Out and about

TODAY-SUNDAY -- 2008 National Wheelchair Basketball Championships

Names and Games

Jeff Anderson has shown he can compete with the world's best. The Canadian champion in the under-the-radar cycling discipline of bike trials finished fourth at the inaugural World BikeTrial Master Cup in Shanghai earlier this month in his first test against top international competitors.

A real stand-up guy

The game is over and most members of Team B.C. at the wheelchair basketball nationals slide quickly out of their customized competition chairs and into their everyday chairs before wheeling off the court.

Recovered Erwood aims for spot on Olympic team

A broken wrist cost Scott Erwood five months of his BMX season and has forced the reigning Canadian champion into a virtual must-win situation today at the 2008 nationals in Abbotsford if he wants a shot at becoming an Olympian.

Sharapova into semis

ROME -- Russia's Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the WTA Rome International on Friday after staving off a stiff challenge from veteran Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-2. The 21-year-old second seed moved into high gear to overcome a flagging Schnyder in the third set. Sharapova will next meet fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the semifinals, while 18-year-old French sensation Alize Cornet will face Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, seeded sixth.