Los Angeles Times

Hunter-Reay wins at Iowa

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Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Iowa Corn 300 at Newton, Iowa, his third IndyCar victory in the last four years.

Josef Newgarden was second and rookie Sage

Karam was a career-best third in the race, giving American drivers a sweep of the podium. The last time Americans took the top three spots was the 2006 Indianapol­is 500. Points leader Juan Pablo

Montoya’s night lasted just nine laps after his No. 2 Penske car flew into the wall.

Denny Hamlin nudged Austin Dillon out of the lead at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and raced to his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season. Hamlin led 145 of the 200 laps at Loudon, N.H. When Dillon briefly took the lead, Hamlin put his No. 20 into the left side of Dillon’s car at Lap 179 and knocked him out of the way. Dillon lashed out after the race and said Hamlin intentiona­lly tried to wreck him, though he stopped short of vowing payback in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race.

Minnesota racer Ryan Dungey swept the 450 Class motos in the Spring Creek National for his third Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championsh­ips victory of the season at Millville, Minn. Dungey increased his season lead to 56 points over Ken Roczen. British star Michael

Bisping won a split decision over Brazil’s Thales Leites in the Ultimate Fighting Championsh­ip’s first card at Glasgow, Scotland.

The Galaxy’s Robbie Keane, Omar Gonzalez and Steven Gerrard were among the 22 players on the roster for the MLS All-Star game against Tottenham Hotspur. The game is July 29 in Commerce City, Colo.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1) did not make the 170pound weight limit but defeated Marcos Reyes (33-3) by unanimous decision at El Paso. Chavez was at 170.8 pounds and Reyes at 168.4.

Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb pleaded not guilty to racketeeri­ng and bribery charges in a corruption case aimed at soccer’s governing body. Webb posted a $10-million bond at his arraignmen­t in federal

court at New York.

Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic advanced to the final of the Hall of Fame tennis championsh­ips at Newport, R.I., beating fourth-seeded Jack Sock of the U.S., 7-6 (3), 6-4. Sock double-faulted on the first point of the tiebreaker after wasting a 4-1 first-set lead. In the final, Karlovic of Croatia will play American Rajeev Ram, who beat Australian John-Patrick Smith, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy beat third-seeded

Monica Niculescu of Romania, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, in the semifinals at Bucharest. Errani will next play seventh-seeded Anna Karolina Schmiedlov­a of Slovakia.

In Davis Cup best-of-five quarterfin­als, Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer defeated Serbia’s Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1, in doubles at Buenos Aires, to secure a 3-0 sweep for the hosts. Argentina will travel in September to play Belgium, which defeated Canada, 3-0. At London, Britain took a 2-1 lead over France; and at Darwin, Australia, Sam Groth replaced Nick

Kyrgios and helped Australia go to a fifth-match decider with Kazakhstan after his 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (6) victory over Mikhail Kukushkin.

Ricky Barnes and Scott Piercy each shot six-under 65 to share the third-round lead in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championsh­ip at Opelika, Ala. Barnes and Piercy reached 13-under 200 on Grand National’s Lake Course.

Ha Na Jang shot a twounder 69, leaving her a stroke ahead with one round left in the LPGA Tour’s rainplague­d Marathon Classic at Sylvania, Ohio. The South Korean player had an 11under 202 total.

Gabriel Charles won the $400,000 Eddie Read Stakes by 33⁄ lengths at Del Mar,

4 ending a three-race skid. Ridden by Mike Smith, Gabriel Charles ran 11⁄ miles in

8 1:48.13. Gabriel Charles had been idle from November 2013 until April while recovering from a bowed tendon. Retired broadcaste­r Van

Miller, the voice of the Buffalo Bills from the team’s earliest days in the AFL, has died at age 87.

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