Woods shoots 67, but he trails by five

Eight years ago, Ross Fisher was fetching balls for Tiger Woods on the practice range. Now, he has a five-shot lead over the defending champion entering the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic in the United Arab Emirates.

Fisher shot a second consecutive seven-under-par 65 Friday and was at 14-under 130 halfway through the tournament.

Woods struggled with his putting again and finished with a 67. He’s tied with Miguel Angel Jimenez (69) at nine-under 135.

The second round was cut short because of darkness at Emirates Golf Club after a rare Dubai thunderstorm delayed play for more than two hours.

Fisher has a four-stroke lead over Peter Hanson (65) and Graeme McDowell (69).

Jeff Quinney, a PGA Tour rookie after five years on the Nationwide Tour, shot an eight-under 63 to take a three-shot lead at the FBR Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. He is at 13-under 129. Billy Mayfair and Bart Bryant were at 132 after each shot a 66.

TRACK AND FIELD

Devers wins hurdles at Millrose Games

Nineteen months after giving birth to a daughter, 40-year-old Gail Devers won the 60-meter hurdles at the 100th Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden.

Devers edged 2004 Olympic champion Joanna Hayes. Also in the field were Devers’ student, Danielle Carruthers, and former world champion Perdita Felicien.

Devers won in 7.86, the best time in the world this season and only 0.12 off the U.S. record she set in 2003. Hayes was second in 7.91 and Carruthers third in 7.94.

TENNIS

Sharapova pulls out of Pan Pacific Open

Top-ranked Maria Sharapova retired during the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semifinal match against fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic today at Tokyo because of a hamstring injury.

After dropping the first set, 6-1, the top-seeded Sharapova consulted with her trainer. She won the first game of the second set before retiring. She advanced to the semifinals by defeating Ai Sugiyama, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.

Eighth-seeded Vince Spadea upset second-seeded Tommy Haas, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International in Florida.... Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic beat Thomas Johansson, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (8), 7-6 (4), in the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Open in Croatia.

BASEBALL

Morneau agrees to $4.5-million contract

American League most valuable player Justin Morneau agreed to a $4.5-million, one-year contract with the Minnesota Twins, who also settled their salary arbitration cases with third baseman Nick Punto, reliever Juan Rincon and outfielder Lew Ford.

Morneau had asked for $5 million, and the Twins offered $4 million. Punto agreed to a $4.2-million, two-year contract, Rincon received a $2-million, one-year deal and Ford reached a $985,000, one-year agreement.

The Dodgers sold infielder Oscar Robles to the Mexico City Reds of the Mexican League and signed outfielder Larry Bigbie to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Robles, 30, was a pleasant surprise in 2005 after the Dodgers purchased him from Mexico City, batting .272 while filling in at shortstop and third base.

Ramon Martinez won the utility infielder spot last season, however, and Robles spent most of the season at triple-A Las Vegas.

-- Steve Henson

Tony Batista’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 18th inning gave the Dominican Republic a 4-3 victory over Venezuela at Carolina, Puerto Rico, in the longest game in Caribbean Series history at 6 hours 13 minutes.

SOCCER

U.S. roster complete for Mexico exhibition

Midfielders Clint Dempsey and Bobby Convey, defender Carlos Bocanegra and goalkeeper Tim Howard were picked for the 20-man roster for Wednesday’s exhibition against Mexico at Glendale, Ariz.

They all play in the English Premier League.

Forwards Landon Donovan of the Galaxy, Taylor Twellman and Eddie Johnson are among the 16 Major League Soccer players on the roster.

A police officer was killed when fans rioted at a Serie A game between Sicilian teams Catania and Palermo, prompting the Italian soccer federation to postpone all league matches this weekend and cancel next week’s national team exhibition against Romania.

MISCELLANY

Medlock, Narbonne get mixed rulings

The Los Angeles City Section upheld an appeal by the parents of Morghan Medlock and restored more than 60 victories and two City championships won by Harbor City Narbonne during a three-year span from 2003-05.

However, the appeals panel determined that Medlock, now a freshman at USC, was in violation of California Interscholastic Federation Rule 200D, regarding the provision of false and fraudulent information, and victories from the 2005-06 season will remain forfeited, the 2006 section title remains vacated, and the team remains ineligible to participate in this season’s playoffs.

Michael Medlock, Morghan’s father, said he would appeal to the CIF, the state governing body, and has 30 days to do so. However, the section playoffs begin in two weeks, and parents of current players have retained an attorney to seek an injunction that would allow this year’s team to participate.

-- Martin Henderson

Senior guard Mike Kinoshita made the record-setting basket, and Huntington Beach Marina finished with 18 three-pointers in a 105-101 Sunset League victory over visiting Huntington Beach Edison. The Vikings have 384 three-point baskets, breaking the national mark of 382, set by Alexandria (Pa.) Juniata Valley during the 1996-97 season.

The Dodgers announced that Channel 9 will televise 50 games this season and FSN Prime Ticket will air 100.

For the first time, Channel 9 will deliver all 50 telecasts in high definition. FSN Prime Ticket will announce its HD schedule this month.

DirectTV experienced an equipment problem that led to the temporary loss of the FSN West and FSN Prime Ticket signal Thursday night during the early part of the Kings’ game and UCLA’s game.

-- Larry Stewart