Sports in Brief: Federer humbles Nadal in London

Roger Federer gave Rafael Nadal little chance to challenge in the 22d meeting between two of the greatest players of all time, winning his fifth season-ending title, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Sunday.

Federer won an incredible 92 percent of the points played on his first serve, and lost only 13 points on serve in the entire match.

Nadal appeared to tire as the match wore on. On Saturday, Nadal spent more then three hours beating Andy Murray to reach the final of the tournament for the first time in his career.

BOXING: Juan Manuel Marquez stopped Michael Katsidis in the ninth round Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, winning an all-action battle and certain candidate for Fight of the Year.

SOCCER: Rivals Manchester United and Liverpool were drawn to face each other in January's third round of England's FA Cup.

The United States is one of the four seeded teams for the women's World Cup despite being the last to qualify for next year's tournament in Germany.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL: Former Utah State star Anthony Calvillo led Montreal to its second straight Grey Cup title and third in nine years, completing 29 of 42 passes for 336 yards in the Alouettes' 21-18 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Edmonton.

GOLF: Sweden's Robert Karlsson won the Dubai World Championship, defeating Ian Poulter in a playoff after a bizarre marking blunder by the Englishman on the final hole.

Karlsson calmly rolled in a birdie putt on the second playoff hole after Poulter was given a 1-stroke penalty for dropping his ball on his marker, causing it to flip over and move.

BOWLING: Eugene McCune edged Norm Duke, 238-237, to win the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship in Las Vegas, striking on his final ball.

SNOW AND ICE: Olympic champion Steven Holcomb steered USA-1 to victory in the World Cup four-man bobsled season-opener Saturday night in Whistler, Canada. . . . Maria Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden won a World Cup slalom in Aspen, Colo. Lindsey Vonn of nearby Vail wound up eighth after skiing off the course Saturday. - Wire reports