Cowboys coach injured in collapse

Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis broke his back and 11 more people were injured when winds just shy of tornado strength ripped through the roof of the team’s indoor practice facility, causing a collapse during a rookie mini-camp Saturday in Irving, Texas.

Former coach Dan Reeves, DeCamillis’ father-in-law, said the first-year Dallas coach has a couple of broken vertebrae in his lower back.

“They say he’s lucky not to be paralyzed,” said Reeves, adding that DeCamillis probably will have surgery. The coach was seen being removed on a stretcher wearing a neck brace.

The storm hit while 27 players were going through workouts. Officials say there were about 70 people in the facility.

Of the 12 hospitalized, 10 were taken by emergency vehicles and two went on their own.

“Right now, I think we don’t have anybody who is in a life-threatening situation,” Dr. Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County, said.

Names and details of their injuries were not released because of privacy issues. Players were told not to talk to reporters.

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TENNIS

Djokovic extends Federer’s drought

Defending champion Novak Djokovic rallied after a rain delay to beat Roger Federer, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Rome Masters, extending Federer’s title drought to seven months.

Djokovic will face Rafael Nadal in today’s final, after the top-ranked Spaniard cruised past Fernando Gonzalez, 6-3, 6-3. Nadal extended his clay-court winning streak to 29 matches, stretching back to an opening-round loss here last year.

Federer wasted breaks in the second and third sets. He hasn’t won a tournament since winning in October at home in Basel, Switzerland.

Top-ranked Dinara Safina rallied to defeat Flavia Pennetta, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0, to set up a showdown with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany. Kuznetsova defeated second-seeded Elena Dementieva, 6-4, 6-2. . . . Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won the ninth title of her career, needing only one hour to rout Ekaterina Makarova, 6-0, 6-1, in the final of a tournament at Fez, Morocco.

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MOTOR RACING

Kyle Busch produces double at Richmond

Kyle Busch celebrated his 24th birthday with a trip to Victory Lane at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

Busch passed Jeff Gordon for the lead with 48 laps to go to complete a sweep at Richmond. He passed Carl Edwards with 22 laps to go to win Friday night’s Nationwide Series race.

It is Busch’s series-best third Sprint Cup win of the season.

He’s only the second driver in NASCAR history to celebrate his birthday with a win. Cale Yarborough did it twice, at North Wilkesboro in 1977 and Atlanta in 1983.

Tony Stewart was second, followed by Jeff Burton, Ryan Newman and Mark Martin.

Danny Gay of Lakeside took over the lead from Nick Joanides on Lap 3 and hung on to win the first race of the NASCAR ACDelco Super Late Model 35-lap twin bill at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Joanides won the second race leading all 35 laps and maintained his division points lead.

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SOCCER

Manchester United continues winning

Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung scored the goals as Manchester United moved closer to a third consecutive English Premier League title with a 2-0 victory at relegation-threatened Middlesbrough.

The win gave United 80 points from 34 games. Second-place Liverpool, which has 74 from 34, plays today.

Inter Milan scored twice in the second half to beat Lazio, 2-0, and move a step closer to a fourth straight Serie A title.

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ETC.

U.S. loses to Russia in hockey, 4-1

Russia scored three power-play goals to beat the United States, 4-1, in a second-round game at the hockey world championship in Switzerland.

The U.S. took an early 1-0 lead but took too many penalties as Russia rallied to make it 3-1 at the end of the first period.

Defending champion Russia secured a spot in the quarterfinals as a top-seeded team, having won Group E with 11 points with a game to spare. The U.S. is second with seven points with one game to play.

Two Marshall University football players have been suspended after being arrested on drug charges. Tailback Darius Marshall and defensive back DeQuan Bembry, also known as DeQuan Starling, were arrested early Saturday in Cabell County, W.Va., and charged with possession with intent to deliver.