Tennis

Stefan Edberg moved into the quarterfinals of the Beckenham grass-court tournament in London, beating Britain’s Paul Hand, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

Two-time defending champion David Wheaton pulled out with a shoulder injury, casting some doubt on his status for Wimbledon.

Boxing

John David Jackson, stripped of the World Boxing Assn. middleweight title for participating in a non-sanctioned fight last month, has asked a New Jersey judge to restore his title.

The WBA lifted Jackson’s title after he fought May 6 in Atlantic City. The organization told Jackson and his promoter, Robert Goodman of Garden State Boxing, they needed permission for the non-title, 10-round fight.

Football

Two former All-American football players at Florida State have denied allegations by Sports Illustrated that they took money for phony summer jobs. LeRoy Butler, an All-Pro safety with the Green Bay Packers, and Lawrence Dawsey, a wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, told the Florida Times-Union that they had not worked for Florida State booster Rick Blankenship, identified by the magazine as having given money to the players. This week’s edition of Sports Illustrated quotes a Jacksonville woman who said Butler and Dawsey took money from Blankenship for a job they didn’t perform at Blankenship’s veterinary clinic.

A former employee at Blankenship’s clinic, Dianna Cortes, told SI she delivered envelopes which she understood contained paychecks to Butler and Dawsey. She said Blankenship told her she’d never find another job in Jacksonville if she told anyone.

Names in the News

Robin Pemberton, team manager for NASCAR driver Kyle Petty has been fired.