Winning Cup Opener for Forsberg Family

Sweden, coached by Kent Forsberg, won the opening game of the World Cup of Hockey, 6-1, over Germany on Monday night before a near-capacity crowd of 13,521 at Globe Arena in Stockholm.

And Forsberg’s son, Peter, set up two of the three power-play goals and assisted on an even-strength goal.

Goalie Olaf Kolzig of the Washington Capitals kept the Germans in the game until the second period, when the Swedes broke it open with the power-play goals.

“It was us against their goalie,” said Kent Forsberg. “He was fantastic during the first part of the game.”

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Pavel Bure will not play for Russia in the World Cup because of a kidney bruise he suffered in an exhibition game against the U.S. last week. The Vancouver Canucks announced that their star forward will be sidelined for at least two weeks. . . . A cousin of New York Ranger center Mark Messier has been moved out of intensive care after being seriously hurt in a car crash. Marcus Messier, 26, was in serious but stable condition, a spokesperson at Calgary’s Foothills Hospital said.

Boxing

Riddick Bowe will be fined $250,000 and lose the services of manager Rock Newman for a year under an agreement with the New York State Athletic Commission in connection with a post-fight riot last month, the Newark Star-Ledger reported.

The July 11 bout was stopped and Bowe was awarded the victory when Andrew Golota was disqualified for repeated low blows. As referee Wayne Kelley was stopping the bout, Newman and other members of Bowe’s entourage charged across the ring and a melee broke out.

One of Bowe’s followers, Jason Harris, attacked Golota, striking him several times on the head with a cellphone.

The newspaper reported that lawyers for Newman and Bowe hammered out the fine and suspension as a compromise to keep the athletic commission from banning Newman for life in New York.

Arthur Johnson (13-3) knocked out Miguel Martinez in the second round to win the North American Boxing Federation flyweight title in a scheduled 12-round fight at the Pond of Anaheim.

Kennedy McKinney (29-2-1), former International Boxing Federation 122-pound champion and 1988 Olympic gold medalist, will fight Enrique Jupiter (30-6-1) of Mexico in a 10-round replacement bout at the Forum on Sept. 14.

Russian champion Yuri Arbachakov (23-0, 16 knockouts) knocked down Japanese challenger Takato Toguchi (18-3, 15 knockouts) twice in the seventh round in Tokyo, then stopped him two rounds later and retained his World Boxing Council flyweight title.

Basketball

Derek Strong, a fifth-year pro who appeared in 63 games for the Lakers last season, signed a contract with the Orlando Magic.

Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan had 25 points and 13 rebounds and Texas Tech’s Cory Carr added 24 points to lead the U.S. to a 118-83 victory over Puerto Rico in the final of the Pan American Under-22 tournament at Caguas, Puerto Rico. . . . Canada won the Jones Cup for the first time, defeating Japan, 93-86, in Taipei, Taiwan. Canada clinched the title after the United States lost a key game to Russia on the final day of the 11-country, round-robin tournament. . . . Olujimi Mann, considered one of the country’s most talented high school point guards while playing for Santa Ana Valley High, has enrolled at Cerritos Junior College in Norwalk.

Jurisprudence

A judge in San Antonio ordered Toronto Raptor guard Alvin Robertson jailed without bond, pending his sentencing in two criminal cases.

Robertson, 34, has been in jail since last week when he was rearrested one day after posting a $2,500 bond on a felony criminal mischief charge in connection with the vandalism of his former girlfriend’s car.

Robertson already was awaiting sentencing on a felony burglary charge involving a separate incident at his girlfriend’s apartment.

Lawyers for Julie Pound, wife of International Olympic Committee vice president Richard Pound, received a continuance in her case for scuffling with a police officer during the Olympics.

Julie Pound was charged with refusing to comply with a police officer, obstruction, using abusive language and simple battery. The case was continued until Sept. 23.

Pro Football

Led by quarterback Jay Gruden, Tampa Bay defeated the Iowa Barnstormers, 42-38, at Des Moines, Iowa, to win its second consecutive Arena Football League championship and fourth in six years.

The Canadian Football League will end its financial support of the cash-strapped Ottawa Rough Riders after Friday night’s home game against Montreal, according to league chairman John Tory.

Jim Durrell, the team’s chief executive officer, said the club has until Sept. 9 to raise the $1.17 million needed to finish the year.

Running back Mike Pringle, the CFL’s most valuable player last year while with the former Baltimore Stallions, signed with the Montreal Alouettes. Pringle was cut by the Denver Broncos.

Miscellany

Russian swimmer Alexander Popov, who won two individual gold medals and two silver medals in relay events in the Atlanta Olympics, was in stable condition in an elite Kremlin hospital in Moscow, where doctors predicted his full recovery from a knife wound. The Russian star was stabbed Saturday night in a fight.