Klitschko victory puts titles all in the family

Eulogized: Lorenzo Charles, known for the last-second dunk that made North Carolina State the 1983 NCAA champion, was buried in Raleigh, N.C., five days after dying in a bus wreck.

Advanced: Jeremy Lamb of NCAA champ UConn scored 17 points and led the U.S. to an 82-66 victory over China in the Under 19 World Championship in Liepaja, Latvia. The U.S. is 3-0.

Won: Michael Phelps led wire to wire and won the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute, 47.46 seconds at the Canada Cup in Montreal. The meet is a tuneup for the world championships July 16 in Shanghai.

Won: Veteran jockey Chuck C. Lopez scored his 4,000th win, in the first race at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. Lopez, 50, also won his first race at Monmouth Park, in 1979.

Wladimir Klitschko won a lopsided unanimous decision over David Haye, adding the WBA title to his heavyweight haul on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.

Klitschko dominated almost from the opening bell against a smaller fighter who took few chances, winning his 14th bout in a row and improving to 17-2 in title fights. But he never knocked Haye down in a fight that did not live up to its hype.

"He was scared to fight me," Klitschko said. "I was expecting more of a challenge in the ring, but he was super defensive."

The victory in a rain-soaked football stadium in Hamburg means Klitschko (56-3) and his older brother, Vitali, hold all three major heavyweight titles. Wladimir already had the IBF title (and minor WBO and IBO belts), and Vitali is the WBC champion.

All three judges gave it to Klitschko, scoring the 12-round showdown 117-109, 118-108 and 116-110.

Haye (25-2), who stirred most of the hype with crass trash-talking, said he hurt a toe on his right foot in training and lost some of his explosive power because of it.

"I couldn't give everything I needed to; it was really frustrating," Haye said. "I had to knock him out and unfortunately I couldn't do it."

Bryant leading push for China tour Kobe Bryant might take his talent and a few of his fellow NBA players to China during the league's lockout. And Timberwolves draftee Derrick Williams might be among them.

There are preliminary talks about a basketball tour to China this summer featuring Bryant, who has called China a "home away from home" and has an enormous following there. He and other NBA players would form two or three barnstorming teams.

It's being put together by Bryant and his agent, Rob Pelinka, who is also Williams' agent.

"Hopefully I would be able to do that because I've never been out of the country and I think that would be the best thing for me," Williams said.

Wimbledon makeover is in the plans The grass still will be green when the Olympics come to Wimbledon in 2012, and that is just about all that will look as usual.

The dark green surroundings of Centre Court will be replaced by Olympic theme colors; players will wear national colors instead of the all-white outfits of Wimbledon; and there will be no queue snaking around the nearby park.

"We've got to make sure we stamp our mark on it," said Debbie Jevans, London 2012 director of sport and venues, "so when people come to Wimbledon they know they're part of an Olympic competition."

Some things can't change. Jevans said to expect strawberries and cream, the traditional snack of Wimbledon, to be available.

Italian tradition continues amid controversy A horse named Mississippi won the famed Palio bareback horse race around the main piazza of Siena, Italy, amid calls for an end to the dangerous event after a horse died during a warmup race.

About 50 horses have died in the race since 1970. Messi, a 6-year-old bay, smashed into a barrier Friday night and died.

Nine horses raced Saturday, and at least one fell. Three riders were thrown.

Italy tourism minister Michela Brambilla said the race was "anachronistic" and should be reconsidered.

2Men's and women's U.S. Amateur Public Links champions were determined Saturday on the Old Macdonald course in Bandon, Ore. UCLA's Brianna Do won the women's tournament 1-up over Texas high school star Marissa Dodd, and Clemson's Corbin Mills won the men's on the 37th hole over UNLV's Derek Ernst.