World Swim Mark Set by Russia’s Popov

Olympic champion Alexandre Popov of Russia set a world record of 47.83 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle event at the World Cup Short Course swimming competition Saturday in Hong Kong.

The former record of 47.94 seconds was set by Brazilian Gustavo Borges on July 2, 1993. Short-course records can be set only in 25-meter pools.

Popov won the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle events at the Barcelona Olympics.

Pro Basketball

Dikembe Mutombo’s play before his ejection from Thursday’s Denver-Golden State game will be reviewed by the NBA. Mutombo was called for a flagrant foul for elbowing Warrior forward Chris Webber and later received a technical foul for taunting Warrior center Chris Gatling.

The Charlotte Hornets signed free agent Lorenzo Williams to fill in for the injured Larry Johnson.

College Football

Two were killed and seven others were when their vehicle careened out of control on the way from the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., to New Orleans.

Killed were Charles Edison Brewer III of Shreveport and Scott David Miller of Ft. Worth, both 22.

The driver, Matthew Carter, 25, of Shreveport, ran off the left side of the road Friday night and lost control when he tried to get back off the median, police said.

The utility vehicle flipped four or five times, throwing out all nine occupants, two containers of beer and some liquor bottles.

Ty Scroggins, a 220-pound junior linebacker, was charged with first-degree assault and released on $5,000 bond Saturday, becoming the third Louisville player charged after a Christmas Eve incident at a Louisville, Ky., nightclub.

During the incident, a 23-year-old man allegedly was beaten and a 23-year-old woman was assaulted.

Names in the News

Two-time world champion Espen Bredesen of Norway won a World Cup ski-jumping event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, with a jump of 364 feet. . . . Geoffrey Abrams of Newport Beach beat Sebastian Gobbi of France, 6-3, 6-4, to win the boys’ 16 title at the Port Washington (N.Y.) International Championship.

World 10,000-meter champion Haile Gebresilassie won the New Year’s Day World Cross-Country Challenge at Beamish, England. Paula Radcliffe won the women’s race. . . . Canada beat the United States, 8-3, at the world junior hockey championships at Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic.