U.S. Women Stop Brazil Again

Tiffeny Milbrett and Shannon MacMillan each scored two goals Sunday as the United States overwhelmed Brazil, 6-0, in an exhibition game at Denver that was a rematch of the women’s World Cup semifinals.

Cindy Parlow and Danielle Fotopoulos added goals and Kristine Lilly had three assists to help the United States improve to 100-8-8 in five years under Coach Tony DiCicco.

The victory also was the 22nd of 1999 for the Americans, tying the 1998 team for most in a calendar year.

Unlike America’s 2-0 shutout of Brazil in the World Cup semifinals July 4, Sunday’s game had little suspense. Even without leading scorer Mia Hamm (strained hamstring) and goalkeeper Briana Scurry (hip twinge), the United States controlled the game from the opening kick.

The attendance Sunday at Mile High Stadium was 25,099.

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Parma defender Antonio Benarrivo sustained a severe concussion in a collision with Lazio striker Marcelo Salas during a match and was hospitalized as a precautionary measure. Parma officials said Benarrivo was unconscious for a few minutes after the play. Lazio won the game, 2-1. . . . Brian McBride scored two second-half goals to give the Columbus Crew a 2-1 victory over the Miami Fusion before 15,251 at Columbus, Ohio.

Boxing

Former WBC featherweight champion Alejandro Gonzalez, returning to the ring after a two-year layoff, scored an eighth-round technical knockout of Colombia’s Eduardo Barrios on Saturday night at Miami.

After Gonzalez (39-5, 29 knockouts) knocked down Barrios (29-5-1) for the second time in the eighth round, referee Jorge Alonso stopped the fight at 1:45 of the round.

Oliver McCall’s first fight in 18 months lasted less than two rounds Saturday night at Bassett, Va., before Samson Cohen fell through the ropes, hit his shoulder on a ringside table and the fight was ruled a no contest.

McCall (35-6), the former WBC heavyweight champion, won the first round after landing several quick jabs. Cohen (22-12) started attacking in the second round but went through the ropes after McCall connected with a body shot. Cohen had five minutes to return to the ring unassisted but couldn’t continue.

Hockey

Philadelphia center Rod Brind’Amour, who has the longest consecutive-games-played streak in the NHL, suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot Saturday during the first period of the Flyers’ 4-2 exhibition loss at New Jersey. Flyer team physician Peter DeLuca said the seriousness of the injury wasn’t discovered until Sunday when Brind’Amour arrived at the team’s morning skate complaining of pain and swelling.

Asked if Brind’Amour, who has played in 484 consecutive regular-season games, will be available for the Flyers’ opener against Ottawa on Oct. 2, DeLuca said, “probably not, although Rod has a very high pain threshold.”

Chicago Blackhawk defenseman Dave Manson has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL after he attempted to injure Washington’s Steve Konowalchuk during Saturday’s exhibition game at Columbus, Ohio. Manson has been suspended until a hearing, the date of which will be announced today. Also, the NHL is investigating a postgame fight between the Capitals’ general manager and several members of the Blackhawks. Capital General Manager George McPhee’s face was cut and one arm of his suit was torn off when he was surrounded and punched by Blackhawk players. McPhee gave Chicago Coach Lorne Molleken a black eye, the Washington Post reported.

Miscellany

Tegla Loroupe set a women’s world record in winning the Berlin Marathon, beating her previous mark by four seconds. The Kenyan sprinted to the finish in two hours 20 minutes 43 seconds on a cool, cloudy day. She broke her record of 2:20:47 set at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on April 18, 1998. Another Kenyan, Josephat Kiprono, running alone for the second half of the race, won the men’s race with the third-fastest time in history, 2:06:45. . . . Godfrey Kiprotich led a 1-2-3 Kenyan sweep of the men’s race in the Toronto Half-Marathon, clocking 1:02:55, over the flat Lake Shore Boulevard course. Danuta Bartosek of Toronto won the women’s race in 1:15:19.

Utah Jazz guard Jeff Hornacek, 36, said this season will be his last in the NBA. Hornacek is still unsigned. . . . Kim Clijsters, a 16-year-old ranked 83rd in the world in women’s tennis, defeated fellow Belgian Dominique Van Roost, 6-2, 6-2, to win the Seat Open final at Luxembourg.

Germany’s Jan Ullrich, the 1997 Tour de France champion, won the Tour of Spain cycling race, with Spain’s Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano second, 4:15 behind.

Jets screaming overhead for the rugby league grand final preliminaries caused pandemonium at the modern pentathlon World Cup event at Sydney, Australia, frightening horses and resulting in a broken collarbone for Italy’s riding coach, Paolo Fantasia. Former world champion Dorota Idzi of Poland overcame a quality field to win the final in the official Olympic test event. . . . Katrina Powell and Michelle Andrews scored first-half goals as Australia defeated the United States, 4-0, to win the women’s gold medal at the Sydney International Challenge field hockey tournament. In the men’s final, Australia defeated South Korea, 2-1.