Sport Briefs

Pedrosa is back

SPAIN'S Dani Pedrosa sealed his return from injury by winning the German MotoGP at Berlin's Sachsenring yesterday while compatriot and world champion Jorge Lorenzo snatched second place for Yamaha at the final corner. - Reuters

Cavendish quick

MARK Cavendish won yesterday's stage of the Tour de France cycle race in a sprint finish. His fourth stage victory of this year's Tour came in the 193km 15th stage to Montpellier. The overall leader's yellow jersey remained with Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, who finished within the main pack yesterday. - Reuters

Charl pounds Indians

FORMER Proteas bowler Charl Willoughby raced through the Indian batting line-up at Taunton over the weekend. Playing for Somerset against the tourists, the left-armer took 6/76 to help dismiss India for 224 in reply to Somerset's first-innings total of 453/3. - Sports staff

Tim in, Finn out

ENGLAND have recalled fast bowler Tim Bresnan to their squad to face India in the first Test. Bresnan replaces Steven Finn, who was dropped from the side that beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in a Test series earlier this month. - Sapa-AP

Ronaldo on target

CRISTIANO Ronaldo scored a goal as Real Madrid beat Los Angeles Galaxy 4-1 in a friendly on Saturday in Los Angeles. Jose Callejon and Joselu scored before Ronaldo made it 3-0 early in the second half after coming at half-time. Karim Benzema then made it 4-0 - Sapa-AP

Tour starts well

SOUTH Africa's under-19 cricket team beat their English counterparts by four wickets at Edgbaston on Saturday in a match reduced to 32 overs a side. England made 187/7 and South Africa passed the target with seven balls to spare. The second match is at Northampton today. - Sapa

Hank wins Berg

HANK McGregor and Michele Eray raced to victories in the Berg River canoe marathon at the weekend. It was McGregor's eighth victory in the race from Paarl to Veldrif which takes four days. Eray, of Plettenberg Bay, beat defending champin Robyn Kime by 20 minutes. - Sports staff

Huck still champ

WORLD champion Marco Huck has defended his WBO cruiserweight boxing title for the seventh time after a 10th-round knockout of Argentina's Hugo Hernan Garay in Munich on Saturday night. It was his 24th KO victory. - Sapa-AFP

Viloria victorious

BRIAN Viloria won a unanimous decision over Mexico's Julio Cesar Miranda on Saturday night in Honolulu to win the WBO flyweight boxing championship. - Sapa-AP