Laird wins Las Vegas playoff

Scotland's Martin Laird won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating George McNeill with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff in Las Vegas.

Laird closed with a 3-under 68 to match McNeill (67) and former UNLV player Chad Campbell (69) at 19-under 265. Campbell was eliminated on the second extra hole.

Laird, a 26-year-old former Colorado State player, earned $756,000 and a two-year tour exemption for the breakthrough victory at TPC Summerlin in his 53rd tour star.

Three-time Las Vegas winner Jim Furyk (62) and Jeff Klauk (68) tied for fourth at 18 under, and former UNLV player Charley Hoffman (68) followed at 17 under.

Administaff Small Business Classic: John Cook, 52, won his third career Champions Tour title and first of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 to hold off Jay Haas and Bob Tway by two strokes in The Woodlands, Texas.

Cook, an 11-time winner on the regular PGA Tour, finished at 11-under 205 on The Woodlands Country Club's Tournament Course.

Haas, bidding for a victory in his third consecutive start and one stroke off the lead at the start of the final round, shot a 71. Tway had a 70.

Portugal Masters: England's Lee Westwood won in Vilamoura, Portugal for his first victory since September 2007, closing with a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Italy's Francesco Molinari.

Westwood finished at 23-under 265 at the Oceanico Victoria and moved to the top of the European tour money list. Molinari had a 70. Ireland's Padraig Harrington shot a 67 to finish third at 19 under. Third-round leader Retief Goosen had a 75 to tie for sixth.

Miccosukee Championship: Chad Collins won in Miami for his second career Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 1-under 70 in windy conditions for a two-stroke victory in the final full-field event of the season.

Collins had a 10-under 274 total on the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club course. He earned $112,500 to jump from eighth to second on the money list with $386,014.

Won Joon Lee (71), Brian Smock (71) and Justin Smith (72) tied for second.

Gymnastics gold for China again

China capped off the world championships with yet another gold medal.

Zou Kai added a world title to his Olympic gold on high bar Sunday, giving China six golds at the world gymnastics championships in London. Zou scored 16.150, well ahead of Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Igor Cassina.

Earlier Sunday, Deng Linlin won on balance beam and Wang Guanyin took the parallel bars title. Beth Tweddle delighted the home crowd, winning gold on floor exercise for her second world title. Marian Dragulescu of Romania won the vault, his second gold medal in as many days.

The United States won just one medal Sunday, Ivana Hong's bronze on balance beam.

Davydenko beats Nadal in Shanghai: Nikolay Davydenko has upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters for his fourth title of the year.

The sixth-seeded Russian broke decisively in the sixth game of the second set to collect his 18th career title on Sunday.

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