IN BRIEF

SOCCER

U.S. blows out Cuba in World Cup qualifier

The United States breezed into the final round of World Cup qualifying with unusual ease.

DaMarcus Beasley scored two first-half goals, Landon Donovan and Brian Ching padded the lead early in the second, and the Americans routed Cuba 6-1 Saturday in Washington, D.C.

With two semifinal-round matches remaining, the Americans (4-0) already have secured a berth in next year's six-nation finals of the North and Central American and Caribbean region.

Also: European champion Spain won 3-0 at Estonia to extend its unbeaten streak to 25 games, and England outplayed Kazakhstan 5-1 in another World Cup qualifying game after being booed off the field following a scoreless first half.

Struggling France rallied from two goals down to tie Romania 2-2, and Germany edged Russia 2-1 to stay in first place in its group.

World Cup champion Italy, missing half its regulars because of injuries, played to a 0-0 draw in Bulgaria to remain atop its group.

Ricardo Fuller scored in the 14th minute to help Jamaica beat Mexico, 1-0. Mexico has nine points in qualifying; Jamaica has four.

TENNIS

No. 1 Jankovic reaches third consecutive final

Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic rallied from a set down to reach the Kremlin Cup final with a 0-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over defending champion Elena Dementieva.

In her third straight final, the 23-year-old Serb will face Vera Zvonareva. The seventh-seeded Zvonareva ousted Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-6 (5) in an all-Russian semifinal.

Marat Safin, the brother of Dinara, advanced to his second final at his hometown event when Misha Zverev withdrew from his first career ATP Tour semifinal because of illness.

Safin will face unseeded Igor Kunitsyn, who beat Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-3 to reach his first career ATP Tour final.

Also: Top-seeded David Nalbandian and Robin Soderling routed their opponents to reach the Stockholm Open final in Stockholm, Sweden.

Nalbandian cruised past Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-1, and Soderling routed Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori, 6-1, 6-0.

UNLV

Volleyball team nets sweep against BYU

The UNLV volleyball team swept Brigham Young 25-15, 25-11, 28-26 in a Mountain West Conference match in Provo, Utah.

Jessica Walters paced the attack for the Rebels (10-8, 3-2 MWC) with 14 kills, Erin Greenwood had 12 kills and Cursty Jackson 10. Melody Nua added 33 assists.

Also: The UNLV women's soccer team gave up three second-half goals in a 3-1 loss to Utah in Salt Lake City.

The Rebels (9-5-1, 1-2 Mountain West Conference) had a 1-0 lead after Ashleigh Shoughro's goal in the final minute of the first half.

But Utah tied the score two minutes into the second half, got the game-winner from Lauren Hair in the 60th minute and added another goal late.

The UNLV men's tennis team won two of its six singles matches to wrap up the Rebel Fall Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Wesley Burrows beat South Carolina's Pedro Campos 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, and Andrew Giuffrida notched a 6-1, 6-2 victory over the Gamecocks' Chris Sheehan.

MISCELLANEOUS

Blue Jackets' Peca hit with suspension

Columbus Blue Jackets center Michael Peca has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL for making contact with an on-ice official.

He was assessed a game misconduct penalty at 5:21 of the second period of the Blue Jackets' season opener Friday at Dallas, which they went on to win 5-4 on Rick Nash's goal in overtime.

Peca, an alternate captain, has appealed but will remain suspended pending a hearing to be scheduled this week.

Also: Anze Kopitar signed a seven-year extension with the Los Angeles Kings, putting the 21-year-old center under contract through the 2015-16 season.

The seven-year deal is the second longest in club history. Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's career leader in several categories, signed an eight-year deal in 1988.

The Wranglers scored four goals in less than seven minutes during the second period, rolling to a 5-2 win over the Bakersfield Condors in an ECHL preseason game in Bakersfield, Calif.

Chris Neiszner scored a short-handed goal early in the second period for Las Vegas to tie the score at 1. That was quickly followed by goals from Matt McKnight, Adam Miller and Tim Spencer to put the Wranglers up 4-1.

Before the game, the Wranglers signed left wing Mick Lawrence, who totaled 40 points in 38 games as a senior at Nebraska-Omaha last year. Las Vegas also signed fifth-year pro Justin Taylor, a forward, to a tryout agreement.

Filly Alwajeeha beat Backseat Rhythm by 11/4 lengths to win the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.

John Velazquez, who had a concussion after a fall last weekend at Keeneland, guided the 3-year-old Alwajeeha over the 1 1/8 miles in 1 minute, 48.09 seconds on firm turf.

Australia's Craig Alexander rallied to win the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

The 35-year-old triathlete from Sydney completed the 140.6-mile endurance test of swimming, cycling and running in 8 hours, 17 minutes, 45 seconds.

He was 11th at the end of the 112-mile bicycle ride, but ran a strong marathon and moved into the lead around the 18-mile mark of the run.

Britain's Chrissie Wellington won her third straight women's title, finishing in 9:06:23.

Yamaha's James Stewart won the Rockstar Energy Drink U.S. Open at the MGM Grand Garden, making $100,000.

Honda's Andrew Short was second, followed by Suzuki's Chad Reed.