FOOTBALL

WARNER TO START AGAINST JETS

Kurt Warner will start at quarterback for the Giants this week, although his competition with rookie Eli Manning for the regular-season job continues.

Coach Tom Coughlin announced on yesterday that the two-time MVP will start tomorrow against the Jets, but that Manning, the no. 1 pick in the draft, will get about the same amount of snaps with the first-team offense.

“It’s Kurt’s turn,” Coughlin said of the starting nod, adding that it was his plan all along to have the two quarterbacks alternate starting assignments in the first three preseason games. Warner started against Kansas City in the preseason opener and Manning got a start last

Coughlin said he will name a starter for the season opener at Philadelphia on September 12 “at the right time.”

LOSMAN TO UNDERGO SURGERY

Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback J.P. Losman will have surgery today to repair the left leg he broke in practice Tuesday.

Coach Mike Mularkey said yesterday that he anticipates Losman will be back at some point this season but that they won’t know when until after the operation. Losman, the second of Buffalo’s two first-round picks, broke his fibula two hours into Tuesday’s practice when he fell awkwardly at the end of a run after being hit by cornerback Troy Vincent.

NFL LOOKING INTO ANAHEIM FRANCHISE

The NFL has approached Anaheim city officials about possibly building a stadium complex for an NFL franchise that could begin play as soon as 2008. The area has been without an NFL team since the Rams moved from Anaheim to St. Louis and the Raiders went from Los Angeles to Oakland before the 1995 season.

SOCCER

ARSENAL’S UNBEATEN STREAK SETS NEW RECORD

Arsenal extended its league unbeaten streak to 43 games, a record for England’s top division, with a 3-0 victory yesterday night over Blackburn. The previous record of 42 games was set by Nottingham Forest in 1977-78 and 1978-79.

Arsenal, which leads the Premier League with a 3-0 record on goal difference over Chelsea, went 26-0-12 last season, the first team in the top division to go unbeaten since Preston North End in 1888-89.

MAN U., JUVENTUS, REAL MAKE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Manchester United, Juventus, and Real Madrid advanced last night to the first round of the European Champions League yesterday.

Manchester United beat visiting Dinamo Bucharest 3-0 to advance from the third qualifying round. Juventus, which rallied from a two-goal deficit at home two weeks ago for a 2-2 tie, won 4-1 at Sweden’s Djurgarden to advance on 6-3 aggregate. Real Madrid, which has won Europe’s top club competition a record nine times, beat Wisla Krakow 3-1 to advance 5-1. Ronaldo scored two goals and Francisco Pavon added the third.

Also advancing to the 32-team first round were Bayer Leverkusen, Glasgow Rangers, Dynamo Kiev, Shakhtar Donetsk, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Sparta Prague.

TENNIS

RAYMOND UPSETS PETROVA TO ADVANCE AT PILOT PEN

Lisa Raymond overcame a loss in the first set and beat Nadia Petrova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 yesterday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen tournament.

Elena Dementieva struggled with a spotty serve, but beat Claudine Schaul 6-2, 6-2 to advance. In other matches, eighth-seeded Nathalie Dechy, Daniela Hantuchova, and Jelena Jankovic also advanced to the quarterfinals.

– Associated Press