Li Na retires with sore back in Paris

PARIS - French Open champion Li Na retired with a sore back against Tsvetana Pironkova in the second set of her opening match yesterday at the Open GDF Suez.

Third-seeded Li took a medical timeout while trailing, 7-6 (5), 3-2, to have her lower back massaged and played a few more points before retiring.

Fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic withdrew yesterday because of a left thigh strain she picked up in Serbia's 3-2 win over Belgium in the Fed Cup last week.

Soccer

Keough, of 1950 U.S. World Cup, team dead at 84

Harry Keough, a member of the U.S. soccer team that upset England at the 1950 World Cup, has died. He was 84.

Keough died yesterday, U.S. Soccer Federation spokesman Michael Kammarman said.

A defender who had one goal in 19 appearances for the U.S. from 1949-57, Keough started all three games for the Americans at the 1950 World Cup and was captain when the U.S. played Spain in its opener.

The 1-0 win over England is regarded by many as the greatest upset in soccer history.