Americans set world marks

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Americans set world marks

STOCKHOLM - Americans Peter Marshall and Jessica Hardy set world records at the short-course World Cup yesterday.

Marshall broke his own world record in the men's 50-meter backstroke in 22.73 seconds. He set the previous record of 22.75 in October in Durban, South Africa.

Hardy broke her own world record in the women's 50 breaststroke, finishing in 28.96 in a qualifying heat. She topped her mark of 29.36 set four days ago in Moscow.

Also Wednesday, Liu Zige of China set the seventh world record at the meet, winning the women's 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes, 2.5 seconds.

• Sweden's Therese Alshammar clocked 24.46 seconds in the women's 50-meter butterfly, beating her own mark of 24.75.

• Jing Zhao of China has set her third world record by winning the women's 100-meter individual medley in 58.40 seconds, surpassing the 58.51 set in October Alshammar.

TENNIS

Federer falls in Paris Masters

PARIS - Top-ranked Roger Federer has lost to Julien Benneteau of France in the second round of the Paris Masters.

Federer lost 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. The 15-time Grand Slam champion has never been further than the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters.

Benneteau aced his first match point and fell to the floor in tears. He next plays countryman Gael Monfils.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Idaho AD takes rivalry sky-high

MOSCOW, Idaho - The Boise State vs. Idaho rivalry has taken to some not-so-friendly skies.

University of Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear says he declined to board a Horizon Air flight after learning the airplane was painted in Boise State's blue and orange colors.

Spear was traveling to Boise on Saturday for fundraising events. He requested another flight and then drove about 90 miles north to fly from the Spokane, Wash., airport to Boise.

Boise State and Horizon Air unveiled the plane, which sports the team logo on its tail, as an ode to the Broncos earlier this month.

Spear says he'll board the plane after Horizon Air paints an airplane for the Vandals, whose football team will try to beat the No. 6 Broncos this Saturday for the first time since 1998.

• Arizona State senior cornerback Terell Carr has been arrested on suspicion of three misdemeanors and booked into a Maricopa County jail.

The 21-year-old Carr was arrested Tuesday, the same day he was suspended indefinitely by Sun Devils coach Dennis Erickson for violating team rules.

Authorities say the arrest involved one count of disorderly conduct for fighting, one count of assault and one count of driving with a suspended license.

• Mississippi defensive end Greg Hardy is out for the season with a broken left wrist. School spokesman Daniel Snowden says Hardy will have surgery today in Jackson and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

  ELSEWHERE

• Police say boxer Mike Tyson has been detained on suspicion of battery following an incident at Los Angeles International Airport involving paparazzi. Los Angeles police Sgt. Kevin Lowe confirmed Tyson had been detained, but did not know if Tyson was still at the airport. No further details were immediately available.

• Female ski jumpers are heading back to court today in another attempt to compete in the Vancouver Olympics. Fourteen jumpers are appealing a lower court's decision that the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee doesn't control whether they can compete. The jumpers argue that organizers are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and their failure to include women's ski jumping is discrimination.