Busch wins again in Nationwide

Auto Racing: Kyle Busch continued his domination of the NASCAR Nationwide Series by sailing to victory in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night in Madison, Ill.

Busch, who leads the point standings, won for the sixth time in 19 races this season and also captured the 27th win of his career. Reed Sorenson finished second and Carl Edwards was third.

Busch, who started from the fifth row, has finished first or second in the past seven Nationwide races including wins at Loudon, New Hampshire, and Nashville, Tenn.

Busch was one of four full-time Sprint Cup series drivers competing in the event with the Sprint Series taking the weekend off. Edwards, Sorenson, and Kevin Harvick also race regularly on the Sprint Series.

•Hornaday takes third straight trucks race: Ron Hornaday Jr. held off a late surge from Mike Skinner to win the NASCAR Camping World Trucks race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky., the third consecutive victory for the series points leader.

Hornaday, a three-time series champion, became the first driver to win twice in the 10-year history of the Built Ford Tough 225. He previously won in 2006 at the 11/2-mile track in northern Kentucky.

Husky golfer falls in Publinx final

Golf: Sixth-seeded Brad Benjamin topped University of Washington golfer and top-seeded Nick Taylor 7 and 6 in the final of the U.S. Amateur Public Links golf championship at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla.

The U.S. Amateur Publinx champion is traditionally invited to play in the following year’s Masters, provided he retains his amateur status.

Benjamin, who swings left-handed but is a right-handed putter, was 5-up after the first 19 holes, and medalist Taylor never got closer. The Publinx medalist has not won the match play portion since 2000.

•Fuhr, Rhoden share lead at Tahoe: NHL Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr had two eagles and seven-time champion Rick Rhoden birdied five of the last seven holes to tie for the second-round lead at the 20th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.

Both shot a 5-under-par 67 for a two-day total of 56 points in the modified Stableford scoring system. The format awards six points for eagle, three for birdie, one for par, zero for bogey and minus-two for double bogey or worse.

•Lickliter takes lead with 63 at U.S. Bank: Frank Lickliter shot his best round in nearly three years, posting a 63 to surge to the top of the leaderboard at 11-under 199 after the third round of the U.S. Bank Championship at Milwaukee.

Greg Chalmers is one behind Lickliter after shooting a 69. Jeff Maggert and Chris Riley finished two back at 9-under 201.

Lickliter started the day 4 under, but birdied six out of seven holes at one point.

U.S. beats Panama, advances in Gold Cup

Soccer: With just one regular in the starting lineup, the United States rallied past Panama into the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Philadelphia.

Kenny Cooper converted a penalty kick in the 105th minute, giving the two-time defending champions a 2-1 victory and a semifinal berth against Honduras, which beat Canada 1-0 in the opener of the day’s doubleheader.

Report: Gatti may have been suicide

Boxing: An autopsy indicates former boxing champion Arturo Gatti may have committed suicide, been accidentally killed or murdered, according to a Brazilian newspaper that said it obtained a copy of the coroner’s initial findings.

Police have said they are certain Gatti’s 23-year-old wife strangled the boxer with her purse strap as he drunkenly slept July 11, but the autopsy report raises some doubts.

In the state capital of Recife, the Jornal do Comercio newspaper reported that the autopsy findings it obtained stated Gatti’s body was “suspended and hanged, indicating he may have committed suicide.”

•Khan wins first title fight with unanimous decision: Highly touted Amir Khan finally lived up to lofty expectations, earning a unanimous decision over Andreas Kotelnik to capture the WBA junior welterweight title.

Khan’s blistering victory came five years after a career-launching Olympic silver medal, and 10 months after he was knocked out by Breidis Prescott in 54 seconds.

Khan (21-1) was stepping up a division to face Kotelnik but didn’t appear to lose any speed. His quick combinations and impressive footwork helped carry him to a triumph in front of Naseem Hamed, one of only two other Brits to become a champion at a younger age.

U.S. wins rematch with Japan

Softball: Alissa Haber and Andrea Duran homered as the U.S. exacted a measure of revenge for its loss in the Olympic gold medal game, defeating Japan 6-1 at the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City.

Haber smashed the first pitch thrown by reliever Naho Emoto (0-2) over the left-field wall to put the U.S. ahead 2-1 in the fifth inning. Duran added a two-run shot later in the inning.