In brief: Texas sweeps at Penn Relays

Texas cruised to a pair of victories Saturday at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, becoming the third school in 28 years to complete a sweep of the three distance relays.

Texas added wins in the 4-mile and 3,200-meter relays on Saturday to its victory in the distance medley relay on Friday.

Leonel Manzano, a two-time NCAA champion in the mile, led the Longhorns with a strong anchor leg in the 4-mile relay to finish in 16 minutes, 29.5 seconds. The Longhorns followed it up a couple of hours later in the 3,200, winning in 7:23.51.

Any thoughts of Tyson Gay anchoring the United States to a 9-0 record in “USA vs. the World” 400-meter men’s relay went by the wayside when a teammate was poked in the eye, of all things.

Gay’s squad – the same quartet that won the 2007 world championship – wound up only fourth in a race won by Jamaica.

Basketball

Calipari signs extension

Memphis coach John Calipari signed a contract extension through the 2012-13 season that includes an annual raise of $500,000 and a $5 million bonus if he stays through the end of the contract.

Calipari’s new contract will pay him $2.35 million per year.

Calipari took the Tigers to the national championship game this year, the program’s first Final Four since 1985 and first NCAA final since 1973. Memphis lost 75-68 in overtime to Kansas.

Calipari said the offer was made a month ago, but recruiting and other duties kept him too busy to sign the deal. He said other schools used that against him by implying he was still looking at other jobs.

•International basketball is going to look more like the NBA after two major rule changes take effect.

The 3-point line will move back and the three-second area will change shape starting in 2010, the sport’s world governing body announced from Beijing.

After Oct. 1, 2010, FIBA will begin using the new rules for major events such as the Olympics and world and continental championships.

The 3-point line will move from 20 feet, 6.1 inches to 22 feet, 1.7 inches. The NBA line is 23-9.

•Miao Lijie scored 26 points and host China upset the United States 84-81 in the championship game of a pre-Olympic women’s test tournament in Beijing.

Katie Smith led the Americans – the defending Olympic champions – with 16 points. Sylvia Fowles added 14 points and Swin Cash scored 13. Chen Nan had 15 points for China.

The U.S. defeated China 86-61 in a group game Thursday, but it struggled from the start in the final.

The tournament was played in the new 18,000-seat Olympic arena built on the west side of Beijing alongside the venue for baseball.

Tennis

Federer, Nadal will meet again

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in the Monte Carlo Masters final for the third straight year.

Federer advanced from his semifinal in Monte Carlo, Monaco, after third-seeded Novak Djokovic retired while trailing 6-3, 3-2. Nadal beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-2 to reach his fourth straight final.

Nadal leads Federer 8-6 and 6-1 on clay – the Spaniard’s only loss on the slow surface coming last year at Hamburg, Germany. Nadal is the three-time defending champion and has not lost a set in the clay-court tournament since beating Federer in the 2006 final.

•Two Russian stars easily won their singles matches against a depleted U.S. team to take a 2-0 lead in the Fed Cup semifinal in Moscow.

Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Ahsha Rolle 6-2, 6-1, and Anna Chakvetadze defeated Vania King 6-4, 7-5 on indoor clay.

The Americans are without Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport.

Miscellany

WBO champ Erdei outpoints Abron

Undefeated Zsolt Erdei pounded out a one-sided decision against DeAndrey Abron to retain his WBO light heavyweight title in Dresden, Germany.

Erdei (29-0, 17 KOs) landed his left jab from the start in his 10th defense, proving too quick and experienced for the American, who had yet to fight a name opponent.

All three judges scored the bout 119-109 for Erdei.

•Detroit Lions safety Kalvin Pearson was arrested in Tampa, Fla., on domestic violence charges.

Pearson was charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant woman and domestic battery by strangulation, both felonies, according to an arrest report from the Hillsborough County sheriff’s office.

He was being held without bail in a Tampa jail.