Nadal tops Federer in Wimbledon thriller
LONDON, July 6 (UPI) -- Spaniard Rafael Nadal won a long and tense fifth set 9-7 Sunday, ending Roger Federer's five-year streak of Wimbledon championships.
The match, delayed twice by rain, lasted four hours, 48 minutes, making it the longest final in Wimbledon history.
Nadal won the epic match despite blowing a two-set advantage, two championship points and a 5-2 edge in the third set.
The complete scores were 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (6-8), 9-7.
"I tried everything," Federer said during a television interview. "Rafa is a deserving champion."
"It's impossible to explain what I felt," Nadal said. "I had a lot of chances, but Roger is the greatest player in the world. He's still the best."
Nadal -- who lost to Federer in the 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon finals -- is the first Spaniard to win the Wimbledon men's title since Manolo Santana in 1966. He is also the first man to win both Wimbledon and the French Open in the same season since Bjorn Borg in 1980.
7 Cubs, 7 Red Sox on all-star teams
NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs each placed seven players on the 2008 all-star roster announced Sunday by Major League Baseball.
The American and National League teams will compete in baseball's 79th annual All-Star Game July 15 at Yankee Stadium.
American League starters: First base, Kevin Youkilis, Boston; second base, Dustin Pedroia, Boston; shortstop, Derek Jeter, New York; third base, Alex Rodriguez, New York; catcher, Joe Mauer, Minnesota; outfield, Manny Ramirez, Boston; Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, and Josh Hamilton, Texas.
National League starters: First base, Lance Berkman, Houston; second base, Chase Utley, Philadelphia; shortstop, Hanley Ramirez, Florida; third base, Chipper Jones, Atlanta; catcher, Geovany Soto, Chicago; outfield, Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome, Chicago, and Ryan Braun, Milwaukee.
The other Cubs on the National League team are Aramis Ramirez, Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano.
The other Boston players on the AL squad are David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon, Jason Varitek and J.D Drew.
The AL pitching staff includes starters Roy Halladay of Toronto, Cliff Lee of Cleveland, Justin Duchscherer of Oakland, Scott Kazmir of Tampa Bay and Joe Saunders and Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels.
The NL staff includes starters Zambrano and Ryan Dempster of Chicago, Dan Haren and Brandon Webb of Arizona, Edinson Volquez of Cincinnati, Tim Lincecum of San Francisco and Ben Sheets of Milwaukee.
Terry Francona of Boston is the American League manager; Clint Hurdle of Colorado heads the NL team.
Kim notches 2nd PGA victory of 2008
BETHESDA, Md., July 6 (UPI) -- Anthony Kim shot a 5-under-par 65 for a two-stroke victory Sunday in the AT&T National tournament in Bethesda, Md.
The 23-year-old Kim's win was his second this year on the PGA Tour. He won the Wachovia Championship two months ago.
Kim finished with a12-under 268 on the Congressional course. Fredrik Jacobson also closed with a 65 and placed second at 10-under 270.
"Winning (on the tour) is so tough that any time you get an opportunity to be in the hunt it feels great," Kim said. "And to capitalize on the two chances I've had of late feels wonderful."
Six players shared third place at 9-under 271: Rod Pampling (65), Jim Furyk (66), Dean Wilson (67), Robert Allenby (67), Tommy Armour III (69) and Nick O'Hern (69).
Tom Pernice, who led after three rounds, slipped to a 2-over 72 and ended up in a tie for ninth place.
Kiel's friends tried to help ex-NFL star
SAN DIEGO, July 6 (UPI) -- Friends of Terrence Kiel desperately attempted to lift a sedan off the former San Diego Chargers safety after his fatal car accident, a witness says.
Witness Bill Alsup said after the 27-year-old football player crashed his sedan into a cinder-block wall, friends from a nearby party tried in vain to free him from the vehicle before police intervened, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday.
"They seemed a little distraught that they couldn't do more," Alsup said of Friday night's accident.
Police would not confirm that the party had been thrown by Chargers linebacker Stephen Cooper, who owns a home near the crash scene.
A witness told police she saw Kiel allegedly driving the wrong way down the road before he lost control of his vehicle, the Union-Tribune said.
The newspaper said the former Texas A&M standout, who was dismissed by the Chargers last year for alleged drug use, died of related injuries while being transported to the hospital.
