GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) – Embarrassing moment for London Olympic organizers, who mistakenly displayed the South Korean flag on a jumbo screen instead of North Korea’s before a women’s soccer match Wednesday in Scotland. The North Koreans  refused to take the field for nearly an hour, then went out and blanked Colombia 2-0.

LONDON (AP) – Police in London say a fire alarm forced authorities to briefly clear the sprawling mall beside the Olympic Park. Fears of terrorism have been at the center of preparations for the Olympics, and authorities have twice been forced to deploy troops when security arrangements fell short.

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) -Police say Cal Ripken Jr.’s 74-year-old mother was found with her hands bound in the back seat of her car Wednesday after she said she was kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier at her home outside Baltimore and driven around blindfolded by her abductor. Investigators say they do not know the kidnapper’s motive and there was no ransom demand for Vi Ripken’s release.

TORONTO (AP) – The NHL completed presenting a majority of its proposals in labor negotiations to the players union yesterday and is waiting for a response from the NHL Players’ Association. Representatives for the two sides met for a second consecutive day yesterday at the union’s headquarters in Toronto.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 2
L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 6
N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 2
Detroit 5, Cleveland 3
Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 1
Oakland 16, Toronto 0
Texas 5, Boston 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Atlanta 7, Miami 1
Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings
San Diego 6, San Francisco 3
Cincinnati 5, Houston 3
St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 12 innings
Colorado 4, Arizona 2