In Brief

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Vettel wins in Singapore, nears second F1 crown

Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, but the Red Bull driver will have to wait a little longer to clinch his second Formula One world championship.

The German led throughout from the pole position to finish 1.7 seconds ahead of McLaren driver Jenson Button, with Red Bull's Mark Webber third.

Vettel leads the drivers' championship by 124 points with five races left and is virtually certain to win back-to-back titles. Second-place Button would need to win every race while Vettel fails to gain any points. Vettel has 309 points to Button's 185.

Also: Cruz Pedregon raced to his first victory of the season and moved into third in the Funny Car point standings at the NHRA Fall Nationals in Ennis, Texas.

Pedregon made a pass of 4.200 seconds at 302.48 mph to beat Ron Capps in the final. His first win this season moved him seven points behind leader Mike Neff in the standings.

Bob Vandergriff (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Michael Phillips (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won their divisions in the second of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

golf

Europe tops U.S. for first Solheim Cup since 2003

Europe won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2003, finishing powerfully to beat the United States 15-13 at Killeen Castle in Dunsany, Ireland.

Norway's Suzann Pettersen turned the momentum Europe's way when she recovered from 1 down with birdies on the final three holes to beat Michelle Wie by one hole.

Her win left Europe needing one point from the final two singles to win the trophy, but the side captained by Alison Nicholas did even better.

Caroline Hedwall of the Netherlands -- 2 down with two holes to play -- earned a crucial halved match to give Europe a 14-13 lead when rookie Ryann O'Toole bogeyed the 17th and 18th.

Spain's Azahara Munoz birdied the 17th in the final singles to go 1 up on Angela Stanford and guarantee Europe's victory.

Also: Kenneth Ferrie beat fellow Englishman Simon Wakefield in a playoff to win the Austrian Open in Atzenbrugg for his first European Tour title since 2005 and third overall.

Ferrie and Wakefield both carded a final-round 67 to finish at 12-under-par 276.

miscellaneous

LeBron stars, but team falls in exhibition game

LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul couldn't lead their team back from a dreadful start, as Team Philly beat Melo's stars of Baltimore 131-122 at the Palestra in Philadelphia in a basketball exhibition game.

James had 43 points and 23 rebounds and Anthony 31 and 17 in a game that was called the "Battle of I-95."

Also: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the final of the Moselle Open in Metz, France, to win his first title since 2009.

UNLV sophomore Lucia Batta lost in the Flight One singles and doubles finals at the Fall Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. Batta lost to Mississippi's Caroline Rohde-Moe, 6-1, 6-1. In doubles, Batta and Aleskandra Josifoska fell to Mississippi's Erin Stephens and Gaby Rangle, 8-6.

The UNLV women's golf team is 15th after shooting 31-over-par 615 (305-310) in the first two rounds of the Dick McGuire/Branch Law Firm Invitational at Albuquerque, N.M. Junior Katerina Prorokova led the Rebels at 6-over 152.

The UNLV women's soccer team tied host Cal State Fullerton, 1-1. Freshman Erica Meier scored her first career goal for the Rebels (3-7-2).