Cabrera leads Singapore Open by four

US Open champion Angel Cabrera shot a 1-under-par 70 to double his lead to four strokes after the third round of the Singapore Open. The Argentine had three birdies and two bogeys to finish with a three-day total of 9-under 204 at the Sentosa Golf Club. American Jin Park, who had three bogeys and one birdie for a 1-over 72, was second . . . Scott Verplank shot 71 and was tied with Stephen Ames (70) at 13-under 203 going into the final round of the Children's Miracle Network tournament at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. . . . A two-stroke penalty for putting from the wrong place dropped Laura Davies into a tie for the lead with Momoko Ueda at the Mizuno Classic in Shima, Japan. The penalty gave her a double bogey on the par-4 14th for a par 72 and a tie with Ueda, who shot a 67. Both are at 7-under 137 after two rounds . . . Justin Rose struggled early before shooting an even-par 71 to lead European Order of Merit rival Padraig Harrington by four shots after the third round of the Volvo Masters in Sotogrande, Spain. Rose recovered from a bogey/double-bogey start with three birdies, then sank a tough putt at the last hole to save par, and is at 4-under 209.

Al Sharpton and his National Action Network backed off their threats of protests at Madison Square Garden, satisfied with Isiah Thomas's stance on derogatory language toward women. A taped deposition shown at the sexual harassment trial against Thomas and MSG appeared to show the Knicks coach saying he felt it was OK for a black man, but not a white one, to call a black woman a derogatory name. Thomas's wife, Lynn, met with Sharpton and Tamika Mallory, the national director of the Decency Initiative, bringing along a longer portion of the deposition than the approximately 11 minutes that were shown at the trial. "Clearly in this tape, he said it was unacceptable, he said it was inappropriate, and he did not support it," Sharpton said. "That was not what was shown on television." . . . Washington Wizards forward Oleksiy Pecherov will be sidelined six weeks because of a broken right ankle . . . Cavaliers forward Donyell Marshall will miss today's game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained right wrist.

Simon Gagne was cleared for full activity, 10 days after the Philadelphia Flyers forward was knocked out of a game and sidelined with vision problems and dizziness. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Gagne passed his baseline tests and was expected to practice today . . . Veteran defenseman Darius Kasparaitis is leaving the American Hockey League to join SKA St. Petersburg of the Russian Super League. The 35-year-old Kasparaitis played four games this season with the New York Rangers' AHL affiliate in Hartford and was loaned by the Rangers to St. Petersburg . . . Sean Curry, Vladimir Sobotka, and Martins Karsums lifted the Providence Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Pirates in Portland, Maine. Aaron Rome and Ryan Carter scored for Portland.

Rafael Nadal reached the Paris Masters tennis final by beating Marcos Baghdatis, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Nadal will play David Nalbandian in the final. Nalbandian defeated 10th-seeded Richard Gasquet of France, 6-2, 6-4 . . . Lindsay Davenport advanced to the Bell Challenge final in Quebec City, beating second-seeded Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3. Davenport will face third-seeded Julia Vakulenko, a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 winner over qualifier Julie Ditty.

Flyweight Rau'shee Warren and Providence welterweight Demetrius Andrade became the first Americans in eight years to win gold medals at the World Boxing Championships with convincing victories in the finals in Chicago. Warren beat Thailand's Somjit Jongjohor, 13-9, despite having two front teeth knocked out. Andrade gave the Americans their second gold when his bout with Thailand's Non Boonjumnong was stopped in the second round because of an injury to his opponent's right arm . . . Japanese teen star Mao Asada won the women's title at Skate Canada in Quebec City. Japan's Yukari Nakano was second, and Canadian champion Joannie Rochette finished third. American Emily Hughes was fourth, and compatriot Ashley Wagner finished fifth. Germans Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won the pairs title with an almost error-free routine. Canadian champions Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison won silver and Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov of Russia won bronze . . . Rain forced cancellation of yesterday's racing card at Suffolk Downs.