Wimbledon runner-up Justine Henin-Hardenne has withdrawn from Belgium's team for this weekend's Fed Cup semifinal against the United States.

Team captain Carl Maes said yesterday that Henin-Hardenne was exhausted after her three-set loss to Amelie Mauresmo in Saturday's final.

The best-of-five series will be this weekend at Ostend, Belgium on an indoor hard court. The U.S. team consists of Jill Craybas, Jamea Jackson, Vania King and Mashona Washington. The winner will face Italy or Spain in the Sept. 16-17 Fed Cup final.

More tennis

Serena Williams will play her first match in six months when she returns to the tour at the Cincinnati hard-court tournament next week. Williams missed the French Open and Wimbledon because of a chronic left knee injury that has prevented her from playing since a third-round loss at the Australian Open in January.

High Schools

Seton-LaSalle High School hired Mark DeIntinis as its new boys' basketball coach. DeIntinis coached Seton-LaSalle from 1994-2003, had a 139-96 record and made the WPIAL playoffs seven times. He succeeds Reggie Warford, who resigned a few weeks ago.

Baseball

Durham's Kevin Witt had a two-run homer and an RBI double to lead the International League to a 6-0 victory against the Pacific Coast League in the Class AAA All-Star Game in Toledo, Ohio. Witt, who leads the IL with 23 homers and 63 RBIs, gave the IL a 3-0 lead with his home run to the picnic tables in right-center field.

The Altoona Curve's Brett Roneberg pumped up the hometown fans by going 3 for 3 as the South Division All-Stars rallied to beat the North Division, 5-3, in the Eastern League Midsummer Classic at Blair County Ballpark in Altoona.

Football

Police arrested a suspect in the stabbing of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roderick Green in a suburban bowling alley parking lot. Chase M. Williams, 21, of Pikesville, Md., was arrested without incident in west Baltimore. Williams had been charged with attempted first-degree murder and first- and second-degree assault. He is being held pending a bail review. Green, 24, was treated at a local hospital and released Monday.

College football

Former USC wide receiver Whitney Lewis is expected to enroll at Division I-AA Northern Iowa and play for the Panthers this season. UNI spokesman Colin McDonough said that Lewis has been working out in Cedar Falls and will be eligible to play immediately. Lewis has two years of eligibility remaining.

Minnesota running back Gary Russell won't return to the team this year. Russell, who would've been a junior, isn't enrolled in classes for the fall semester. That means Russell is ineligible for this season. Academic failure forced Russell to drop out of the university last spring, and he attended a local community college to try to better his grades.

Soccer

New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Tony Meola will miss the next two to three weeks with a bacterial infection in his right foot and ankle. Team spokesman Matt Chmura said it wasn't known what caused the infection.

Horse racing

Dave Palone became the fourth driver in North American harness racing history to win 11,000 races when he guided trotter Gel Mibson to victory at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Palone, 44, a native of Waynesburg, joins Herve Filion, Catello "Cat" Manzi and Walter Case Jr. as the only North American drivers with 11,000 career wins.

Cycling

Brent Bookwalter picked up his fourth national championship of the year when he took the men's Under-23 time trial title at the USA Cycling National Festival at Seven Springs. Despite heavy rain, wind and foggy conditions at Laurel Hill State Park, Bookwalter posted the fastest time of the national championships finishing in 42 minutes and 41.41 seconds.