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2 AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN REAL AUSTIN. REAL NEWS. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 SPORTS IN BRIEF CUP Kiwis beat Oracle in first two races Emirates Team New Zealand skimmed above the waves of San Francisco Bay faster and better than defending champion Oracle Team USA on Saturday to win the first two races of the 34th Cup. With low-key skipper Dean Barker at the wheel of the high-performance, 72-foot catamaran, the Kiwis lost and then regained the lead to win the opening race by 36 seconds. Team New Zealand led the whole way in the second race to win by 52 seconds on a hot, gorgeous day on San Francisco Bay.

The Kiwis need seven more wins to claim the oldest trophy in international sports for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, which held the Auld Mug from 1995-2003. Oracle Team USA, owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison, must win 11 races to retain the Cup. Races 3 and 4 are today. GOLF U.S. seizes 8-4 lead in Walker Cup NCAA champion Max Homa beat Max Orrin 5 and 3, and the United States won the first six singles matches Saturday in the Walker Cup to take an 8-4 lead over Britain and Ireland at historic National Golf Links of America in Southampton, N.Y.

Homa, coming off his senior season at California, won the par-4 14th with a par and finished off the Englishman with a birdie on the par-4 15th to win his match. The biennial event, first played in 1922, closes today with four morning foursomes matches and 10 afternoon singles matches. Champions Tour: Bernhard Langer shot a 5-under 67 to open a three- stroke lead over Kenny Perry at 5-under 138 at the Montreal Championship. European Tour: Craig Lee of Scotland shot a 10-under 61 to surge into a two-shot lead over three players at 16-under 197 after the third round of the European Masters in Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland. FOOTBALL Mars lands halftime gig at Super Bowl Grammy-winner Bruno Mars will sing at halftime of the Super Bowl in February, a source told The Associated Press on Saturday.

The official word is expected to come at an event in New Times Square today. The Super Bowl will be played Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Halftime shows have drawn more than 100 million television viewers in the United States in past years. Be yonce was the star of this Super Bowl halftime show in February in New Orleans.

Mars, 27, is one of pop top acts, with several No. 1 hits, including his most recent, I Was Your ODDS AND ENDS NHL: Hall of Famer Brett Hull, the career leading scorer, will rejoin the organization in the front office. The Capitals re-signed restricted free-agent center Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $4 million contract. The Coyotes signed left wing Mikkel Boedker to a two-year contract. Basketball: Jeffery Taylor scored 25 points and Sweden upset Russia 81-62 for its first win at the European basketball championship.

Russia, the Olympic bronze med alist last year, now looks unlikely to reach the second round. Wire services SPORTS By Stephen Wilson Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a pair of and defying concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Tokyo defeated Istanbul 60-36 in the final round of secret voting by the International Olympic Committee. Madrid was eliminated earlier after an initial tie with Istanbul. Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Olympics, billed itself as the reliable choice at a time of global political and economic uncertainty a message that resonated with the IOC.

can be trusted to be the safe pair of hands and much bid leader and IOC member Tsunekazu Takeda said in the final presentation. is the right partner at the right Tokyo had been on the defensive in the final days of the campaign because of mounting concerns over the leak of radioactive water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. In the final presentation, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave the IOC assurances that the Fukushima leak was not a threat to Tokyo and took personal responsibility for keeping the games safe. me assure you the situation is under Abe said. has never done and will never do any damage to Abe gave further assurances when pressed on the issue by Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg.

poses no problem Abe said in Japanese. With bid dogged by questions over economic crisis and Istanbul handicapped by political unrest and the civil war in neighboring Syria, Tokyo proved to be the least risky choice for the IOC. think it was a choice between going to new shores and staying with a more traditional IOC vice president Thomas Bach said. this time they decided with the more traditional IOC members have also been concerned about construction delays and other challenges plaguing preparations for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Opting for certainty in 2020 was a key priority.

Tokyo delegates in the hall screamed with joy, jumped in the air, hugged and waved small flags after Rogge opened a sealed envelope and read the words: International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the games of the 32nd Olympiad in 2020 are awarded to the city of Even though it was 5 a.m. Sunday in Japan, about 1,200 dignitaries and Olympic athletes who crowded into a convention hall in downtown Tokyo celebrated the news. Cheers of filled the hall when the announcement was made. In old city, a groan went through a crowd of hundreds of people. In the first round, Istanbul and Madrid tied with 26 votes each.

Tokyo had 42 votes, six short of a winning a majority. Istanbul then beat Madrid 49-45 in a tiebreak to advance to the final, which Tokyo won easily. OLYMPICS Japanese beat out Istanbul and Madrid for 2020 Olympics. IOC goes with safe choice, picks Tokyo A vendor hands out free copies of a newspaper printed to mark the announcement of Tokyo as the host of the 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo also hosted in 1964.

GREG BAKER AP Altidore out as streak ends Associated Press Time had just about run out when Jozy Alti dore bumped Michael Umana in front of Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez. Out came the yellow card. And Altidore is out for World Cup qualifier against Mexico at Columbus, Ohio. Geoff Cameron and Matt Besler also are suspended after getting yellow cards in Friday 3-1 loss at Costa Rica. And Michael Bradley appears likely to miss the Mexico match after spraining his left ankle.

going to have to have guys step up, no U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. He was particularly perturbed by card. was absolutely not Klinsmann said. Originally in the starting lineup, Bradley limped off the field during warmups after spraining his left ankle and was on crutches at the bench during the game.

