Braehmer retains title in Germany

Juergen Braehmer beat fellow German Konni Konrad with an eighthround TKO to retain his WBA light heavyweight title in Dresden, Germany, on Saturday night. Braehmer floored Konrad in the sixth with a counterpunch, though Konrad survived the count. Konrad quit with an eye problem before the eighth.

■ Former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (56-6-1, 52 KOs) knocked out Mike Marrone (21-6) in the second round Saturday night in Hollywood, Fla. Briggs, 43, took the ring microphone after the fight and challenged current champion Wladimir Klitschko, who sat at ringside.

ODDS AND ENDS

Basketball: Nemanja Bjelica made a layup at the buzzer to lift Serbia to a 68-66 win over Germany in a Group B match at the European championship in Berlin. Bjelica led Serbia (2-0) with 12 points. Dirk Nowitzki had 15 for Germany (1-1).

High schools: A San Antonio School district is investigating after a football player ran into the back of a referee watching a play and another player, then dove into the official after he fell. Both players were ejected from the game. Pascual Gonzalez, a spokesman for the Northside Independent School District, said video of the incident was “extremely disturbing.”

Track and field: Dawn Harper-Nelson led an American 1-2 in the women’s 100-meter hurdles and compatriot Candyce McGrone won the 100 sprint at the ISTAF athletics meet in Berlin. Nelson clocked 12.82 to edge Sharika Nelvis by two hundredths of a second. McGrone won in 11.11, beating Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast by one tenth of a second.