Briefly
Maurice Greene was strutting again, and he earned the right.
Greene, whose manner of walking is almost as distinctive as his speed on the track, edged Shawn Crawford in the 100-meter run on Saturday at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York. While Crawford wasn’t impressed, just about everyone else was.
“I was born with confidence,” said Greene, 29, the 2000 Olympic champion and a three-time world gold medalist who won in 10.08 seconds. “It’s confidence, but you have to let the race come to you.
Allen Johnson, 34, won a thrilling 110 hurdles. He edged fellow American Dominique Arnold and Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China. A week ago, Johnson false-started out of the Prefontaine Classic, which Liu won. This time, Liu had a false start, which hindered him in the race.
Arnold led deep into the race before Johnson surged to the tape in 13.02, one of six world bests in the meet.
•Marion Jones finished fourth in the women’s 100 (11.40) at the Galatletica competition in Monterrey, Mexico, losing to the Bahamas’ Chandra Sturrup (11.14) for the third time this year.
Tennis
Roddick reaches final at Queen’s
Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced to his third straight final at the Queen’s grass-court tournament in London, overcoming a sloppy second set to beat Radek Stepanek 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. He will play Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
The second-seeded Roddick is trying to join Lleyton Hewitt and John McEnroe as the only players to win three consecutive titles at the Wimbledon warm-up.
•Top-ranked Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas in the semifinals to move within one victory of capturing his third straight Gerry Weber Open title at Halle, Germany. Federer will face Marat Safin, one of only three men to beat him this year.
•Defending champion Maria Sharapova beat Tatiana Golovin to reach the final of the DFS Classic at Birmingham, England. She will play Jelena Jankovic of Serbia-Montenegro.
Softball
Team USA routs rival Australia twice
Jennie Finch struck out eight in five innings to help the United States beat Australia 8-1 and advance to the gold medal game of the International Sports Invitational at Chula Vista, Calif.
This is Team USA’s first tournament since winning its third straight Olympic gold medal last August in Athens.
The Americans beat their biggest rivals twice on the day. Earlier, they beat the Aussies 7-0 to finish round-robin play undefeated.
Australia will face Canada in the bronze medal game today, with the winner to meet Team USA for the gold.
Cycling
Armstrong finishes stage in seventh
Lance Armstrong finished seventh during the sixth stage of the Dauphine Libere at Morzine-Avoriaz, France, almost 3 minutes behind winner Santiago Botero.
Armstrong, fourth in the overall standings, crossed the line 2:52 behind Botero, and was beaten in a sprint to the finish by Alexandre Vinokourov – likely to be a top rival at this summer’s Tour de France.
Botero, a former world time-trial champion, won the stage in 4 hours, 30 minutes, 54 seconds.
Inigo Landaluze of Spain kept the leader’s yellow jersey with one stage remaining. Botero was 49 seconds back with American Levi Leipheimer in third, 1:16 behind.
Miscellany
U.S. U-20 team upsets Argentina
Freddy Adu’s missed penalty kick didn’t stop the United States under-20 soccer team from upsetting favorite Argentina 1-0 in Group D of the World Youth Championship at Enschede, Netherlands.
•Leaders of New York City’s teetering bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics are considering a collaborative effort with the New York Mets to rebuild the team’s baseball stadium in Queens and use that as a home for the Olympics, or erect a new structure nearby.