James Battista and Thomas Martino, gambling associates of disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, are scheduled to appear for sentencing today in federal court in New York, Newsday reported yesterday.

Under federal sentencing guidelines, Battista faces a sentence of 10 to 16 months and Martino 12 to 18 months from Judge Carol B. Amon.

Amon ruled yesterday that Martino, Battista and Donaghy were jointly liable for $149,448 in restitution to the NBA.

Federal prosecutors said Battista and Martino got betting tips in 2006 and 2007 from Donaghy, who grew up Delaware County. Donaghy was paid for any correct picks that led to good bets, investigators said.

Donaghy is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday and faces a possible term of up to 33 months.

Boxing

Unbeaten middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has completed a deal to fight longtime titlist Bernard Hopkins on Oct. 18 in Atlantic City, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said.

Arum was not eager to make the 170-pound fight between Pavlik (34-0, 30 knockouts) and Hopkins, the cagey 43-year-old from Philadelphia who lost a narrow decision to Joe Calzaghe in April. But after potential matchups with Calzaghe and Arthur Abraham fell through, Arum and Pavlik decided that the fighter would move up 10 pounds to face Hopkins.

Auto racing

NASCAR tried to even the competition in the Nationwide Series by ordering all teams using Toyota motors to squeeze down their horsepower before this weekend's race in Indianapolis.

Toyota has won 14 of 21 races this season in the Nationwide Series, and all but one came in a Camry fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing. The exception was JGR driver Kyle Busch's victory at Charlotte in May in a car fielded by Braun Racing.

NASCAR ordered all the Toyota motors to use a smaller spacer that will knock down 15 horsepower in the motors.

Technically, the new guidelines aren't directed solely at Toyota: The bulletin distributed to teams did not even mention the manufacturer. But because Toyota is working with a brand new engine, its teams have gained an advantage over the manufacturers using older engine models.

If the other manufacturers reach the stage Toyota has reached, they also will be subject to the horsepower guidelines, NASCAR said.

Golf

Top-seeded Jorge Fernandez Valdes, 15, of Argentina, advanced in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, but defending champion Cory Whitsett, 16, of Houston, Texas, was defeated in first-round matches at the Shoal Creek Golf Club in Alabama.

Eleven of the 32 matches were halted by darkness. Robert Galbreath of Huntingdon Valley was 3 up through eight holes over Seth Reeves of Duluth, Ga.

Stroke-play medalist Lisa McCloskey, 16, of Montgomery, Texas, advanced in the first round of match play at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship at the Hartford Golf Club in Connecticut. She topped Christine Song, 17, of Fullerton, Calif., 5 and 3.

Christine Shimel of Kennett Square fell to Sarah Brown of Lopatcong Township, N.J., 1 up.

Colleges

An NCAA committee voted to add sand volleyball to a list of women's sports being considered for intercollegiate competition. The sport, known on the professional and Olympic levels as beach volleyball, could be under NCAA auspices as soon as 2009-10.

Elsewhere: Chestnut Hill College has been granted full NCAA Division II membership, the association said in a release. The college will be eligible for all D-II tournaments, the NCAA said. . . . Former Missouri men's basketball coach Norm Stewart, 73, is recovering from open-heart surgery, the university said.

Noteworthy

Top-ranked Roger Federer was knocked out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto in a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to France's Gilles Simon in a second-round match.

Federer was playing his first match since losing the Wimbledon final in five sets to Spain's Rafael Nadal, who struggled before ousting qualifier Jesse Levine, 6-4, 6-2.

Elsewhere: Randy Carlyle, who coached the Anaheim Ducks to the Stanley Cup championship in 2007, signed a two-year extension that will keep him with the team through the 2010-11 season. . . . The Bruins signed defenseman Dennis Wideman to a multiyear contract extension. No details were announced.