In Brief

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. retained the WBC middleweight title, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio in San Antonio.

The judges scored the bout 118-110, 116-112 and 115-113 for Chavez (45-0-1), which drew a mixed reaction from the 14,120 in attendance Saturday at the Alamodome.

Neither fighter went down despite taking continuous heavy blows to the head and body throughout the 12-round bout.

Chavez overcame a gutsy performance by Rubio (53-6-1).

On the undercard, Nonito Donaire (28-1) took a split decision over Wilfredo Vazquez (21-2-1) to win the WBO junior featherweight title.

Also: Yoan Pablo Hernandez of Cuba successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision against Steve Cunningham in their rematch in Frankfurt, Germany.

The southpaw twice had Cunningham on the canvas in the fourth round after catching the American with lefts. Cunningham remained unsteady after receiving a count, but he somehow recovered to see out the round.

Hernandez (26-1) tried to finish him off in the fifth, but Cunningham (24-4) sent him reeling back.

Cunningham improved in the later rounds but was unable to make up for the knockdown. The judges scored it 116-110, 116-110 and 115-111.

BASEBALL

Yankees GM Cashman
served divorce papers

The wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed divorce papers, a day after prosecutors charged a woman with stalking Cashman and extorting money over an extramarital affair.

Mary Cashman filed the paperwork Friday in Stamford, Conn.

On Thursday, 36-year-old Louise Neathway was charged with harassing Cashman and threatening to harm his reputation if he didn't give her thousands of dollars.

Neathway's lawyers deny it and said Cashman turned on her when their relationship ended badly.

MISCELLANEOUS

Serena helps U.S. grab
Fed Cup lead vs. Belarus

Serena Williams beat Olga Govortsova 7-5, 6-0 to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Belarus in a Fed Cup group qualifying match at Worcester, Mass.

Christina McHale routed Anastasiya Yakimova 6-0, 6-4 in the opening match of the best-of-5 event. Belarus was playing without Australian Open champion and world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, who was out with a lower back injury.

Also: Lindsey Vonn captured her 50th World Cup skiing victory by winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course in frigid conditions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

The American stands third on the women's career win list, behind Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria (62) and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (55).

A.J. Foyt was released from a Houston hospital where he was being treated for complications from knee surgery. The 77-year-old Foyt, a four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, had knee surgery two weeks ago, and an infection sent him to the hospital Wednesday.

West Virginia canceled its Sept. 8 football game at Florida State. West Virginia officials informed Florida State they would pay a $350,000 escape fee to shelve the trip.

Three-time national junior gymnastics champion John Orozco won the Winter Cup title, putting together six solid routines at the Las Vegas Sports Center to win one of the year's first tuneup events on the road to the London Olympics.