SPORTS BRIEFS

Bresnan returns

LONDON (AP):

England included pace bowler Tim Bresnan in a 12-man squad for this week's second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.

Bresnan was the only player picked yesterday in addition to the side that beat the tourists by 354 runs in four days of the first Test.

Bresnan also made the first Test squad, but did not play, as a late replacement when Ajmal Shahzad withdrew with an ankle injury.

England squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Jonathon Trott.

No vuvuzelas

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP):

Vuvuzelas will be banned from the upcoming basketball world championship in Turkey because of 'health concerns'.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is urging fans not to bring the noisy instruments to games and warns that security staff will confiscate them. Supporters also face expulsion from the tournament's five venues if they flout the ban.

FIBA says it is the first international sport federation to officially ban the vuvuzela from all of its events. The ban will also include pressure horns that can produce similar decibel levels and harm people's health.

FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann says vuvuzelas are "simply not appropriate in a confined space such as a basketball arena."

Querrey beats Murray

LOS ANGELES (AP):

Sam Querrey fended off a match point in the second set and rallied to beat Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the Farmers Classic final on Sunday.

Querrey successfully defended the title he won last year in his hometown, winning four three-set matches during the week. He became the first player to repeat in Los Angeles since Andre Agassi in 2001-02.

"In the second and third sets I played great, some of the best tennis I've played," he said. "It was easier today with everyone behind me."

Earlier, Bob and Mike Bryan won their record 62nd career doubles title on the ATP Tour, the twin brothers defeating American Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands Antilles 6-7 (6), 6-2, 10-7 tiebreaker.

"It's a flood of emotion," Bob Bryan said. "Never thought we'd be this healthy, this consistent our whole career."

Down a set and match point in the 10th game of the second set, Querrey came up with a combination of big serves and gambling shots to beat Murray, ranked fourth in the world, and collect his fourth title of the year. Only Rafael Nadal has more with five.