Sports in Brief: Bolt, Powell set for 100 in Paris

Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, who share the year's fastest time in the 100 meters at 9.82 seconds, will go head-to-head for the first time this year, in a much-anticipated showdown at the Areva meet at the Stade de France in Paris on Friday.

Powell is the last man to have beaten Bolt in the 100, two years ago in Stockholm.

South African runner Caster Semenya won her first race since being cleared to return to competition after undergoing gender tests, winning the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 4.22 seconds at the Lappeenranta Games in Finland.

SOCCER: MLS commissioner Don Garber said the league has no intention of accepting transfer offers for Los Angeles midfielder Landon Donovan.

Donovan attracted renewed attention in Europe when MLS loaned him to Everton of the English Premier League for 10 weeks in January, scoring two goals in 13 matches.

Striker Roger Levesque scored in the 89th minute and the Seattle Sounders ended a four-game winless skid with a 1-0 win over D.C. United in Washington.

Joseph Ngwenya scored his second goal in the 85th minute to give host Houston Dynamo a 2-1 win over Pachuca in the SuperLiga.

WNBA: Cappie Pondexter scored 17 points, and Janel McCarville added 16 points and 12 rebounds as the host New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics, 75-67, on Thursday.

NFL: Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers entered a diversion program to avoid trial on an airport weapons charge, but he still faces a possible NFL suspension.

Police said Rogers had a semiautomatic handgun in a carry-on bag at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport in April.

The Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys each made seventh-round picks in the supplemental draft.

The Bears, picking 12th, chose BYU running back Harvey Unga. The Cowboys, at 30, picked Illinois defensive end Josh Price-Brent.

With the selections, Chicago and Dallas will forego their seventh-round picks in the 2011 draft.

The New Orleans Saints announced the signing of fourth-round draft pick Al Woods, a defensive tackle.

The Oakland Raiders signed sixth-round pick linebacker Travis Goethel and seventh-round pick defensive back Jeremy Ware.

The Arizona Cardinals signed third-round pick wide receiver Andre Roberts.

ROWING: Five area high school rowers have been named to the U.S. team that will compete next month at the World Rowing Junior Championships.

Lou Lombardi, Pat McGlone, and John McGrorty, members of the St. Joseph's Prep's eight with coxswain that reached the semifinals of the Henley Royal Regatta in England earlier this month, made the junior national team. Justin Jones of Bishop Eustace and Patrick Eble of La Salle also qualified for the squad.

The championships are scheduled for Aug. 5 to 8 in Racice, Czech Republic.

COLLEGES: Delaware Valley College linebacker Kyle Gesswein of Williamstown and offensive lineman Mike Long, a Roman Catholic grad, were named first-team preseason all-Americans by D3football.com.

North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour said the NCAA is investigating a sports program at the school regarding possible rules violations. A person familiar with the investigation told the AP it was football.

- Staff and wire reports