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NASCAR levies record penalties in engine case

NASCAR suspended driver Carl Long on Wednesday for the next 12 Sprint Cup races and fined crew chief Charles Swing $200,000, the largest penalty in the sport's history.

Swing also was suspended until Aug. 18 for using an engine that was too big for NASCAR's specifications last weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.

Long was docked a NASCAR-record 200 points. Additionally, Swing and Long were placed on probation until Dec. 31.

The record fine exceeds the $150,000 Robby Gordon's crew chief, Frank Kerr, received in March 2008. Several drivers and owners have been docked 100 points in recent years.

Long has made just 23 career Cup starts and has not appeared in a points-paying Cup race since 2006.

He finished last in the 35-car field in a qualifying event for Saturday night's All-Star race, dropping out after three laps because of an engine problem.

Also: NASCAR has given Jeremy Mayfield's attorney a copy of the suspended driver's toxicology report.

Charlotte, N.C., attorney Bill Diehl requested the documents from NASCAR, spokesman Ramsey Poston said.

A French court dismissed Ferrari's bid to stop Formula One from instituting a budget cap next season, and the Italian team reiterated its threat to pull out of the 2010 championship.

Ferrari sought a court injunction against governing body FIA's plans to introduce a voluntary $60 million cap for racing teams in 2010, but the appeal was rejected by Judge Jacques Gondrand de Robert.

MISCELLANEOUS

Sharapova rolls to win as comeback resumes

Maria Sharapova routed Darya Kustova 6-2, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Warsaw Open in her first singles tournament since undergoing shoulder surgery in August.

The three-time Grand Slam title winner needed only 57 minutes to down Kustova in Warsaw, Poland.

Also: Another potential buyer has surfaced for the Phoenix Coyotes, one that would keep the team in Glendale, Ariz.

An attorney for Las Vegas-based businessman John Breslow, who owns 3 percent of the Coyotes, said Breslow told the NHL he has formed a group interested in submitting a bid for the team.

Attorney Scott Cohen declined to comment on reports that Breslow's group includes hockey great and Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky.

Kansas State filed a lawsuit challenging a secret deal between former athletic director Bob Krause and ex-football coach Ron Prince that would pay Prince $3.2 million in deferred compensation between 2015 and 2020.

Prince's agent responded that the lawsuit is without merit and the deal between his client and the university is legally binding.

Prince, hired as head coach in February 2006 to replace Bill Snyder, was fired in November.

Jose Maria Olazabal, a two-time Masters champion and part of the "Spanish Armada" with Seve Ballesteros that became the most formidable team in the Ryder Cup, was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Olazabal will be inducted Nov. 2 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla.

Tickets for the July 18 welterweight fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Grand Garden box office and all Ticketmaster outlets

Tickets also are available at ticketmaster.com and mgmgrand.com.