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Ellen Estes and Coralie Simmons scored fourth-quarter goals to help the U.S. defeat World Cup champion Netherlands, 7-5, in a round-robin game of the UPS Holiday Cup women’s water polo tournament Thursday at the Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center. . . . Oscar De La Hoya has signed to fight in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 26 against a fighter to be determined. He is expected to fight No. 1 World Boxing Council welterweight contender Darrell Coley, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Ahmed Kotiev, or welterweight Shannon Taylor. . . . Cyclists and triathletes at next year’s Sydney Olympics will undergo the first pre-event blood testing in the Summer Games. . . . Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria won a women’s World Cup giant slalom in Val d’Isere, France. . . . Australia’s Michael Klim broke his 100-meter butterfly world record, clocking 52.03 seconds at Canberra.