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Miscellany

Corona del Mar High sophomore Anne Yelsey was defeated by No. 4-seeded Marion Bartoli, 6-3, 6-1, in the round of 16 of the girls’ 16 singles division at the Orange Bowl tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Yelsey, the Pacific Coast League singles champion, had advanced with a 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory over Alexandria Liles of Pompano Beach, Fla., in the round of 32 Wednesday.

Villa Park freshman Lindsey Nelson lost to Sara Annundsen, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, in the round of 32.

Nelson and singles quarterfinalist Theresa Logar of Rochester Hills, Mich., teamed to beat Breda Kovac and Sandra Volk of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1, in a round-of-32 doubles match.

D.C. United, the most successful franchise in Major League Soccer’s brief history, has been taken over by the league.

United’s payroll and overall operations have been gradually taken over by the league because of the inability to find new investors, according to a league source, speaking on condition of anonymity. The story was first reported by the Washington Post.

Spain’s Paralympic basketball team is returning gold medals from the Sydney Games because nearly all of its players had no mental handicaps.

The Spanish Paralympic Committee said that 10 of 12 players were not handicapped.