BASEBALL
Cuba routed the Dominican Republic 10-0 in eight innings to advance to the semifinals. Joan Carlos Pedroso had a grand slam, and Ariel Pestano drove in two runs against a Dominican team that was booed off the field by a previously boisterous home crowd. Justin Orenduff of Chesapeake, Va., threw a two-hitter and struck out eight as the Americans beat Brazil 7-0. Cuba's powerful team eliminated the host Dominicans 10-0 in eight innings even though the hosts had 13 former major-leaguers on the squad.

BASKETBALL
Cuba won its fifth straight game against the United States, 75-64, to earn the women's gold medal. The Americans were led by Rebekkah Brunson of Georgetown with 16 points in taking the silver. Brazil beat Canada 57-46 from the bronze medal in women's play. The Brazilians protested their semifinal loss to the United States, but the appeal was rejected by the federation overseeing the tournament. Brazil claimed the Americans were given an extra point in the first period Friday night, as the play-by-play sheets of USA Basketball and several media members indicated.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Francisco Alvarez and Juan Rosell of Cuba, the top-seeded team, beat David Fischer (Venice, Calif.) and Brad Torsone (Redondo Beach, Calif.) in the men's semifinals. The Cubans face second-seeded Brazil for the gold, while the United States plays Puerto Rico for bronze.

BOXING
Rayonta Whitfield of Augusta, Ga., outpointed Latron Silva of Brazil 39-17 in light flyweight. Andre Dirrell of Flint, Mich., lost to Cuba's Yordanis Despaigne, 21-20.

DIVING
Rommel Pacheco of Mexico won the gold in 10-meter platform with 667.86 points -- the first non-Canadian to win a diving event. Brazil's Cassius Duran took silver, and Alexandre Despatie, who already has three golds, got the bronze.

FIELD HOCKEY
The U.S. men's team used two second-half goals by Jarred Martin (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) to down Barbados 2-1. The Americans will play Trinidad and Tobago for fifth place Tuesday. Martin has six goals for the tournament.

HANDBALL
After forcing heavily favored Argentina into overtime, the U.S. women were beaten 29-26 in the semifinals. The Americans will play Uruguay on Tuesday for the bronze medal. With 34 seconds to play in regulation, Alyssa McKenna (Staten Island, N.Y.) tied the game at 24. Argentina had a last-second goal disallowed but dominated in the extra session. Karina Seif scored the first four goals of overtime for Argentina, which plays Brazil in the final. Edina Batar (Budapest, Hungary) had 11 goals for the United States, which lost its shot at making the Athens Olympics.

JUDO
Cuba won all four weight classes. Charlee Minkin (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned a silver, and Alex Ottiano (Lawrence, Mass.) claimed a bronze.

RACQUETBALL
Five out of a possible six Americans reached gold-medal matches. Rocky Carson (Mission Viejo, Calif.) defeated Jack Huczek (Rochester, Mich.) in the men's singles semifinals, 11-15, 15-12, 11-6. It was a rematch of the U.S. championships in May, in which Carson won 11-10 in a tiebreaker. Ruben Gonzalez (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Mike Guidry (Carrollton, Texas) will play for gold Sunday. Gonzalez, 52, and Guidry, 33, defeated Daniel Maggi and Shai Manzuri (Argentina) 15-14, 15-8. Jackie Rice (Ramona, Calif.) is just one win away from winning her third straight Pan Am Games gold medal in women's doubles after she and partner Kim Russell (Austin, Texas) defeated Paola Nunez and Caroli Santos (Bolivia) 15-8, 15-3. Rice won her previous two gold medals with her sister, Joy MacKenzie (San Diego, Calif.).

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
American Mary Sanders, a resident of Toronto and the highest-ranked rhythmic gymnast competing in the event, won the all-around gold. She was trailed by Olga Karmansky (Brooklyn, N.Y.), who got the silver.

ROWING
The United States won a silver medal and two bronzes. The men's four of Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Justin Bosley (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.), Paul Daniels (Burlington, Wis.), and Dave Friedericks (Port Townsend, Wash.) finished second to Cuba, fading in the final 500 meters. The lightweight women's double sculls of Sarah Hirst (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Anne Finke (North Palm Beach, Fla.) won a bronze despite equipment problems that forced a delay in the start. Canada won, followed by Cuba. In the men's double sculls, J. Sloan DuRoss (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) and Conal Groom (Northford, Conn.) also won a bronze, behind Cuba and Brazil. Cuba also won gold in lightweight men's double sculls, and Chile won the lightweight men's four.

