Mali

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Lauren Jackson and Kristi Harrower each scored 13 points and Australia made its first eight shots en route to a 72-47 victory over Canada on Thursday at the women's basketball world championship.

JOHANNESBURG - One of South Africa's top sprinters said Thursday she was injected with a blood-boosting drug without her knowledge, the latest allegation to rock the country's track federation in the wake of the Caster Semenya gender dispute.

JOHANNESBURG - Caster Semenya's lawyers say the star runner at the center of a gender dispute should be allowed to compete in a meet Tuesday, the head of South African track and field told The Associated Press, Semenya, the 800-meter world champion who has undergone gender verification tests, would be running for the first time since the controversy broke.

BAMAKO, Mali - Frederic Kanoute scored late to finish off Mali's 3-1 win over Benin in a World Cup qualifier Sunday.