Federer handed four ATP awards
Roger Federer won a record four annual ATP awards Monday in Key Biscayne, Fla., – only one for his tennis.
Federer received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for his charity and volunteer work in 2006. He received the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, chosen by players, and was voted the fans’ favorite award for the fourth consecutive year.
For the third year in a row, Federer was chosen player of the year. He won three Grand Slam titles in 2006 and has been ranked No. 1 the past 164 weeks.
Swimming
Hansen slides by
American Brendan Hansen edged Kosuke Kitajima of Japan by 0.16 seconds in the 100-meter breaststroke in Melbourne, Australia.
After two days of swimming here, the United States and Australia were tied with six medals each. The Americans had three golds to the Aussies’ two.
•Russian swimmer Anastasia Ivanenko has been banned for two years after failing a doping test.
The Russian swimming federation said the 18-year-old Ivanenko was sanctioned for using furosemide, a banned diuretic that can be used to mask steroids.
Hockey
Sullivan to coach U.S.
Former Boston Bruins coach Mike Sullivan will coach the United States in the world hockey championships in Russia.
USA Hockey also said Phoenix Coyotes associate head coach Barry Smith will serve as associate head coach and Boston University associate head coach David Quinn will be an assistant.
The world championships are April 27-May 13 in Moscow.
Miscellany
AT&T seeks action
Telecommunications giant AT&T filed a motion, asking that its logo be added to Jeff Burton’s car immediately.
The motion was filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, where the company also filed its lawsuit against NASCAR. A hearing on the motion has not been scheduled.
Burton is sponsored by cell phone service provider Cingular. AT&T recently took full ownership of Cingular as part of its recent merger with BellSouth and intends to eliminate the brand name.
NASCAR’s Nextel deal forbids teams that race in the series from signing new sponsorship agreements with competing telecom companies.
•The International Association of Athletics Federations reiterated its call for an increase in doping bans from two to four years.
Athletes would be able to reduce the four-year ban if they can prove exceptional circumstances, the IAAF said.
•Leon Heath, a star fullback at Oklahoma who played for coach Bud Wilkinson from 1948 to 1950, died Friday in Oklahoma City at the age of 78 after an illness.
•Trenton Jackson, a 1964 Olympic sprinter and the inaugural member of the Rochester Track Club Hall of Fame, died Sunday in Rochester N.Y. at the age of 65.