David Cerny's sculpture does push-ups in London.

Reuters

1:06 a.m. CDT, July 23, 2012

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Els wins British Open after stunning Scott collapse
LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - South African Ernie
Els won the British Open by one stroke from Adam Scott on
Sunday after the Australian suffered an extraordinary late
collapse on an incident-packed final day. World number 13
Scott, chasing his first major championship, started the last
round with a four-shot lead and seemed to be cruising to
victory as he maintained that cushion with six holes to play.

Wiggins becomes Britain's first Tour de France winner

PARIS (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins was greeted by thousands
of Union Jack-waving fans on the Champs Elysees when he claimed
the 99th edition of the Tour de France to become the first
British winner of the famous race on Sunday. Wiggins finished
safe in the bunch on the 20th and last stage, a 120-km ride
from Rambouillet, as he helped his Sky team mate and fellow
Briton Mark Cavendish to victory.

Alonso pulls away with German GP victory

HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Fernando Alonso led from
pole position to chequered flag to win the German Grand Prix
for Ferrari on Sunday while Germany's Formula One world
champion Sebastian Vettel was stripped of second place for an
overtaking infringement. The Spaniard's third win of the season
stretched his championship lead to 34 points and ensured he
will stay on top through the European summer break which starts
after next weekend's race in Hungary.

U.S. learn from narrow win over Argentina

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - It was the narrowest winning
margin yet for the U.S. basketball team in the run-up to
defending their Olympic title, but coach Mike Krzyzewski said
the 86-80 victory over Argentina provided a valuable lesson for
his squad. ``We learned a lot,'' he said, pointing to the way the
travelling rule is called by international referees, the proud
way Argentina battled back and the atmosphere of playing in
Barcelona, where the Dream Team roared to gold in 1992.

Penn State facing severe NCAA sanctions, removes Paterno
statue

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State
University braced for potentially crippling sanctions against
champion Sebastian Vettel was stripped of second place for an
overtaking infringement. The Spaniard's third win of the season
stretched his championship lead to 34 points and ensured he
will stay on top through the European summer break which starts
after next weekend's race in Hungary.

U.S. learn from narrow win over Argentina

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - It was the narrowest winning
margin yet for the U.S. basketball team in the run-up to
defending their Olympic title, but coach Mike Krzyzewski said
the 86-80 victory over Argentina provided a valuable lesson for
his squad. ``We learned a lot,'' he said, pointing to the way the
travelling rule is called by international referees, the proud
way Argentina battled back and the atmosphere of playing in
Barcelona, where the Dream Team roared to gold in 1992.

Penn State facing severe NCAA sanctions, removes Paterno
statue

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State
University braced for potentially crippling sanctions against
down its statue of coach Joe Paterno for his role in the
scandal. The National Collegiate Athletic Association said on
Sunday it would announce punitive measures against the school
on Monday, and could levy the so-called death penalty that
would eliminate an entire season or more for the
scandal-scarred football program.

Cycling: Bring on London, says fired up Cavendish

PARIS (Reuters) - Mark Cavendish went off the radar for two
weeks during the Tour de France, only for the Briton to
re-emerge with victories in the last two sprints of the race
right on cue for the London Olympics. After winning the second
stage, Cavendish was never in the mix when Andre Greipel
claimed three stage victories. But on Sunday, the German rider
was nowhere to be seen as the Manx Missile snatched his fourth
victory on the Champs Elysees.

Stallings seals second tour win in True South

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Cibulkova eases past Bartoli in California final

CARLSBAD, California (Reuters) - Dominika Cibulkova claimed

her second career title when she romped to a routine 6-1 7-5
victory over top seed Marion Bartoli to win the Carlsbad Open
on Sunday. In an impressive display from behind the baseline,
the second seeded Slovakian was quicker around the court than
her French opponent, rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the second
set to record a morale-boosting victory ahead of the Olympics.

Dodgers sweep Mets with late power surge

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Mind games of the victorious

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For decades after the first sports
psychology lab was established in 1920 in Germany, mental
coaches have been the water boys of sports science, viewed by
their colleagues as not quite good enough to make the
first-string team. That has changed. Virtually every top
professional team and elite athlete has a psychologist on speed
dial for help conquering the yips - when stress makes crucial
muscles jerk and ruins, say, an archery shot - marshal the
power of visualization, or just muster the confidence that can
mean the difference between medaling or just muddling through.