BASEBALL: The Athletics traded left-hander Dana Eveland to the Blue Jays for a player to be named later or cash considerations. He went 2-4 with a 7.16 ERA in 13 appearances and nine starts during three stints with the A’s and was 8-6 with a 4.94 ERA in 21 starts at Triple-A Sacramento. … Free agent left-hander Erik Bedard signed a one-year deal with the Mariners expected to be worth a fraction of the $7.75 million he made last season.
TENNIS : Melanie Oudin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the opening singles to give the United States a 2-0 lead against France in the quarterfinals of the Fed Cup. Jelena Jankovic rallied from a set down and 1-4 in the second to beat Alisa Kleybanova 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 to put Serbia level with Russia at one win apiece after the opening singles. Earlier, Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-4. … Marin Cilic beat third-seeded Juergen Melzer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the Zagreb Indoors final against Michael Berrer.
SOCCER: U.S. forward Jozy Altidore scored his first Premier League goal as Hull upset big-spending Manchester City 2-1. The 20-year-old Altidore, playing his 18th Premier League match, scored in the 31st minute. Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League by routing bottom-place Portsmouth 5-0. … Nigeria has fired Shaibu Amodu following a disappointing African Cup of Nations, leaving the team without a head coach just months before the World Cup. … FIFA has included Martin Hansson in its squad of World Cup referees despite the Swede missing Thierry Henry’s handball during France’s decisive qualifier against Ireland.
OLYMPICS : Officials will eliminate two days of halfpipe training as they continue to add snow to Cypress Mountain, site of the freestyle and snowboarding events. Athletes now will have three days of training instead of five. The men’s halfpipe is scheduled for Feb. 17, with the women the following day. … Germany’s Amelie Kober and Andreas Prommegger of Austria collected parallel giant slalom snowboard victories in the final tuneup before the Games. … Overall leader Justyna Kowalcyzk won the final cross-country World Cup race before the Olympics. Emil Jonsson of Sweden won the men’s race on the 1988 Olympic trails west of Calgary.
HORSE RACING: Quality Road broke his own track mark at Gulfstream Park while winning the $500,000 Donn Handicap by a record 123/4 lengths. The Todd Pletcher-trained colt covered 11/8 miles in 1:47.49 with John Velazquez aboard, breaking the mark of 1:47.72 he set last year when winning the Florida Derby. … Racing was canceled at Santa Anita because of heavy rain that left the synthetic surface unsuitable.
ALSO : Former football star Warren Sapp was arrested following an alleged domestic violence incident at a Miami Beach hotel, police said. … Bernard Lagat shattered the American record in the indoor 5,000 meters at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games with a time of 13:11.50 to beat the previous mark by almost 7 seconds.
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EDITED BY BOB FOLTMAN FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
