<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Curlin headed to pasture</span></strong></p><p>Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin will be retired next year and may already have run his last race.</p><p>&#8220;He always gave it his all and has done everything we have asked of him,&#8221; said <strong>Jess Jackson, </strong>who has an 80-percent stake in the horse. &#8220;I am looking forward to seeing his foals compete and possibly exceed his unequaled racing record.&#8221;</p><p>Curlin will remain in training for a possible race later this year, though there are not many options available.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Singh and Stanford win</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;India&#8217;s <strong>Jeev</strong><strong>Milkha Singh </strong>closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday and won the $5 million Singapore Open by 1 stroke over <strong>Ernie Els </strong>and <strong>Padraig Harrington. </strong>Singh, who was 5 shots off the pace after the third round was completed earlier Sunday, finished at 7-under 277. <strong>Phil Mickelson, </strong>ranked No. 3, shot 75 and finished ninth.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>Angela Stanford </strong>shot a 3-under par 69 and won to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. <strong>Brittany Lang</strong>, who was 7 under par on Sunday, and <strong>Annika Sorenstam </strong>finished in a tie for second, 1 shot back.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Miller edged in slalom</span></strong></p><p><strong>Bode Miller </strong>nearly pulled off an American double in a World Cup slalom event but was edged by <strong>Jean-Baptiste Grange </strong>of France by 0.79 seconds. It was Miller&#8217;s best slalom finish in four years.</p><p><strong>Lindsey Vonn </strong>won the World Cup slalom on Saturday on Levi&#8217;s Black Course north of the Arctic Circle in Finland.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Pedregon drives to victory</span></strong></p><p><strong>Cruz Pedregon</strong> won his second NHRA funny-car season championship, and first in 16 years, with a victory Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif. <strong>Eddie Krawiec</strong> won his first POWERade Series crown in pro-stock motorcycle, and did so without winning a race during the season. <strong>Larry Dixon, Greg Anderson,</strong> and <strong>Chris Rivas</strong> also took race victories.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Swim records fall in Berlin</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;<strong>Randall Bal </strong>set a world record in the 50-meter backstroke on the last day of a short-course swimming World Cup meet in Berlin.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>Paul Biedermann </strong>of Germany broke Ian Thorpe&#8217;s 8-year-old record in the 200 freestyle by finishing in 1 minute, 40.83 seconds.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>Marieke Guehrer </strong>of Australia set a record, clocking 24.99 in the women&#8217;s 50 butterfly.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Elsewhere</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;Seven-time Tour de France winner <strong>Lance Armstrong</strong>, who has feuded for years with Tour officials over drug-testing issues, plans to meet with Tour officials before deciding to compete in the 2009 race, according to <em>Gazzetta dello Sport.</em></p><p>&#8226;Wizards forward/midfielder <strong>Davy Arnaud</strong> has been selected by U.S. national-team coach <strong>Gordon Bradley </strong>for the 20-man roster for Wednesday&#8217;s 2010 World Cup qualifier against Guatemala in Denver.