Volleyball

　　SALTA, Argentina: Portugal downed China 3-1 Sunday to join Argentina atop Group A at the 15th World Volleyball Championship. Argentina was a 3-1 winner over Australia in the very first match Saturday night.

　　German 1st division

　　FRANKFURT: Werder Bremen jumped to second place, just one point behind Bayern Munich, by beating Bochum 4-1 Sunday. Nuremberg beat bottom-place Kaiserslautern 1-0.

　　Results Saturday: Bayer Leverkusen 2, Bayern Munich 1; Borussia Dortmund 1, Moenchengladbach 0; Energie Cottbus 0, Wolfsburg 1; 1860Munich 1, Hertha Berlin 0; Hamburger SV 3, Stuttgart 2; Arminia Bielefeld 2, Schalke 1; Hansa Rostock 1, Hannover 2.

　　Auto racing

　　INDIANAPOLIS: Rubens Barrichello was delighted — and surprised — to find himself the winner of the United States Grand Prix Sunday, a race in which he chased Ferrar teammate Michael Schumacher without much success for all but the last two of the 73 laps. When Schumacher slowed to let Barrichello catch him, it was the opposite of what happened May 12 in Austria.

　　Rich Man U

　　LONDON: Manchester United, the world’s richest soccer club, reported Monday a 48-percent rise in annual profits largely due to the sale of players, while it kept player wages below its target of 50 percent of turnover. The club reported pre-tax profits of 32.3 million pounds (US$50.26 million) for the year to July 31 compared with forecasts of around 31.5 million pounds.

　　Cycling

　　MADRID: Aitor Gonzalez, a Spanish rider on team Kelme, clinched his first Tour of Spain victory Sunday after winning the final leg of the 21 stage-race in a sizzling performance.

　　Gonzalez clocked 47 minutes, 54 seconds in the 41.2-kilometer time trial. He ousted Spain’s Roberto Heras of the U.S. Postal team, who had a 1:08 lead going into Sunday’s stage.

　　Tennis

　　LEIPZIG, Germany: Serena Williams continued her dominating ways Sunday, demolishing Russia’s Anastasia Myskina, 6-3, 6-2 at the Sparkassen Cup to win her sixth title in seven tournaments. The top-ranked American won for the 36th time in 37 matches.

　　Golf

　　SUTTON COLDFIELD, England: Sam Torrance sent out his best seven Europeans to bring home the Ryder Cup and got even more help than he imagined from his other players for a shocking victory over the Americans.

　　In a dramatic conclusion to a Ryder Cup delayed one year by the terrorist attacks, Europe won the gold trophy when Paul McGinley made a 6-foot putt on the 18th hole to earn a half against Jim Furyk, assuring it the 14 1/2 points it needed to claim the Cup.