Sports briefs

Doping

STEROID TESTING OK'D: A large suburban St. Louis school district will begin voluntary testing of its athletes for performance-enhancing drugs in the 2005-06 school year, a move the superintendent hopes will send a message to stay away from steroids.

The Fort Zumwalt School District board in St. Charles County approved the program Monday. In addition to performance-enhancing drugs, athletes, cheerleaders and pompom squad members could be tested for illegal drugs such as marijuana, methamphetamine and PCP.

The district, with 18,500 students and the state's seventh largest, had a drug-testing program in place from 1997 until two years ago, when it was dropped due to budget constraints. Superintendent Bernard DuBray said the previous program did not include steroid testing.

College basketball

SURGERY FOR COACH: Iowa State basketball coach Wayne Morgan was released from the hospital Tuesday after undergoing throat surgery for sleep apnea.

"I am very happy to be home from the hospital and looking forward to getting back to work," Morgan said in a statement released by the university.

Morgan had the surgery at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. In his statement, Morgan said he would gradually work himself back to a full-time schedule over the next four weeks.

Soccer

MULROONEY OUT: FC Dallas midfielder Richard Mulrooney will miss the remainder of the MLS season after tearing a ligament in his right knee in Saturday's 0-0 draw with San Jose.

The 28-year-old Mulrooney, who played twice last year for the United States, injured his knee in the 27th minute of Saturday's game when challenging Earthquakes midfielder Ricardo Clark near the Dallas end line. His leg buckled after he planted his right foot. He played for five more minutes before collapsing to the ground and eventually leaving the game.

Mulrooney had played in all seven games for Dallas this season, scoring two goals.

Tennis

WORLD TEAM CUP: Chile and Argentina will play for a place in the World Team Cup final.

Defending champion Chile eliminated France with a 2-1 series victory on Tuesday in Duesseldorf, Germany, and Argentina ousted the Czech Republic 2-1.

The United States plays Spain on Wednesday, and a loss would end the Americans' chances of reaching Saturday's final. Vincent Spadea will face Tommy Robredo and Jeff Morrison will meet David Ferrer. Also Wednesday, Germany takes on Sweden.