Boxing

Broner stops Rees to win

Undefeated American Adrien Broner stopped Britain's Gavin Rees in the fifth round on Saturday to retain his World Boxing Council lightweight world crown. Broner dropped the 32-year-old Welshman with right and left uppercuts and landed a ferocious flurry before referee Earl Brown stopped the fight after two minutes and 59 seconds of the fifth round.

Athletics

Lomong breaks Millrose record

Sudanese-born Lopez Lomong edged defending champion Matthew Centrowitz in a meet-record time, edging his 2012 US Olympic teammate to win the feature mile showdown at Saturday's 106th Millrose Games. Lomong, the 2008 US Olympic flagbearer who escaped Sudan soldiers to become a two-time Olympian, won in 3 min 51.21 sec to edge Centrowitz by .13 of a second.

Snooker

Ding out of Wales Open

Defending champion Ding Junhui of China was knocked out of the Welsh Open on Saturday when England's Stuart Bingham captured their semifinal 6-5. Bingham came back from 4-5 down to claim victory with breaks of 93 and 108 and will face Stephen Maguire of Scotland, who beat Judd Trump 6-4, in Sunday's best of 17-frame final. "I didn't play as well as I did in other matches this week and I had some bad shot selection," said Ding.

Tennis

Serena stunned to still be playing

Evergreen Serena Williams admitted on Saturday that she never thought she'd still be playing tennis into a third decade as she becomes the oldest woman to take the world top ranking. "I never thought I would be playing at 31, although I don't feel 31. I don't know where the time went," said the American, the winner of 15 Grand Slam singles titles. I never, never, never thought I would still be out here, but I have nothing else to do."

Cycling

Wiggins targets Giro over Tour

Bradley Wiggins has spelled out his objectives for the season, with the British cycling star focusing on a debut win in the Tour of Italy rather than a defense of his Tour de France title. Wiggins gave a preview of how he sees his year panning out for Team Sky after finishing a lowly 74th in the Tour of Oman on Saturday behind teammate and winner Chris Froome. Explaining his decision to target the Giro, Wiggins said: "I just wanted a new set of challenges."

Agence France-Presse

(China Daily 02/18/2013 page24)