred until 2013.
ICE HOCKEY
Dallas Stars set to be sold
The Dallas Stars hockey team won court approval of its bankruptcy reorganization, clearing the way for the team to be sold for US$265 million to Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi. US Bankruptcy Judge Peter Walsh approved the plan at a hearing on Friday, court records show. No bidders offered to compete with Gaglardi for the team at a court-supervised auction. The NHL has approved the sale. The team had filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors on Sept. 15. Gaglardi, 43, is president of Northland Properties Corp.
BRIEFS
College coach dies in crash
A US women?s basketball coach and his assistant were killed when the single--engine plane transporting them on a recruiting trip crashed in steep terrain in Arkansas, Oklahoma State University said on Friday. Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna died in the accident on Thursday afternoon. The pilot, 82-year-old Olin Branstetter, and his 79-year-old wife, Paula, also died when the plane spiraled out of control and nosedived into the forest. Budke, hired from Louisiana Tech seven years ago, had a 112-83 record at Oklahoma State and had guided the Cowgirls to their first national top 10 ranking and three berths in the national championship tournament over the past five years. The crash is the second major tragedy for the sports program in about a decade. In January 2001, 10 men affiliated with the university?s men?s basketball team died in a plane crash.
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