Table tennis World CupSINGAPORE: Second-ranked Zhang Yining of China took the women’s table tennis World Cup title in Singapore for the second year in a row.Zhang defeated compatriot Li Nan, a late replacement for top-ranked Wang Nan, 11-9,11-8, 11-3, 11-9.BadmintonJAKARTA: Gao Leng and Huang Sui of China beat Sujitra E and Saralee T of Thailand 11-5, 11-4 to win the Indonesia Open badminton tournament’s women’s doubles. Gong Ruina of China, beat countrywoman Zhang Ning 11-6, 11-7 to take women’s singles title.VolleyballRIESA, Germany: Three-time Olympic and world champion Cuba got back on track Sunday, dominating the Netherlands 3-0 after an uncharacteristically sluggish start to the women’s Volleyball World Championships.China collected its third successive win, defeating Thailand 3-1 to secure its place in the second round and remain the only unbeaten title favorites.The United States also booked a second-round berth with their third straight victory, winning 3-0 over the Dominican Republic.French 1st divisionPARIS: Auxerre took a 0-0 draw with Marseille in Sunday’s lone French first division match, missing a chance to seize the lead in the standings.At the end of the fifth round, Nice and Auxerre both had 10 points, but Nice was ahead on goal difference. Lens and Paris Saint-Germain were close behind with 9 points.Ronaldo’s wifeMILAN, Italy: Milene Domingues, wife of Brazilian star Ronaldo and a soccer player herself in Italy, cried for two hours after learning of her husband’s transfer to Real Madrid but is planning to leave Italy to be with him.Atletico de Madrid, Real’s city rival, said Sunday it try to sign Domingues for its women’s team.AC Milan beats InterMILAN, Italy: As newly-signed stars Hernan Crespo and Alessandro Nesta watched from the stands, AC Milan downed crosstown rival Inter Milan 1-0 Sunday in a charity match organized on the day the Italian Serie A campaign was scheduled to begin.League action has been recently postponed by two weeks, to Sept.15, following a feud of clubs about television rights.Inter-Korea friendlySEOUL: North Korea notified South Korea yesterday of plans to send 21 players and five coaching staff to Seoul this week for a soccer friendly.The North Korean team will arrive Thursday for a goodwill match with South Korea at Seoul’s Sangam World Cup stadium Saturday.World recordMELBOURNE, Australia: Matt Welsh broke the 50-meter backstroke short-course world record at the Australian swimming championships yesterday.Welsh finished in 23.31 seconds, 11-100ths of a second faster than the former record in a 25-meter pool.