Furyk, Love tied on top at Sea Island

Golf: Three weeks after they were on stage together for the closing ceremony at the Ryder Cup, Davis Love III and Jim Furyk wound up together in a place few people would have imagined they’d be – in the final pairing at the McGladrey Classic, in St. Simons Island, Ga.

Love made a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole Saturday for a 4-under-par 66, giving him a share of the lead with Furyk, who also had a 66 by doing most of his work early. He made a 45-foot birdie putt over a slight ridge on the second hole, added three more birdies through six holes, and settled for eight pars at the end.

They were at 13-under 197, two shots clear of Arjun Atwal (69) and D.J. Trahan (66).

• Harrington will replace injured Els: Ernie Els has pulled out of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf next week in Bermuda because of a minor ankle injury. He will be replaced in the four-man field by Padraig Harrington.

Els says he recently sprained his left ankle. He says it isn’t serious and he should recover quickly.

Williams reaches first final in over two years

Tennis: Venus Williams reached her first final in almost 2 1/2 years at the Luxembourg Open after defeating Andrea Petkovic of Germany 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in Luxemburg.

Williams, hampered for two seasons by injuries and an autoimmune disease, will play Monica Niculescu of Romania in the final today.

While Niculescu has yet to win her first WTA title at 25, Williams has won 43 singles titles overall, including seven at Grand Slams. Her last was in February 2010 in Acapulco.

Petkovic, ranked 182nd, kept up with Williams until 4-4 in the final set. Then she dropped her serve and Williams, ranked 41st, closed out the match in 2 hours, 38 minutes.

• Wozniacki will play Stosur: Caroline Wozniacki and Samantha Stosur both reached the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.

Wozniacki advanced to her third final of the season by beating Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4, while Stosur rallied past former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Stosur has a 3-2 record against Wozniacki, winning their last two matches.

In the men’s semifinals, second-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy advanced to his fourth final this year by beating Malek Jaziri of Tunisia 6-3, 6-1. Fourth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil overcame veteran Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 for his first indoor final.

• Del Potro, Zemlja reach final: Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and qualifier Grega Zemlja advanced to the final of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

• Tsonga will face Berdych in Stockholm Open: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych will play in the Stockholm Open final after semifinal wins.

Top-seeded Tsonga advanced after his opponent Marcos Baghdatis retired with a left groin strain in the deciding set, with Tsonga leading 6-4, 4-6, 5-2.

No new negotiations between NHL, union

Miscellany: NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and players’ association special counsel Steve Fehr spoke to each other, but the sides still have made no plans to meet face-to-face as a deadline to preserve a full hockey season draws nearer.

No details of what Daly and Fehr discussed were released, but both sides said there were no new developments on the 35th day of the lockout.

On Friday, the NHL canceled all games through Nov. 1. The league said in its most recent proposal to the players that a deal must be reached by Thursday in order for the season to start on Nov. 2 and for each team to play a complete 82-game season.

• U.S., Germany tie in first game without Sundhage: Abby Wambach and Germany’s Anja Mittag scored in the first half, and the U.S. women had to settle for a 1-1 tie, in Bridgeview, Ill., in their first game without former coach Pia Sundhage.

The draw in the matchup between the world’s top two teams snapped a 14-game winning streak for the U.S. Six of those victories came at the London Olympics, where the Americans beat Japan 2-1 to win their third straight gold medal.

• Olympic star commits to Cal: Olympic star Missy Franklin has orally committed to attend the University of California, ending the pursuit of one of the most sought after swimming recruits.

Franklin will be reunited with Cal coach Teri McKeever, who directed the U.S. women’s team at the London Olympics, where Franklin won five medals. The 17-year-old won the 100- and 200-meter backstroke events, earned gold medals in the 400 medley and 800 freestyle relays, and a bronze in the 400 freestyle relay.

• Garcia stops Morales: Danny Garcia stopped Erik Morales at 1:23 of the fourth round to retain his WBC and WBA super lightweight belt in the first boxing event at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

• Mississippi’s Wiggins on administrative leave: Mississippi women’s basketball coach Adrian Wiggins will “no longer serve as head coach” and is on administrative leave while an investigation continues over “impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct” involving his staff.

Wiggins has not been officially fired, but a statement from the university says the search for an interim head coach begins immediately.

• Lunar Victory caps big day: Lunar Victory won the $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont Park in New York, to cap a big day for the Juddmonte Farms of Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.