Sporting Digest: Volleyball

MEN'S WORLD LEAGUE (Friday): Pool A: (Los Angeles): Brazil bt United States 3-0. (Saturday): Pool A: (Santa Barbara, Calif): Brazil bt United States 3-1. (Kobe, Japan): Japan bt Germany 3-2. Pool B: (Den Bosch, Neth): Netherlands bt Finland 3-0. (Seoul): Cuba bt South Korea 3-0. (Guangzhou, Ch): Italy bt China 3-1. (Yesterday): Pool A: (Moscow): Russia bt Greece 3-1. Pool B (Guangzhou): Italy bt China 3-1. (Den Bosch): Netherlands bt Finland 3-0. Standings: Pool A: 1 Russia (P 16, Pts 31); 2 Brazil (16-27); 3 Japan (16-24); 4 Germany (16-23); 5 United States (16-22); 6 Greece (16-17). Pool B: 1 Italy (16-31); 2 Cuba (16-30); 3 China (16-23); 4 Netherlands (16-22); 5 South Korea (16-21); 6 Finland (16-17).