Sports briefs

British athletes angry over Chambers addition Sprinter Dwain Chambers, banned two years for steroid use in 2003, Monday was named to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Indoor Championships, UK Athletics said on its Web site.

The organization said it didn't want to select Chambers, who was picked after winning a national 60-meter trial two days ago, but he threatened legal action if omitted.

Chambers' addition to the team drew widespread criticism from fellow athletes.

"I don't believe he should be running," the BBC quoted Kelly Holmes, a double Olympic champion as saying "It doesn't put us in a good light allowing a cheat, who has admitted he's a cheat, to represent us."

Roger Black, a former Olympic silver medalist in the 400 meters, said it was "terrible" for the sport.

Wilson gains spots on U.S. gym team Five-time national champion Blaine Wilson earned a spot on the U.S. men's gymnastics team, and will receive funding for three months as he trains in an attempt to make his fourth Olympics.

Yewki Tomita, Sho Nakamori and Justin Spring also were awarded three of the final 15 spots on the team, which was filled out over the weekend at the Winter Cup Challenge.

Three thrown out for online betting Three spectators were kicked out of the Diamond Games women's tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, because they were betting on a match online from the stands.

They were seen betting on points in real time from their laptops during a first-round match Monday and asked to leave, organizers said Tuesday. No further action was taken.

The WTA Tour is taking a tough stance against gambling at tournaments, especially after betting scandals on the ATP tour have tarnished the sport.

Julie Ditty of the United States upset eighth-seeded Alona Bondarenko 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round in Antwerp. Karin Knapp rallied to beat Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reached the quarterfinals.

• Andy Murray, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Marcos Baghdatis won in straight sets and reached the second round of the Open 13 in Marseille, France.

Professional wrestling: Investigators stand by the initial conclusion that Chris Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son and then himself in their suburban Atlanta home last June. Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's home and tests showed he had roughly 10 times the normal level of testosterone in his system.

Skiing: Austrian skier Maria Holaus will miss the rest of the women's World Cup season because of injuries to both knees. The Austrian ski federation said Holaus, 24, ruptured collateral ligaments in her right knee and tore cruciate ligaments and broke the upper part of the shinbone on the left after crashing in Sunday's super-G race in Sestriere, Italy.