MUNICH - Vitali Klitschko unanimously outpointed British challenger Dereck Chisora on Saturday to keep the WBC heavyweight title.
Chisora found little support from the sellout crowd of 12,500 after his slap on Klitschko at the weigh-in Friday, and ensured the ill-feeling continued when he spat in the 40-year-old champion's face as his record was being called out.
The judges scored it 118-110, 118-110 and 119-111.
Klitschko improved to 44-2 with the 10th successful defense of the title he won in 2004. Chisora dropped to 15-3.
Earlier, the WBC fined Chisora an undisclosed amount for his actions Friday.
UA sports
Rugby Cats blank New Mexico St.
Flanker Ryan Nance scored back-to-back tries late in the first half and Arizona never looked back in a 41-0 rugby win Saturday over visiting New Mexico State.
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• The host Wildcats won their fourth straight match in women's tennis, defeating Cal Polo 6-1.
Pima College
Aztecs sweep Chandler-Gilbert
Pitchers Yvette Alvarez and Monet Ormsby threw 5-inning complete games as Pima College swept visiting Chandler-Gilbert 10-2 and 9-1 Saturday.
Jessica Sipe had three home runs and four RBIs in the opener, while Shawna Comeaux and Jessica Schneider both went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs in the second game. Pima is 16-4, 11-1 in ACCAC play.
• Pima runners gained three more spots in the NJCAA track and field championships at the Central Arizona Relays in Coolidge.
Chelsea Montano qualified in the 1,500, her fourth national qualifying effort, while Aren Maxwell and Humberto Bravo qualified in the 800.
• In Coolidge, the Aztecs split a baseball doubleheader with Central Arizona, winning the opener 5-4 but falling 11-0 in the second game.
Soccer
Mexican clubs ban newspaper
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's first-division soccer clubs and the Mexico Football Federation said Saturday that they have banned Record, one of the country's most important sports newspapers.
An announcement posted on the federation website said the clubs acted in solidarity with the Chivas team of Guadalajara, whose owner has often denounced coverage by the tabloid.
• In Tieling, China, the former deputy head of China's soccer association was sentenced Saturday to 10 years in prison as part of a crackdown on corruption and match-fixing. Yang Yimin, convicted of taking $200,000 in bribes, was one of 39 people sentenced in the case in a single session.
Miscellaneous
Liu beats Robles in hurdles
BIRMINGHAM, England - Liu Xiang beat Olympic champion Dayron Robles in a resumption of their hurdling rivalry before the London Olympics, and Lerone Clarke upstaged Jamaican rival Asafa Powell in the 60-meter dash at the Birmingham Grand Prix on Saturday.
In other events, Tucsonan Bernard Lagat was fourth in the 1,500 and ex-Arizona Wildcat Brianna Glenn was fifth in the women's long jump.
• In Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, American Lindsey Vonn clinched her fifth consecutive World Cup downhill title Saturday after placing third in a race on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course won by German rival and friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch.
• In Tampa, Fla., firefighters doused a fire in the scoreboard speaker system at Raymond James Stadium, home of the NFL Buccaneers.
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