Reports vary on Biedrins in Europe

Conflicting reports had Warriors center Andris Biedrins signing with different international teams Friday. The beleaguered big man would have an opt-out clause either way, allowing him to return to Golden State when the lockout ends.

TuBasket.com reported that Biedrins signed with VEF Riga, the Latvian League champions who will play

next in the Euroleague. Blic, a Serbian tabloid newspaper, had him signing with Turkish team Anadolu Efes.

Biedrins' agent, Bill Duffy, could not be reached.

- Rusty Simmons

-- The Chinese Basketball Association said it will sign only free agent players interested in playing a full season in China, not those under contract with NBA teams who had shown interest, such as the Warriors' Stephen Curry and Dorell Wright or All-Stars Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul.

-- Elena Delle Donne had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the United States to a 79-67 win over Australia in the semifinals of the World University Games in Shenzhen, China. The U.S. team (5-0) will face Taiwan on Sunday in the gold-medal game.

TENNIS

Nadal and Federer ousted from tourney

A weary Rafael Nadal and an off-target Roger Federer were knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Western and Southern Open in Mason, Ohio.

Playing a day after he spent five hours on court, Nadal faded in a 6-3, 6-4 loss to American Mardy Fish. Later, the third-seeded Federer struggled with his groundstrokes during a 6-2, 7-6 (3) loss to a sore-shouldered Tomas Berdych.

In the wide-open women's bracket, second-seeded Vera Zvonareva and No. 4 Maria Sharapova advanced in straight sets. Jelena Jankovic moved into the semifinals when Peng Shuai withdrew with a sore left hip.

-- Two-time defending U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters will not go for three in a row because of a stomach muscle injury.

ELSEWHERE

Former Sharks chief bids for Coyotes

A group headed by former Sharks President and CEO Greg Jamison is one of two bidders for the Phoenix Coyotes. Julie Frisoni, spokesman for the city of Glendale, Ariz., would not elaborate on the negotiations or identify the other bidder.

-- All-Star Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, who played very little last season after the All-Star break, said he's free of vertigo symptoms and expects to be ready for training camp next month.

Soccer: Robbie Keane, Ireland's celebrated striker, went through his first training session with the Los Angeles Galaxy and is expected to make his debut tonight against the Earthquakes.

-- Brazil's flamboyant attack meets Portugal's impregnable defense in today's final of the Under-20 World Cup. Brazil goes in as the favorite, looking for its fifth U20 title.

Track and field: Former U.S. sprint champion Michael Rodgers has accepted a provisional doping suspension and will not compete at world championships.

-- U.S. sprinter Jeremy Dodson was arrested on suspicion of identity theft just days before leaving for world championships in Daegu, South Korea. He was arrested and released after posting a $10,000 bond.

Gymnastics: Danell Leyva won his first men's all-around title at the U.S. gymnastics championships in St. Paul, Minn., beating two-time defending champion and world bronze medalist Jonathan Horton.

Colleges: Witnesses said LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and unidentified teammates were involved in a fight outside Shady's bar at 2 a.m. Friday, according to Baton Rouge police, who have neither substantiated the allegation nor spoken to Jefferson.

Venus, Serena, Caroline Wozniacki all fall in Wimbledon round of 16

WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus and Serena Williams were eliminated in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday, the first time in five years neither sister will play in the quarterfinals at the All England Club.
Defending champion and four-time winner Serena lost, 6-3, 7-6 (6), to Marion Bartoli of France, cutting short the American's return to Grand Slam tennis after nearly a year out with serious health problems.
Older sister and five-time champion Venus was ousted, 6-2, 6-3, by Tsvetana Pironkova -- the same score of

the Bulgarian's win in last year's quarterfinals.
"Definitely not our best day," Venus said. "I think we both envisioned seeing this day going a little bit different."
Venus and Serena have won nine of the past 11 titles at Wimbledon and have faced each other in four finals. This is the first year that, when both sisters were in the draw, both lost before the quarterfinals. The last time the sisters lost on the same day at a Grand Slam was in 2008, the third round at the French Open.
Also knocked out was top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, to No. 24 Dominika Cibulkova in the Dane's latest attempt to win her first Grand Slam title.
Six-time men's champion Roger Federer survived a scare, dropping his first set of the tournament before coming back to down Mikhail Youzhny, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, and reach his 29th successive Grand Slam quarterfinal.
"I forgot completely (the 29th quarterfinal) was on the line to be quite honest, especially once you're in the heat of the moment, of the battle," said Federer, who also won his 100th match on grass. "I thought I played a good match overall."
Top-seeded defending champion Rafael Nadal overcame a foot injury and outlasted Juan Martin del Potro, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, in a Centre Court match that ended in fading light shortly after 9 p.m.
A grimacing Nadal took a medical time-out after suffering an injured left foot in the game before the first-set tiebreaker. "For a moment at the end of the first set, I thought that I had to retire," Nadal said, adding he would seek further medical checks. "After that, the pain goes a little bit down, and finally I was ready to play."
With 2004 champion Maria Sharapova of Russia among those advancing Monday, this marks the first time since 1913 that all eight women's Wimbledon quarterfinalists are from Europe. And all come from different countries.
With no American women left, No. 10 Mardy Fish made it to his first Wimbledon quarters by serving 23 aces and beating 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.

Fourth-seeded Andy Murray swept Richard Gasquet of France, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 -- then took a deep bow to the Royal Box, where Prince William and bride Kate joined the rest of the crowd in giving the British winner a standing ovation.