MONTREAL - Michael Phelps recovered from a stunning collapse in his first event of the World Swimming Championships - he didn't even advance past the preliminaries - to lead off a dominating U.S. victory in the 400-meter freestyle relay Sunday night.

Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing and Jason Lezak set a meet record with a time of 3 minutes, 13.77 seconds, beating runner-up Canada by nearly three seconds. Australia took the bronze.

The relay victory put Phelps in a much better frame of mind after his performance in the 400 free. He entered the event hoping to challenge Australian star Grant Hackett and get started on matching that six-gold, eight-medal haul from the Athens Olympics, but faded badly after his last flip to wind up next-to-last in his heat and 18th overall.

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Sam Hornish Jr. raced like he was driving a stock car, putting his teammate into the wall and touching tires with at least two other drivers before wrapping up a hard-earned victory in the A.J. Foyt 225.Hornish had to pass Dario Franchitti twice in the waning laps at the Milwaukee Mile before pulling away for his second win of the season and extending his own Indy Racing League career victory record to 14.

HOCKENHEIM , Germany - The German Grand Prix resembled so many other races this season: a victory for Fernando Alonso and a breakdown for Kimi RaikkonenRaikkonen started from the pole Sunday and led comfortably until the 36th lap when his McLaren-Mercedes stopped on the track with hydraulic problems, the third time this season he's led only to be forced out by mechanical failure.Alonso, who turns 24 on Friday, picked up his sixth victory of the season, keeping the Spaniard on course to become Formula One's youngest champion.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The United States won the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the third time, beating Panama 3-1 on penalty kicks following a scoreless tie in Sunday's final.Santino Quaranta, Landon Donovan and Brad Davis converted for the Americans, while goalkeeper Kasey Keller stopped the opening shot from Luis Tejada and allowed just one penalty, to Felipe Baloy.

The Butler Cobras 8-under inline hockey team won the Nevile island Summer Classic with an 8-2 win over Bridgeville in the title game Sunday.The Cobras went 4-1 in the tournament to claim the championship.Team members are Troy Double, Conner Scott, Dalton Scott, Matt Tomasovich, Devin Kane, Zach Schnur, Jonathan Fair, Corey Powell, Dylan Speicher and A.J. Ritenour.

Professional wrestling legend Dominic DeNucci will make a rare personal appearance at the Far North Wrestling Show at 8 p.m. Friday at the Butler Datys Inn.DeNucci wrestled during the 1960s and '70s and now lives in Freedom.Tickets are $12, $10 and $7 (children under 12) and are available at the Butler Days Inn.