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Gautam Gambhir of India plays for a shot against Pakistan during the Asia Cup. Pakistan won by eight wickets, with 27 balls remaining.
(By Anjum Naveed -- Associated Press)
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· COURTS: A former track star who had been scheduled for trial next week on heroin distribution charges instead has opted for a plea hearing today.
Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery's plea agreement hearing is set for 2 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, according to the court docket. Montgomery previously had pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial on the charge, which carries a minimum five-year prison term.
Details of the plea deal were not available. The federal prosecutor's office and defense attorney James O. Broccoletti did not immediately return phone messages.
Montgomery, the former 100-meter world record holder, was indicted for allegedly dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia. In May, a judge in New York sentenced Montgomery to 46 months in prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme.
· TENNIS: Less than two months after her sudden retirement, Justine Henin isn't completely ruling out a return to tennis.
"I can never say for sure that I'll never be back because I hate to say never," Henin said. "But for me, and the people who know me, they know that when I do something, I do it 200 percent -- and when I decide it's over, it's over and I go to the next step."
The 26-year-old Belgian announced her retirement 10 days before the start of the French Open in May, saying she had lost her hunger for the game after a nine-year career that included seven Grand Slam titles.
· BASKETBALL: Patrick Ewing Jr., who played the past three seasons at Georgetown, was among six former collegiate players selected in the Harlem Globetrotters' second annual "draft" to try out for the team later this year.
Also chosen were Sonny Weems of Arkansas, William Bullard of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Tay Fisher of Siena, Longar Longar of Oklahoma, and Donald Thomas of Auburn.
Ewing, who was chosen by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the NBA draft last week, averaged 6.1 points and 4.2 rebounds with the Hoyas last season. . . .
Tamika Catchings scored a season-high 18 points and the host Indiana Fever beat the Chicago Sky, 74-67, in a WNBA game.
· SOCCER: Spain jumped to the top of FIFA's monthly rankings for the first time after its triumph at the European Championship, with Brazil and Argentina both falling out of the top three.
The United States continued to fall from the highest echelons of world soccer, falling nine places to 30th, its lowest ranking since it was 30th in March 2007. The Americans had been fourth in April 2006.
Teams are ranked based on points awarded for performances in matches in the last four years.
· HIGH SCHOOLS: Park View High School named Mike Koscinski its varsity boys' basketball coach, Athletic Director Joe Breinig Jr. said. Koscinski served the past three seasons as a varsity assistant under Mike Benson at Briar Woods. Park View finished 16-7 in the Virginia AA Dulles District in 2007-08 under previous coach Jeff Schneider and was 35-13 the past two seasons.
-- From News Services and Staff Reports
