NOTEWORTHY

IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS Perfect game mark tied

Oklahoma freshman Paige Parker tied the NCAA record for perfect games in a season with four Sunday in the Sooners’ 14-0, five-inning victory over Utah Valley in Norman, Okla.

Parker struck out 12 of the 15 batters she faced, finishing one off her career high of 13 strikeouts. She needed just 64 pitches — 45 for strikes — to improve to 24-5.

The only other outs of the game came on a lineout that Parker caught to end the second inning, a foul out to Lauren Chamberlain at first in the third and a foul out to catcher Whitney Ellis to end the game. Louisiana-lafayette’s Kyla Hall and Boston University’s

also had four perfect games in a season, both

Audrey West

in 1994.

TENNIS

Top-seeded Roger Federer claimed his 85th title Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (11) win over Pablo Cuevas in the final of the Istanbul Open.

The 17-time Grand Slam winner fended off strong resistance from the thirdseeded Uruguayan, who saved four match points.

Madrid Open: Top-seeded Serena Williams defeated Madison Brengle, 6-0, 6-1, in the first round of the women’s tournament in Madrid, Spain.

Venus Williams, however, lost to fellow former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, 6-3, 7-5.

Venus Williams, seeded 16th, went up a break at 4-3 in the second set, only for Azarenka to win four of the next five games.

HOCKEY

Canada eased to another high-scoring victory at the world championship by overwhelming Germany, 10-0, in Prague.

Edmonton forward Hall had a hat trick for Canada.

Taylor

Sidney Crosby and Hall scored 23 seconds apart and Dallas forward Cody Eakin added two more goals in the opening period as the Canadians decided the game early.

World sledge championships: Declan Farmer

broke a scoreless tie 2 minutes, 58 seconds into the third period and Daniel Mccoy and Joshua Pauls had the other goals as the United States beat Canada, 3-0, in the championship game in Buffalo.

The sport is also known as sled hockey, a game that was invented in the 1960s and allows those with physical disabilities to play hockey.

SOCCER

Eden Hazard scored as Chelsea won the Premier League for the first time in five years, securing the title with three games to spare with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in London.

Although Hazard’s uncharacteristically weak penalty kick was saved by Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni at the end of the first half, the Belgian headed in the rebound.

AUTO RACING

Two-time defending track champion Steve Apel beat Dennis Prunty on the final restart and then held off Conrad Morgan in the 60-lap feature to score his first victory of the season at Slinger Speedway.

ARCA: NASCAR truck regular Johnny Sauter got away from a side-by-side battle with Andrew Morrissey and led the whole way to win the Joe Sheat Classic at Madison International Speedway in the Town of Rutland.

Travis Sauter, Johnny's nephew, cut through the field to finish second in the season opener. From Journal Sentinel staff and wire reports