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NORFOLK, Va. -- David Washington passed for 187 yards and four touchdowns to help Old Dominion beat Hampton 54-21 in the season opener for both teams on Sunday.It was originally scheduled for Saturday night but was rescheduled to avoid the peak impact of storm system Hermine.Old Dominion led 31-21 and then scored the final 23 points starting with a safety in the middle of the third quarter. Less than four minutes later, Aaron Young intercepted Jayl Williamsons pass and returned it 15 yards to give ODU a 40-21 lead before the end of the third.Washington threw his fourth touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth and Jeremy Cox added a 12-yard TD run to cap the scoring.Ray Lawry had 110 yards rushing and 62 yards receiving for the Monarchs, running for a TD and catching another.Rashawn Proctor had 161 yards receiving for Hampton. . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). . Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. Quick stopped 27 shots in his return from a 24-game injury absence, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 to play, and the Kings snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim. . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. SUZUKA, Japan -- Nico Rosberg set the fastest lap time during first practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, finishing the session 0.215s clear of Lewis Hamilton in second.The two Mercedes stuck mainly to the soft compound -- the fastest tyre in Pirellis range this weekend -- using two different sets during the session over four individual runs. Rosberg held a 0.174s advantage in the middle sector, which includes the Degner corners, the hairpin and Spoon, with marginal gaps between the two Mercedes drivers in sectors one and two.Ferrari emerged as Mercedes closest rivals in first practice, but were both over a second slower than Rosbergs benchmark time. Sebastian Vettel was 0.292s faster than teammate Kimi Raikkonen, with another 0.295s to Daniel Ricciardo in fifth. However, Red Bull only ran hard and medium tyres during the session, meaning there will be more to come from Ricciardo and Max Verstappen when they bolt on the soft compound in the afternoon.Force India secured seventh and eighth, with Nico Hulkenberg 0.237 quicker than teanmmate Sergio Perez, who ran the Halo for a series of quick laps early in the session. Fernando Alonsoo was ninth using the medium compound tyres, but spun into the barriers at Spoon on his 11th lap.ddddddddddddDamage to his cars exhaust brought an early end to his session, while there was also damage to the rear wing.Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top ten ahead of the two Toro Rossos and Jenson Button, who is not running the same updated Honda engine block as Alonso this weekend. Romain Grosjean was 14th fastest but ran wide at the second Degner midway through the session and damaged his front wing against the barrier. He managed to reverse out of the gravel trap and rejoin the track, but the repairs limited him to just 17 laps over the full 90 minutes.From 15th place to 19th there was a mix of cars led by Saubers Felipe Nasr ahead of Williamss Felipe Massa, Haas Esteban Gutierrez, Saubers Marcus Ericsson and Renaults Kevin Magnussen. The two Manors were roughly a second slower than Magnussen, with Jolyon Palmer at the bottom of the timesheets after an electrical problem limited his running to 13 laps. ' ' '
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