Klitschko wins title bout

Wladimir Klitschko is one belt closer to being the undisputed heavyweight champion after an indisputably dominant victory Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Far too strong and much too long, Klitschko barely took a punch while winning a unanimous decision over Sultan Ibragimov, defending his International Boxing Federation title and claiming Ibragimov’s World Boxing Organization belt in the first heavyweight unification fight in nearly nine years.

Klitschko, the chess-playing Ph.D. from a famed Ukrainian fighting family, used physics and simple geometry to remove nearly all risk from his meeting with Ibragimov, the previously unbeaten Russian. The 6-foot-7 Klitschko is at least half a foot taller and 20 pounds heavier than Ibragimov.

With little more than an insistent jab, Klitschko (50-3, 44 KOs) slapped and herded Ibragimov around the ring in front of 14,011. Ibragimov (22-1-1) constantly strained to launch punches too slow to find their mark.

Klitschko appeared fresh and mostly unmarked at the final bell -- even ready to go another 12 rounds with World Boxing Assn. champion Ruslan Chagaev or World Boxing Council champion Oleg Maskaev.

GOLF

Creamer finishes fast to win Hawaii event

Paula Creamer rallied to win the Fields Open at Kapolei, Hawaii, for her fifth LPGA Tour title, birdieing four of the final five holes for a one-stroke victory over Jeong Jang.

Creamer closed with a bogey-free six-under-par 66 for a 16-under 200 total. Jang, seeking a wire-to-wire victory, closed with a 69.

Michelle Wie shot a six-over 78 to finish 20 strokes behind Creamer. At four-over 220, Wie tied for last among the 74 players who made the cut.

Brian Gay moved into position for his first PGA Tour victory, shooting an eight-under 62 to take a five-stroke lead over Steve Marino in the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Gay birdied the last three holes and five of the final six to reach 15-under 195. Marino was 10 under after a 64.

TENNIS

Roddick reaches final at San Jose

Top-seeded Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the SAP Open in SanJose with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

Roddick, the tournament winner in 2004 and 2005, backed up his big serve with consistently deep ground strokes that had Garcia-Lopez working hard for every rare opening. Roddick finished with 16 aces and made 70% of his first serves.

Roddick will play fourth-seeded Radek Stepanek, who defeated Robby Ginepri, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1.

Fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 6-3, to extend her unbeaten run to 13 matches and set up an all-Russian final at the Qatar Open in Doha. She will play Vera Zvonareva, who defeated Li Na, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the other semifinal.

SOCCER

Arsenal held to draw; Eduardo breaks leg

First-place Arsenal was held to a 2-2 tie by Birmingham City in an English Premier League game during which Gunners’ striker Eduardo broke his leg when tackled by Martin Taylor.

Gael Clichy upended Stuart Parnaby in the fourth minute of injury time and James McFadden made the tying penalty kick.

Arsenal’s lead was cut to three points because Manchester United won, 5-1, at Newcastle. Arsenal has 64 points and United 61.

The Galaxy defeated Sydney FC, 2-1, in the third-place match of the Pan-Pacific Championship exhibition tournament at Honolulu.

The Galaxy got first-half goals from Ely Allen and Josh Tudela to edge Sydney of Australia’s A-League.

WINTER SPORTS

Schlierenzauer, 18, wins ski flying title

Austrian teenager Gregor Schlierenzauer became the youngest ski flying world champion after two consistent leaps at Obertsdorf, Germany.

The 18-year-old received high marks for his form and leaped 208.5 and 211.5 meters in front of 27,000 to take gold at the two-day event with 835.4 points.

Teammate Martin Koch took silver with 824.7 points and Janne Ahonen of Finland took bronze with 811.9.

Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada edged Joji Kato of Japan to clinch the World Cup speedskating 500 meters title at Heerenveen, Netherlands. Wotherspoon won in 34.92 seconds and clinched the overall World Cup title with 1,080 points. Kato finished second in 35.07 and Dmitry Lobkov of Russia was third with 35.12.

PRO FOOTBALL

Report: Thomas agrees to deal with Cowboys

Seven-time Pro Bowl inside linebacker Zach Thomas has agreed to terms on a one-year, $3-million contract with the Dallas Cowboys, team and league sources told ESPN.com.

Thomas, 34, who was released by the Miami Dolphins two weeks ago after a 2007 season during which he was limited to five games because of injury, opted for the Cowboys’ deal over contract proposals from the New England Patriots and the New Orleans Saints.

The Atlanta Falcons won a coin toss for draft position, meaning they will pick third in the April 26 NFL draft with Oakland fourth and Kansas City fifth.

All three teams finished at 4-12 and their opponents had an identical record, the first tiebreaker. Miami drafts first, followed by St. Louis.

MISCELLANY

Millsaps wins first AMA Supercross

Davi Millsaps raced to his first Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series victory, beating Kevin Windham in front of 67,429 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Minnesota Wild defenseman Nick Schultz signed a $21 million, six-year contract extension. Schultz, who had been scheduled for unrestricted free agency July 1, is earning $1.85 million this season

Southern California jockey Alex Solis is a finalist for the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Edgar Prado and Randy Romero are the other finalists. Inductees will be announced in late April.