Sampras Loses to Ferreira

Pete Sampras faced a double whammy--his history at the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic and his record against Wayne Ferreira--that he couldn’t overcome Thursday night.

Ferreira beat the 13-time Grand Slam champion, who has never advanced past the second round at Scottsdale, Ariz., 7-5, 7-5.

The South African’s sixth win over Sampras in 12 meetings put him into a quarterfinal against No. 7 Xavier Malisse today.

The third-seeded Sampras, who plays Scottsdale because his older brother, Gus, is tournament director, lost in the second round in 1998 and ‘99, withdrew because of an injury in 2000 and lost in the first round to Andrew Ilie in 2001.

The upset deprived the tournament of a possible match between Sampras and Andre Agassi, who plays Juan Ignacio Chela today.

Malisse beat Andrea Gaudenzi, taking, 7-5, 7-6 (6). In other matches, Rainer Schuettler beat Felix Mantilla, 6-0, 2-6, 6-1, and Carlos Moya defeated Fernando Vicente, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

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Fifth-seeded Davide Sanguinetti of Italy beat Kristian Pless of Denmark, 6-3, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals of the International Tennis Championships at Delray Beach, Fla.

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The No. 4-ranked UCLA men’s tennis team defeated No. 3 USC, 4-3, in the Pacific 10 Conference opener for both teams at USC’s Marks Stadium. The Trojans won two of the three doubles matches to take an early lead, but UCLA recorded four wins in singles, led by No. 1 Tobias Clemens, who defeated Andrew Park, 6-3, 6-1....The No.15-ranked USC women beat No. 8 UCLA, 4-3, at the UCLA Tennis Center.

Pro Football

Receiver Az-Zahir Hakim, who caught 148 passes in four seasons with the St. Louis Rams, signed with the Detroit Lions.

The Dallas Cowboys gave all-pro offensive lineman Larry Allen a $12-million signing bonus and extended his contract by four years. The new package is worth $37 million over six years.... The San Diego Chargers signed unrestricted free agent defensive lineman Jason Fisk to a $12.5-million, five-year contract. The Chargers also signed former Washington Redskin center Cory Raymer to a five-year, $10.5-million contract.

Soccer

Jesus Arellano was banned from playing in Mexico’s first two World Cup games, against Croatia June 3 and Ecuador June 9, by the Disciplinary Committee of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, after it reviewed video evidence of Arellano’s tussle with Wilmer Lopez of Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifying match last fall. Mexico plans to appeal.

Shannon MacMillan scored a hat trick in Albufeira, Portugal, as the U.S. women’s national team edged Denmark, 3-2, and finished fifth in the ninth annual Algarve Cup. China defeated Norway, 1-0, to win the title for the first time.... Marvin Quijano, a former Rio Hondo College standout forward who never could consistently play his way into the Galaxy’s lineup, has been waived.

Miscellany

Stephan Eberharter collected his third overall title of the year and fellow Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister won her second race in 24 hours as the world’s best Alpine skiers wrapped up the super-G World Cup season at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria.

Hilde Gerg had already won the women’s overall title in super-G.

Erik Vendt and Klete Keller finished first and second for USC in the 500-yard freestyle at the Pacific 10 Conference swimming championships in Long Beach. Vendt finished in 4:16.31, Keller in 4:18.65.

Passings

Franziska Rochat-Moser, women’s winner of the 1997 New York Marathon, died one day after being caught in a snowslide while skiing in the Swiss Alps.... Clay Smith, who pitched for the Detroit Tigers in the 1940 World Series against Cincinnati, died in Cambridge, Kan. He was 87.... Walter C. Wright, a retired educator and Negro League baseball player and historian, died in New Orleans. He was 89.... John Matthew Eneguess, a versatile skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., has died at 44.