Briefly
An Australia coach Friday called for the use of video replay in swimming, saying it would have helped officials spot a disputed move by Polish swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak during a world-record performance.
Jedrzejczak broke her mark in the 200-meter butterfly Thursday night at the World Swimming Championships in Montreal, beating Australia’s Jess Schipper by only four-hundredths of a second.
Australian coach Alan Thompson cited video from an underwater camera that appeared to show Jedrzejczak reaching for the wall with her left hand, while her right arm was still at her side. Under butterfly rules, a swimmer must touch the wall with both hands at the same time.
•American Aaron Peirsol broke his world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the World Swimming Championships in Montreal. Australian Leisel Jones broke the second world record of the night in the 200 breaststroke.
Basketball
New agreement finalized, signed
The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement was finally completed and signed, clearing the way for free agent signings to begin. League attorneys will review the agreement with teams, and signings will begin at 9 a.m. (PDT) on Tuesday.
•New court dates have been set for the Indiana Pacers players charged for their roles in the November brawl with fans at Detroit. Three different Rochester Hills (Mich.) judges will preside in cases involving five Pacers players, with pretrial hearings in September.
•Free-agent forward Antoine Walker met this week with Miami Heat president Pat Riley, although no contract offer was made. Walker played last season for the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics.
•Free-agent guard Jeff McInnis has reached a one-year deal with an option for a second with the New Jersey Nets, his agent said.
•Las Vegas will be the site of the 2007 NBA All-Star game, marking the first time the event will be held in a non-NBA city. An official with knowledge of the decision, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed reports that the city has been given the go-ahead to play host to the league’s showcase event.
Olympics
Turin beefs up security for 2006
The Italian senate approved a $12.1 million increase in the security budget for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in an amendment to a larger package of tougher anti-terror measures.
•The International Softball Federation turned down a chance to find out how many IOC members voted to drop the sport from the Olympics after 2008.
Miscellany
Fulham will play best of MLS
Major League Soccer will pit its best against Fulham FC of the English Premier League today at Columbus, Ohio, in a game that caps a month of stateside matches between European clubs and MLS teams.
•The Big Ten’s instant replay system will be used in all 28 bowl games this season if the NCAA approves a plan agreed upon by Bowl Championship Series officials.
Sports people
Mayweather acquitted of battery
WBC 140-pound boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was acquitted of one count of battery constituting domestic violence stemming from a 2003 argument with his former girlfriend outside a Las Vegas nightclub. … Lance Armstrong’s libel case against the Sunday Times will go to trial in November after London’s Court of Appeal finalized defense details. … Remi Korchemny, the track coach ensnared in the BALCO steroids scandal, pleaded guilty to reduced charges in San Francisco, a move that likely will keep him out of prison. … Driver Rick Bridgeman of Olympia suffered head injuries at the Columbia Cup in Kennewick when his hydroplane boat flipped in a turn and landed upside-down.