Monday, June 14, 2004 | 9:10 a.m.
Navratilova unsure about Wimbledon
Martina Navratilova doesn't know whether she will play singles at Wimbledon later this month.
Navratilova was given a wild card for the event last week, raising the prospect of her first appearance in the singles competition since losing in the 1994 final. But after failing to qualify for the Eastbourne tournament, Navratilova questioned whether she would accept the spot.
"I need to decide whether I'll take that wild card or not. I've asked for it but I'll have to see."
WBC is bankrupt
The World Boxing Council plans to initiate bankruptcy liquidation proceedings today.
The WBC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003 to keep from paying a $31 million judgment awarded to German fighter Graciano Rocchigiani, who had his light heavyweight title taken away from him.
Hornung won't return
Hall of Famer Paul Hornung said he won't return to Notre Dame football radio broadcasts this season because of a flap over his comments that the school should lower its academic standards to recruit black athletes.
"The reason I'm not going to be on the air for my last year is because Notre Dame does not want me there," Hornung told the South Bend Tribune for Sunday's editions.
Americans dominate
Lenny Krayzelburg, Natalie Coughlin and Amanda Beard won their races as Americans dominated on the final day of the Janet Evans Invitational in Long Beach, Calif., on Sunday night.
The four-day meet was a tuneup for next month's U.S. Olympic trials to be held in the same above-ground pool built on a parking lot along the Long Beach shoreline.
Zidane boosts France
Defending champion France surged back in stunning fashion with two goals by Zinedine Zidane during second-half injury time to beat England 2-1 at the European Championship.
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