BASKETBALL

Red Claws’ Frazier again named week’s top player

Tim Frazier of the Maine Red Claws was named NBA D-League Performer of the Week for the second straight week. Frazier has now won two this season to go with the three Performer of the Week honors last season with Maine, when he was named NBA D-League MVP and Rookie of the Year.

In eight games with Maine, Frazier is averaging 15.0 points, 9.1 rebounds and 9.4 assists.

Frazier signed a multiyear deal with the Portland Trail Blazers last season. He was waived by Portland and returned to the Red Claws three weeks ago.

SLED-DOG RACING

IDITAROD: No extra security is planned at the finish line of the world’s most famous sled dog race, just days after a man on a snowmobile purposely drove at a high speed into two mushers’ teams, killing one dog and injuring several others.

Officials in Nome said they plan normal security measures as this Bering Sea coastal community celebrates the end of the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, an event Mayor Richard Beneville has compared to “Mardi Gras with dogs.”

The winner is expected into Nome sometime early Tuesday morning. Three-time winner Dallas Seavey was the first musher into the checkpoint in White Mountain, 39 minutes ahead of two-time winner Mitch Seavey, who is also his father.

OLYMPICS

DOPING: The World Anti-Doping Agency is prepared to open new inquiries into suspected systematic doping in Russian sports and other countries.

Four months after a WADA-commissioned investigation alleged a Russian doping conspiracy in track and field, WADA president Craig Reedie said Monday he would “reanalyze” the report to see if new cases were needed.

SOCCER

FIFA: FIFA banned three more former South African Football Association officials over match-fixing in friendly games ahead of the country’s hosting of the 2010 World Cup.

SAFA officials were under investigation for allowing a company controlled by Singaporean match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal to appoint the referees for the games.

All three goals in the South Africa-Colombia game several weeks ago came through penalty kicks.

ENGLAND: Shinji Okazaki’s overhead kick gave leader Leicester a 1-0 win over Newcastle – a goal as spectacular as Leicester improbable Premier League title challenge.

Leicester is on track for a first-ever league title a year after being near the bottom of the standings.

COLLEGES

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Jen Gemma scored 24 points to lead Bentley (27-5) to a 79-74 win over New York Tech (26-8) in the third round of the NCAA Division II tournament at Waltham, Massachusetts.

Bentley freshman Victoria Lux, a Thornton Academy graduate, finished with two points, four rebounds and one assist.

SOFTBALL: Abby Lambert hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Sydnee Bessler pitched a three-hitter to lead the University of New England (3-3) to a 9-0, six-inning win over Babson (2-3) in their first game of the day at Clermont, Florida.

Caroline Schoenbucher added an RBI triple and Lauren Jones had two hits for UNE.

In their second game, UNE lost 6-4 to Trinity.