ROUNDUP : Soviet-U.S. Relations Poor After Defection of Fedorov

The departure of Sergei Fedorov to the Detroit Red Wings means the “future is not so good” for Soviet relations with the National Hockey League, a Soviet hockey official said.

Assistant coach Igor Dmitriev said the team no longer expects Fedorov to return before Saturday, when the Soviets face West Germany in their first Goodwill Games match.

Without Fedorov, 20, the defending world champions are now “a team like any other team,” Dmitriev said.

Fedorov vanished Sunday after an exhibition game in Portland, Ore., and surfaced Tuesday in Detroit with a five-year contract to play for the Red Wings.

The hockey tournament began Friday as Sweden beat Czechoslovakia, 5-4.

In wrestling, the United States opened competition by beating Bulgaria 20.5-13.5, Japan 31.5-6.5 and Turkey 31-6. The Americans won nine of 10 matches against the Japanese and Turks.

The clincher against Bulgaria came when Royce Alger scored seven of the last eight points to defeat Ditimar Markov 7-5. Bill Scheer and Bruce Baumgartner, 220 pounds and 286 pounds, respectively, had falls against Japan.

The Soviet Union twice won nine of 10 pairings, beating Mongolia 25-8 and South Korea 32-7. South Korea dropped two overtime matches.

In baseball, Canada scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, two on a double by Jim Andrychuk, to beat Puerto Rico, 6-4. Jim Kotkas homered to put Canada ahead, 2-0, in the first inning. But his two-run throwing error in right field let two runs score for a 3-2 Puerto Rico lead in the fifth. Japan defeated Mexico 11-4, after breaking a 3-3 tie on Kojiro Machida’s two-run homer in the fourth inning.

In water polo, Spain beat the United States 10-7, Cuba downed Hungary 10-8 and Yugoslavia beat Italy 16-9. The Americans were led by Chris Humbert with three goals. Yugoslavia wound up 3-0 in its preliminary group.