He was replaced by Cameron. might be our most important Donovan said. Klinsmann may call in additional players for the match. think it changes a Klinsmann said. need to have our four points at least to qualify.

We will get those four Johnny Acosta and Celso Borges scored as Costa Rica burst ahead in the first nine minutes, and Joel Campbell added a goal on a late counterattack at San Jose. have to see how we recover and see what made American midfielder Landon Donovan said after his first qualifier in 15 months. Avenging a March loss to the U.S. in a Colorado snow storm, Costa Rica ended the team-record 12-game winning streak three short of the world mark set by Spain. Clint Dempsey, mak ing his 100th international appearance, converted a penalty kick in the 43rd minute for the U.S.

were just disappointed in the way we came American goalkeeper Tim Howard said. The Ticos (4-1-2) moved into first place in the final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean with 14 points, one ahead of the U.S. (4-2-1) with three games remaining. Honduras (3-3-1) is third with 10 points after a shocking 2-1 win at Mexico (1-2-5), which is fourth with eight points. Panama (1-2-4) is another point back after behind held to a 0-0 tie at home by last-place Jamaica (0-4-3).

Mexico fired coach Jose Manuel De la Torre hours after the loss, replacing him with Luis Fernando Tena. miss qualifier vs. Mexico, as will a few others. SOCCER Clint Dempsey, who scored earlier, reacts after missing a chance to tie Costa Rica in the 56th minute. The U.S.

lost 3-1, ending its 12-match winning streak. MOISES CASTILLO AP IN BRIEF CUP Kiwis beat Oracle in first two races Emirates Team New Zealand skimmed above the waves of San Francisco Bay faster and better than defending champion Oracle Team USA on Saturday to win the first two races of the 34th Cup. With low-key skipper Dean Barker at the wheel of the high-performance, 72-foot catamaran, the Kiwis lost and then regained the lead to win the opening race by 36 seconds. Team New Zealand led the whole way in the second race to win by 52 seconds on a hot, gorgeous day on San Francisco Bay. The Kiwis need seven more wins to claim the oldest trophy in international sports for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, which held the Auld Mug from 1995-2003.

Oracle Team USA, owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison, must win 11 races to retain the Cup. Races 3 and 4 are today. GOLF U.S. seizes 8-4 lead in Walker Cup NCAA champion Max Homa beat Max Orrin 5 and 3, and the United States won the first six singles matches Saturday in the Walker Cup to take an 8-4 lead over Britain and Ireland at historic National Golf Links of America in Southampton, N.Y. Homa, coming off his senior season at California, won the par-4 14th with a par and finished off the Englishman with a birdie on the par-4 15th to win his match.

The biennial event, first played in 1922, closes today with four morning foursomes matches and 10 afternoon singles matches. Champions Tour: Bernhard Langer shot a 5-under 67 to open a three- stroke lead over Kenny Perry at 5-under 138 at the Montreal Championship. European Tour: Craig Lee of Scotland shot a 10-under 61 to surge into a two-shot lead over three players at 16-under 197 after the third round of the European Masters in Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland. FOOTBALL Mars lands halftime gig at Super Bowl Grammy-winner Bruno Mars will sing at halftime of the Super Bowl in February, a source told The Associated Press on Saturday. The official word is expected to come at an event in New Times Square today.

The Super Bowl will be played Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Halftime shows have drawn more than 100 million television viewers in the United States in past years. Be yonce was the star of this Super Bowl halftime show in February in New Orleans. Mars, 27, is one of pop top acts, with several No.

1 hits, including his most recent, I Was Your ODDS AND ENDS NHL: Hall of Famer Brett Hull, the career leading scorer, will rejoin the organization in the front office. The Capitals re-signed restricted free-agent center Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $4 million contract. The Coyotes signed left wing Mikkel Boedker to a two-year contract. Basketball: Jeffery Taylor scored 25 points and Sweden upset Russia 81-62 for its first win at the European basketball championship. Russia, the Olympic bronze med alist last year, now looks unlikely to reach the second round.

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Sunday. The game will air on NBC, 104.9 and 1300. RODGER MALLISON STAR-TELEGRAM UT golfers jump to fifth place in tourney American-Statesman staff The Texas golf team shot 2-under-par to move up to fifth place at 8-over par Saturday at the Carpet Capital Collegiate at the Farms Golf Club in Rocky Face, Ga. The Longhorns started the second round in eighth place after shooting 10-over-par Friday. The Horns trail first-place Georgia Tech (-7) by 15 strokes.

Texas freshman Gavin Hall shot even par Saturday and is tied for seventh place at 1-under-par. Fellow freshman Beau Hossler carded a team low 70 after birdie ing three of his final four holes and is at 1-over, tied for 14th place. Georgia Ollie Schniederjans leads the field at 10-under-par. Texas will play the final round Sunday. LONGHORNS ROUNDUP.