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ST. LOUIS — Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus has left Sunday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers at the end of the sixth inning with tightness in his left calf.

Rasmus hurt himself running to second base on an innng-ending ground out by David Freese.

Ramsus hommered to lead off the third inning. He has hit safely in 11 of his last 22 at-bats over the past six games.

PARIS — French Open champion Rafael Nadal is back at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, reclaiming the top spot from Roger Federer nearly a year after relinquishing it.Nadal's fifth title at Roland Garros has given him enough points to move up from No. 2 on Monday. He was No. 1 for 46 weeks previously, but was overtaken by Federer in July 2009.By getting bumped down to No. 2, Federer is left one week shy of tying Pete Sampras' career record of 286 total weeks at No. 1.French Open runner-up Robin Soderling rises one place to a career-high No. 6.In the WTA rankings, sisters Serena and Venus Williams remain at Nos. 1 and 2 in singles, and they now are tied for No. 1 in doubles after pairing to win the French Open women's doubles title.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Augusta State won its first NCAA Division I men's golf national championship after Oklahoma State's Kevin Tway missed a 3-foot putt on a playoff hole to hand Mitch Krywulycz the match and the Jaguars a 3-1-1 victory.Tway held a 4-up lead after 11 holes but bogeyed the 12th. Krywulycz answered with birdies on the next three to make the match all square at the 15th hole. The pair matched par for par for the rest of the match, sending it to the 19th hole, where Krywulycz made par and Tway bogeyed.The Jaguars' Henrik Norlander and Patrick Reed held a commanding lead through their matches. Norlander beat Morgan Hoffmann 5 and 5 and Reed grabbed a 4-and-2 victory over Peter Uihlein.

TEMBISA, South Africa — Thousands of soccer fans stampeded outside a stadium Sunday before an exhibition game between Nigeria and North Korea, leaving 15 people injured, including one police officer who was seriously hurt.Several fans fell under the rush of people, many wearing Nigeria jerseys. The Makhulong Stadium in the Johannesburg suburb seats about 12,000 fans.The mayhem happened only five days before the start of the World Cup, the first to be held in Africa.Opperman said tickets for the game were given out for free outside the stadium.

LUXEMBOURG — Italian Matteo Carrara has won the Tour of Luxembourg, with Lance Armstrong finishing third.The fourth and last stage of the race was won by Spaniard Gorka Izaguirre in a sprint shortened by torrential rain Sunday.Carrara claimed his first major win, finishing ahead of 2009 winner Frank Schleck of Luxembourg.The 38-year-old Armstrong was competing as part of his preparations for the Tour de France.

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