Redskins Sustain Shopping Spree

Washington added safety Adam Archuleta and linebacker Andre Carter to its NFL free-agency haul Monday, giving the Redskins five new players in three days.

Archuleta, who had played five seasons with the St. Louis Rams, signed a six-year, $30-million deal with a $5-million signing bonus with $1 million in option bonuses each year for five years, the Washington Post reported.

Carter’s deal, which he was expected to sign today, covered similar terms to Archuleta’s, according to the newspaper’s sources. The two players join receivers Brandon Lloyd and Antwaan Randle El and tight end Christian Fauria as Washington’s newest additions.

Running back Jamal Lewis and Baltimore agreed on a three-year contract less than 24 hours after the Ravens had added free agent Mike Anderson to improve a rushing attack that ranked 21st in the NFL last season. Lewis’ deal was in the vicinity of $25 million, according to the league’s website. Lewis, the Ravens’ career rushing leader with 6,669 yards, became a free agent in January.

Will Witherspoon, who had 109 tackles last season as Carolina’s weakside linebacker, signed with St. Louis to play in the middle. His contract includes a $9-million signing bonus. The base salary in the first two years of the deal is guaranteed -- $2 million in 2006 and $4 million next season.

Tennessee agreed to terms on a five-year deal worth more than $22 million with linebacker David Thornton, who had 96 tackles for Indianapolis last season.

Philadelphia signed former New Orleans defensive end Darren Howard to a six-year, $30-million contract.

Free-agent safety Dexter Jackson, the most valuable player of the 2003 Super Bowl while with Tampa Bay, signed a four-year deal with Cincinnati.

Cleveland signed 6-foot-5, 365-pound nose tackle Ted Washington, a 14-year veteran, to a two-year contract. He recently was released by Oakland for salary-cap reasons.

San Francisco signed receiver Antonio Bryant, Cleveland’s leading receiver last season with 69 catches for 1,009 yards with four touchdowns.

Receiver Brian Finneran re-signed with Atlanta, agreeing to a four-year, $8-million contract.

New Orleans came to terms with linebacker Scott Fujita, a four-year veteran who played last season for Dallas.

Receiver Eric Moulds asked Buffalo to release or trade him, saying the team doesn’t intend to keep him at his current salary. Moulds has two years left on his contract. He is scheduled to earn $7.1 million next season.

The Dallas Cowboys signed linebacker Akin Ayodele to a $17-million, five-year deal that includes of $5-million bonus.

Representatives of the NFL players’ union unanimously approved during meetings at Waliea, Hawaii, the extension of the collective bargaining agreement with the league. NFL owners last week voted, 30-2, to extend the agreement with the players.

SOCCER

U.S. to Play Germany in Final of Algarve Cup

Kristine Lilly scored in the first minute and the United States went on to defeat France, 4-1, at Faro, Portugal, and will play for the Algarve Cup title against Women’s World Cup champion Germany.

Aly Wagner, Lindsay Tarplay and Natasha Kai also scored for the Americans, who clinched first place in Group B.

The title game Wednesday will be a repeat of last year’s final, which the U.S. won, 1-0, to earn its third consecutive Algarve Cup championship.

Germany, which already had won the Group A title, beat Norway, 1-0.

Fourteen people went on trial in criminal court at Marseille, France, over the alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from Olympique Marseille.

The defendants, including club President Robert Louis-Dreyfus, face charges of embezzling $26 million in club funds involving the transfer of 15 players between 1997 and 1999.

FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, has agreed not to restrict the media from online publication of World Cup photographs during the soccer tournament in Germany this year.

FIFA had wanted to limit the number of online images, as well as keep them off the Internet for two hours after games.

MISCELLANY

Mancuso Has a Poor Downhill Training Run

Julia Mancuso, the U.S. Olympic giant slalom skiing champion, finished 26th in a downhill training session for the World Cup finals, 7.35 seconds off the pace set by leader Anja Paerson of Sweden.

Paerson finished in 1 minute 25.76 seconds at Are, Sweden, site of next winter’s world championships.

Golfer Kenny Perry had surgery for torn cartilage in his right knee and will be off the PGA Tour for at least a month, meaning he will not be able to defend his title in the Bay Hill Invitational this week.

Fourth-ranked UCLA (25-1) will play host to ninth-ranked and defending national champion Michigan (11-5) Wednesday at 6 p.m. in a softball game between the teams that played in last year’s NCAA Division I title game. The game will be shown on ESPN2.

Former women’s world champion cyclist Zinaida Stahurskaya of Belarus was banned for two years for testing positive at three races last year for unspecified banned substances.

Three-time Iditarod champion Jeff King steered his team of sled dogs into the hillside town of Koyuk, Alaska, at 11:24 a.m. to maintain the lead in the 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome. Four-time winner Doug Swingley, who is running second, arrived at 2:09 p.m.