<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Todd tops Schumacher in NHRA</span></strong></p><p><strong>J.R. Todd </strong>beat <strong>Tony Schumacher </strong>in the top-fuel final Sunday, one of an unprecedented four final-round losses for reigning NHRA POWERade Series champions in the NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.</p><p>Todd got the first victory for the two-car Lucas Oil team on a hole-shot, turning in a 0.068-second reaction time at the starting line to Schumacher&#8217;s 0.084. He drove his dragster to a 3.912 at 309.84 to a quicker and faster Schumacher, who piloted his dragster to a 3.910 at 310.63.</p><p>In funny car, <strong>Tim Wilkerson </strong>dealt <strong>Tony Pedregon </strong>his first loss of the year in five final rounds. Other winners were <strong>Greg Stanfield </strong>in pro stock and <strong>Chris Rivas </strong>in pro stock motorcycle. (Results, C15.)</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Safina triumphs in Tokyo</span></strong></p><p><strong>Dinara Safina </strong>will move up to No. 3 in the world rankings after dominating fellow Russian <strong>Svetlana Kuznetsova </strong>6-1, 6-3 Sunday in the Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo.</p><p>The victory gave the fourth-seeded Safina her fourth WTA singles title this season, tying her with No. 1 <strong>Serena Williams </strong>for the most this year.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Contador wins Spanish Vuelta</span></strong></p><p><strong>Alberto Contador </strong>of Spain won the Spanish Vuelta, completing a sweep of cycling&#8217;s three major races after capturing this year&#8217;s Giro d&#8217;Italia and the 2007 Tour de France.</p><p>He achieved the feat in a record 15 months, beating <strong>Bernard Hinault</strong>&#8217;s previous mark of 26 months. <strong>Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil </strong>and <strong>Felice Gimondi </strong>also won cycling&#8217;s three top races.</p><p>Contador finished the Vuelta in 80 hours, 40 minutes, 23 seconds, beating teammate <strong>Levi Leipheimer </strong>of the United States by 1:01. <strong>Carlos Sastre </strong>of Spain was third, 4:31 behind.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">MacKenzie takes Viking Classic</span></strong></p><p>A day after blowing a lead with a triple bogey on the final hole, <strong>Will MacKenzie </strong>birdied the par-5 18th three straight times and won the Viking Classic at Madison, Miss., in a playoff.</p><p>MacKenzie beat <strong>Marc Turnesa </strong>on the second playoff hole after <strong>Brian Gay </strong>dropped out on the first extra hole of the PGA Tour event.</p><p>MacKenzie birdied three of the last four holes of regulation for a 4-under 68 and matched Turnesa (70) and Gay (68) at 19-under 269.</p><p><strong>Woody Austin </strong>of Derby, Kan., finished at 14-under 274.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Willis first in Fifth Avenue Mile</span></strong></p><p>Olympic bronze medalist <strong>Nick Willis </strong>of New Zealand outleaned American Olympian <strong>Bernard Lagat </strong>and won the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile in New York.</p><p>Willis finished in 3 minutes, 50.5 seconds and edged Lagat by 0.1 seconds. British Olympian <strong>Lisa Dobrisky </strong>beat American Olympian <strong>Shannon Rowbury. </strong>Dobrisky ran 4:18.6. Rowbury ran 4:19.2.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Quick hits</span></strong></p><p><strong>&#8226;Jeff Cunningham </strong>scored two goals and had an assist in leading FC Dallas to a 4-1 win over the Chicago Fire in an MLS game at Bridgeview, Ill.</p><p>&#8226;Sharks center <strong>Torrey Mitchell </strong>will be out at least two months after breaking his left leg during the second practice of San Jose&#8217;s NHL training camp.