SAILING
After winning two races Saturday, Lanee Butler (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) clinched a gold medal in Mistral with two races remaining. Butler earned 10 points in overall scoring on the merits of eight first-place finishes in a 10-race series. America's J/24 team, comprised of skipper Tim Healy (Newport, R.I.) and crew members Nick Judson (Nantucket, Mass.), Gordon Borges (Newport, R.I.) and Davenport Crocker (Cohasset, Mass.), strengthened its lead by a point over Brazil with two races remaining. On the Laser course, six-time world champion Robert Scheidt of Brazil clinched gold by turning in two victories.

SHOOTING
The United States went 1-2 in the men's 50-meter rifle 3 x 40 competition, with Jason Parker (Omaha, Neb.) taking the gold and Eric Uptagrafft (Spokane, Wash.) winning the silver. Randy Sotowa (Arcadia, Calif.) won gold in men's skeet, completing an American sweep of the shotgun events.

SOFTBALL
The U.S. women won their 47th consecutive Pan Ams contest, 2-0 over Venezuela. Lovieanne Jung (Fountain Valley, Calif.) had a solo home run, and Cat Osterman (Houston) threw a one-hitter, fanning 13. After the opening batter singled for Venezuela, Osterman was untouchable. Doug Gillis (Novi, Mich.), struck out 13 and allowed three hits in a 1-0 victory over Venezuela. It was Gillis' second victory of the tournament.

TABLE TENNIS
All four American women won their matches in singles. A gold medal would ensure another Olympic berth for the United States; Gao Jun Chang of Gaithersburg, Md., already has secured one through her world ranking. Chang beat Peru's Guadalupe Gomez-Sanchez. Jasna Reed (Chicago) and Tawny Banh (San Gabriel, Calif.) each beat Cubans, and Lily Yip (Warren, N.J.). defeated Carina Murashige of Brazil. In men's play, Mark Hazinski of Mishiwaka, Ind., and David Zhuang of West Windsor, N.J., each went 1-0 and Eric Owens of Houston was 1-1.

TENNIS
American Sarah Taylor defeated Kristina Brandi of Puerto Rico 6-2, 6-3 in the women's semifinals. Both players train in Bradenton, Fla. Taylor will play No. 3 seed Milagros Sequera of Venezuela. Sequera beat Ansley Cargill of Atlanta in the other semifinal, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3. Chile's Marcelo Rios beat Alex Kim of Potomac, Md., 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4) in the men's semifinals. Kim had three set points in the first set but couldn't convert. Fernando Meligeni of Brazil defeated Jose De Armas of Venezuela 6-4, 6-2. Meligeni will play the final match of his career against Rios on Sunday after 13 years on tour. Brazilians Bruna Colosio and Joana Cortez won the gold medal in women's doubles, beating Kristina Brandi and Villmarie Castellvi of Puerto Rico 6-4, 7-5.

TRACK AND FIELD
Brazil swept the marathons, run early Saturday to avoid some of the searing heat. Vanderlei Lima won the men's race, which started at 6:20 a.m., in 2:19.08. Nineteen runners started the race, but six dropped out. Chris Banks (Alexandria, Va.) was seventh in the men's race, and Jeff Campbell (Rochester, Mich.) was ninth. Marcia Narloch captured the women's gold in 2:39.54. Stacie Alboucrcek (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) finished ninth, and Kelly Flathers (Huntington Beach, Calif.) was 10th. Only two women dropped out. The Americans took first in the men's and women's 4x100-meter relays and the women's 4x400. In the last race, the men's 4x400 meters, the United States lost the lead in the home stretch, finishing second to Jamaica. Melissa Mueller (Simi Valley. Calif.) won the women's pole vault, clearing 14 feet, 5¼ inches. Yoandry Betanzo of Cuba won the men's triple jump with a 56-7½. Germaine Mason of Jamaica won the men's high jump with a 7-8. Americans Jamie Nieto (Seattle) and Terrance Woods (Bay City, Texas) won silver and bronze, respectively. In the men's 110 hurdles, Yunier Hernandez of Cuba won in 13.35 and American Larry Wade of Los Angeles earned silver with the same time. Brazil's Hudson De Souza won the men's 1,500 in 3:45.72. Michael Stember (Stanford, Calif.) got silver in 3:46.31, and fellow American Grant Robison (Englewood, Colo.) earned bronze in 3:46.68. Brigitte Foster of Jamaica won gold in the 100 hurdles in 12.67.

WATER POLO
The United States and Canada, which tied 7-7 in the first round, made the women's finals. The world-champion Americans beat Brazil 7-3, and Canada romped past Cuba 16-2. Brenda Villa (Commerce, Calif.) and Ericka Lorenz (San Diego) scored twice apiece for the Americans. In men's action, the U.S. team beat Puerto Rico 16-7 to move into the gold-medal game against Brazil behind four goals from Wolf Wigo (New York).