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The Georgia Bulldogs have lost recordsetting tailback Robert Edwards for six to eight weeks with a broken bone in his left foot… . IBF flyweight champion Danny Romero Jr. sustained a potentially careerending eye injury in his loss to Willy Salazar of Mexico last week. The Albuquerque, N.M.-based fighter caught a hard right on the left eye less than 2 minutes into the fight. By the second round, the eye had swollen badly and was shut. The referee, on the advice of a doctor, stopped the fight after the seventh round, with Salazar (42-21-1) awarded the TKO win… . South Korean boxer Lee Tong-choon, injured four days ago when he lost a Japanese national title bout, died at a Tokyo hospital… . Lester Piggott, the irascible English jockey who rode winners all over the world, announced his retirement at age 59… . Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras will play singles and Todd Martin and Jonathan Stark will play doubles Sept. 22 at Las Vegas for the U.S. at the Davis Cup semifinal against Sweden. Thomas Enqvist, Mats Wilander, Jonas Bjorkman and Stefan Edberg are expected to represent Sweden.