Schumacher Repeats at Belgian Grand Prix

Former world champion Michael Schumacher held off Jacques Villeneuve on Sunday to win the Belgian Grand Prix for the second year in a row.

Two days after crashing during practice, Schumacher proved he could still master Formula One’s most demanding track. He finished the 190.6-mile race in 1 hour 28 minutes 15.125 seconds. Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault, trailed by 5.602 seconds.

McLaren-Mercedes driver Mika Hakkinen of Finland finished third, 15.710 seconds behind the winner.

Tennis

Third-seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa warmed up for the U.S. Open by defeating unseeded Australian Todd Woodbridge, 6-2, 6-4, to win the du Maurier Open at Toronto and collect $288,000.

In the doubles final, the fourth-seeded team of American Patrick Galbraith and Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands defeated third-seeded Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine beat Martin Damm of the Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3, in the final of the Hamlet Cup at Commack, N.Y.

Track and Field

World and Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion Allen Johnson defeated record holder Colin Jackson at the McDonald’s Games at Sheffield, England.

Johnson pulled away from Jackson and another British rival, Tony Jarrett, to win in 13.23 seconds. Jarrett placed second in 13.25 and Jackson tied for third with American hurdler Steve Brown in 13.36.

Tom Pukstys twice broke his U.S. javelin record with throws of 284 feet, 7 inches, and then 284-10.

Mari Carmen Diaz won the women’s division of the Mexico City Marathon, finishing more than three minutes ahead of Maria Elena Reyna.

Juan Salvador Gonzalez won the men’s title in 2:20.14, followed by Martin Rodriguez at 2:21.13.

Miscellany

Bradley’s Anthony Parker scored 19 points to lead five players in double figures as the United States beat Canada, 114-54, in the semifinals of the Pan American Under-22 championships at Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Team Canada dropped defenseman Al MacInnis from its World Cup hockey roster because he has a bowel infection. MacInnis’ spot will be taken by Florida Panther defenseman Ed Jovanovski.

A cousin of New York Ranger center Mark Messier was moved out of intensive care after being injured in a car crash that killed former NHL player Jeff Batters.

Marcus Messier, 26, was in serious but stable condition, said a spokesman at Calgary’s Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Canada.

Atlanta’s summer of international sports came to a close as Paralympic organizers looked back on 10 days of games.

Thousands of physically challenged athletes from more than 120 nations gathered on the floor of a rapidly filling Olympic Stadium in a Mardi Gras-style celebration.

More than 200 world records for disabled athletes were set during the Paralympics and organizers sold at least 525,000 of the 1.2 million tickets available.