American tennis, once the envy of the world, is now propped up by Serena and Venus Williams on the women's side and mired in the longest U.S. Grand Slam men's singles title drought.

As the U.S. Open returns to the Flushing Meadows hardcourts for the U.S. Open fortnight that starts on Monday, it has been nine years since Andy Roddick won the U.S. Open at age 21, taking the baton from Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.

Australia will enter its Rugby Championship test against New Zealand on Saturday in the grip of overlapping losing streaks and with experts in both nations forecasting those droughts will continue.

The Wallabies must win in Auckland to avoid a defeat in the three-match Bledisloe Cup series against the All Blacks which would extend to 10 years the span since Australia last held the trans-Tasman trophy.

Arsenal defender Andre Santos has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

The 29-year-old Brazil international was detained Friday after police noticed a Maserati being driven erratically near Arsenal's training ground.

Striker Antonio Cassano has completed his switch from AC Milan to Inter Milan in a deal which sends former Sampdoria teammate Giampaolo Pazzini the other way.

Both clubs announced the news on their websites Wednesday, with Inter adding that Cassano has signed a two-year contract.

England striker Danny Welbeck has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United.

The 21-year-old Welbeck has been at United since he was eight, and has scored 17 goals in 64 appearances since making his first-team debut four years ago.

As an umpire for decades with some of the biggest stars in tennis, Lois Goodman mixed it up with John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer and the Williams Sisters.

Already in New York City for next week's U.S. Open where she was to serve as a line judge, the 70-year-old Goodman was met Tuesday with a felony arrest warrant from her hometown of Los Angeles, where police and prosecutors say she beat her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee mug in April.

Real Madrid and Barcelona renew their Spanish Super Cup rivalry on Thursday when Tito Vilanova faces Jose Mourinho at the Camp Nou stadium, where the two coaches famously clashed last year in the same fixture.

Last August's match at Barcelona ended with both teams brawling on the field and Madrid coach Mourinho poking Vilanova in the eye with his finger. Barcelona won the Super Cup 5-4 on aggregate.

Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her decades-old dream thwarted, more than anything else, by jellyfish.

Storms brewing around her and repeated jellyfish stings forced her out of the water at 12:55 a.m., her crew said. She traveled by boat close to a rocky shoreline in Key West on Tuesday afternoon, just over 72 hours after setting out from Cuba. She made a final short swim to a waiting crowd.

Flamengo signed former Brazil star Adriano on a "productivity contract" until the end of the year, meaning the striker will get paid based on the number of matches he plays.

Flamengo reached a deal with the 30-year-old Adriano on Tuesday, a day after he underwent a physical and club doctors said he was fully recovered from Achilles surgery on his left leg.

Organizers of the Lausanne Diamond League meeting announced that United States sprinter Justin Gatlin has ended his season early because of illness.

Gatlin, the 100-meter bronze medalist at the London Olympics this month, was due to run at the Athletissima meet in Switzerland on Thursday.