AP - Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

AP - Goodbye, Melanie Oudin. Hello, Beatrice Capra.

AP - With nothing to play for, the United States looked as if it didn't want to play.

AFP - Ireland are taking a long trip into unknown territory when they start their Euro 2012 campaign against Armenia in their opening Group B fixture here on Friday.

AP - Ben Roethlisberger's first big gain of the season may occur weeks before he returns to the field.

AP - Aleksandar Rasic made four free throws in the last 11 seconds Thursday to help Serbia upset top-ranked Argentina 84-82 and win Group A at the basketball world championship.

AP - CC Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in Curtis Granderson homered twice and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 Thursday for a four-game sweep.

AP - Garrett Gilbert has hardly played since high school and in his only meaningful college game, he threw four interceptions as Texas lost the national championship to Alabama.

AFP - Norwegian sprint specialist Thor Hushovd won the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain here on Thursday, while Belgium's Philippe Gilbert retained the overall leader's red jersey.

AFP - Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko, twice a US Open semi-finalist, became the latest high-ranked contender ousted at the US Open, falling 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to 38th-ranked Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

AP - Searchers in the rugged North Cascades have found a backpack belonging to the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, but they are still looking for the missing climber.