Multi-event newlyweds add hardware

Track and field: For their honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Eaton went to Russia.

Once there, the first couple of multi-events turned the world championships into The Newlywed Game, complementing their wedding rings with a pair of shiny medals.

Not quite matching, but that hardly mattered to Canada’s Brianne Theisen Eaton, who picked up the silver in the heptathlon Tuesday night in Moscow.

This after watching her husband of one month, American Ashton Eaton, capture decathlon gold two days earlier. Not to mention watching him claim the Olympic title in London.

Finally, it was her turn.

“I’ve always watched him get his medals and think, ‘I wonder what that feels like?”’ said Theisen Eaton, who finished 56 points behind winner Ganna Melnichenko of Ukraine. “Now I’m getting a little taste of it.”

The Eatons went to the University of Oregon together and married on July 13. Since then they’ve been planning for this big adventure, and what an adventure it’s been. And now, with their medals won, maybe this is the time for some sand and sea.

“The perfect time to go lay on the beach,” Theisen Eaton said. “But if we did that, I’d just shut my eyes and in 10 minutes he would go, ‘How much longer are we going to lay here? Let’s go play volleyball or something.’ He can’t sit around too long.”

Theisen Eaton may be new to medal ceremonies, but Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia is no stranger to success, clearing 16-0 1/2 to win her third world pole vault title by holding off Olympic champion Jenn Suhr of the U.S. in front of a raucous crowd.

It was a solid night for the Americans, too, with LaShawn Merritt and Tony McQuay going 1-2 in the 400 meters. Merritt won back his crown after losing it two years ago in South Korea to Kirani James, who finished seventh.

Nick Symmonds wound up second in the 800, giving the U.S. the highest medal in that event ever at the worlds.

Other winners Tuesday included Russia’s Elena Lashmanova (20-kilometer walk), Germany’s Robert Harting (discus) and Kenya’s Milcah Chemos Cheywa (steeplechase).

Oracle Team USA accused of cheating

Sailing: The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the head of America’s Cup challenger Emirates Team New Zealand has accused defending champion Oracle Team USA of cheating in the latest controversy in sailing’s premier regatta.

Emirates Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton tells the newspaper: “You can’t actually get to any other point than the fact they were cheating. I think it’s really serious.”

The international jury is investigating and could punish Oracle with a fine, forfeiture of races or disqualification from the America’s Cup.

Montoya losing ride with Ganassi

Auto racing: The Associated Press has learned Juan Pablo Montoya will not be back for an eighth NASCAR season with Chip Ganassi.

Ganassi President Steve Lauletta announced the decision to the team Tuesday, multiple people present for the announcement told AP.

Montoya has been with Ganassi since 2006 when he abruptly left Formula One for NASCAR. It’s his second stint with the car owner.

But results in NASCAR have been sporadic. Montoya has just two wins in 239 career starts and his best season finish was eighth in 2009.

• Waltrip adds Vickers: Brian Vickers has been chosen the full-time driver of Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 55 Aaron’s Toyota beginning next season.

Vickers has been splitting a ride the past two seasons with Mark Martin for MWR on the Sprint Cup Series and running a full schedule for Joe Gibbs Racing on the Nationwide Series.

Foreign players dominate stroke play

Golf: Ever since Francis Ouimet won the 1913 U.S. Open and sent Ted Ray and Harry Vardon back to England empty-handed, The Country Club at Brookline, Mass., has not been kind to foreign golfers.

Two more Opens have been held here, and each was won by an American. Same with the two Walker Cups, three Women’s Amateurs and five U.S. Amateurs at The Country Club – not to mention the 1999 Ryder Cup, in which the U.S. team rallied on the final day to beat Europe.

At this year’s U.S. Amateur, though, the top of the leaderboard is dominated by foreign players. Englishman Neil Raymond and Australian Brady Watt were at 6-under par 134 at the end of stroke play. They are followed by another Australian, another Englishman and a Canadian three strokes back.

Gonzaga’s Sean Walsh shot a 73, putting him at 144 and in a playoff today with 16 others for the last 14 spots in match play.