• SOCCER: Fans at a Scottish Cup soccer game in Glasgow jeered during a minute's silence for Pope John Paul II, forcing the tribute to be cut short.
The booing by Hearts fans came before the semifinal against Celtic, which has mostly Catholic fans. Referee Stuart Dougal ended the memorial less than halfway through because of the noise. The game was televised in Britain and overseas.
Lindsay Davenport finishes off Silvia Farina Elia for another Bausch & Lomb title. She hopes to repeat the win on clay at the French Open next month.
(Phil Coale -- AP)
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• RUNNING: Jimmy Muindi won the Rotterdam Marathon, breaking away after 23 miles to finish in 2 hours 7 minutes 49 seconds and lead a Kenyan sweep.
Jackson Koech was second in 2:08:01 and defending champion Felix Limo was third in 2:09:01.
In the women's race, Zhor El Kamch of Morocco won in 2:26:38. Madai Perez of Mexico was second in 2.27.08, and Russia's Jelena Burykina took third in 2.30.15. . . .
The IAAF executive council proposed that athletes who switch nationalities must wait three years before they can compete for their adopted country.
Previously, athletes could compete almost immediately, as long as they had gone three years without representing their old country in any IAAF competition.
"I think it is the right time to change this rule," IAAF President Lamine Diack said.
-- From News Services
