South Williamsport, Pa. ? Japan’s players weren’t about to leave the Lamade Stadium field without some important souvenirs.

Tokyo’s Konan Tomori (28) jumps on home plate as teammates Kaname Shinozaki (22) and Ichiro Ogasawara celebrate and Waipahu, Hawaii, catcher Keolu Ramos, right, watches. Tomori hit a two-run home run in Japan’s 4-1 victory Sunday in South Williamsport, Pa.

Still wearing their bright red caps and white uniforms, they leaned down on the mound to scoop up bags of dirt for what promises to be a happy flight home from a 10-day stay in central Pennsylvania.

The team from Tokyo relied on defense and a pair of pint-sized aces to win the Little League World Series.

Japan limited the potent bats of Waipahu, Hawaii, to four singles and got a homer and three RBIs from Konan Tomori in a 4-1 victory on a sunny Sunday afternoon to end the United States’ run of five straight World Series titles.

NFL

Bengals release WR Bryant

Cincinnati — Wide receiver Antonio Bryant was released Sunday by the Cincinnati Bengals, who signed him to a four-year, $28 million deal last March thinking he would be their long-term complement to Chad Ochocinco.

WR Coles among Jets’ cuts

New York — Laveranues Coles’ third tour with the Jets ended before it really got started. Now, the popular wide receiver’s career could be over. Unless, of course, New York brings him back a fourth time.

Coles was released Sunday, but coach Rex Ryan said it’s “a real possibility” the team could re-sign Coles after the first week of the season.

Jets linebacker sidelined

New York — Calvin Pace will be sidelined for at least the first game of the season — again.

The Jets’ outside linebacker will have surgery today in North Carolina to repair his broken right foot and will miss New York’s season opener against Baltimore on Sept. 13.

The Jets’ top pass rusher had to sit out the first four games of last season after being suspended by the league for violating its policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Golf

Kuchar wins Barclays in playoff

Paramus, N.J. — Matt Kuchar’s fortunes took quite a turn Sunday, and so did his golf ball.

Kuchar beat Martin Laird in a playoff at The Barclays with a 7-iron out of the rough that rolled toward the back of the 18th green, then caught enough of the slope to turn back toward the hole and stop 30 inches away for a birdie.

It was a stunning conclusion to the first FedEx Cup playoff event.

Laird had a one-shot lead and needed two putts from just inside 25 feet for the victory, when he ran his putt seven feet past the hole. He missed the par putt, setting up the playoff.

Uihlein tales U.S. Amateur title

University Place, Wash. — The top-ranked amateur in the world now has a title worthy of his lofty ranking. Oklahoma State’s Peter Uihlein also has quite the 21st birthday celebration awaiting.

Uihlein won the 110th U.S. Amateur on Sunday, holding off yet another back-nine charge from Stanford’s David Chung for a 4 and 2 victory at Chambers Bay.

Langer cruises to Boeing title

Snoqualmie, Wash. — Bernhard Langer closed with a final-round 69 and pulled away from Nick Price down the stretch to win the Boeing Classic on Sunday.

Langer got his fifth Champions Tour victory this season and the second in the greater Seattle area after this year after winning the U.S. Senior Open at Sammamish, Wash., a month ago.

Europe rounds out Ryder Cup team

Gleneagles, Scotland — Edoardo Molinari of Italy came up a big winner twice Sunday — first winning the Johnnie Walker Championship, then becoming one of three captain’s picks for Europe’s Ryder Cup team.

Colin Montgomerie also chose three-time major winner Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald, who is No. 10 in the world ranking.

The nine players who qualified on their own for the Ryder Cup team were Lee Westwood, U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, PGA champion Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher, Francesco Molinari, Peter Hanson, Rory McIlroy and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

U.S. captain Corey Pavin is to announce his four picks on Sept. 7 in New York.

Wie nothces second LPGA victory

Winnipeg, Manitoba — Michelle Wie closed with a 2-under 70 Sunday for a three-shot victory at the CN Canadian Women’s Open, her second career victory on the LPGA Tour.

Motorsports

Teen racer killed in crash at Indy

Indianapolis — The death of a 13-year-old motorcycle rider at Indianapolis Motor Speedway cast a shadow over Sunday’s races at the historic track and prompted mourning competitors to defend the development system for the dangerous circuit.

Peter Lenz of Vancouver, Wash., fell off his bike during the warmup lap for the day’s first race and was run over by another motorcycle, driven by a 12-year-old. Several hours later, he was pronounced dead.

The Marion County coroner’s office said Lenz died from blunt-force trauma.

Said wins Nationwide race

Montreal — Boris Said came back from an early spin and won the Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday, edging Max Papis by a nose on a green-white-checkered finish to win the crash-filled event.

Basketball

Durant leads U.S. in rout

Istanbul — Kevin Durant scored 22 points, and reserve Kevin Love added 10 points and 11 rebounds, and the United States beat Slovenia, 99-77, on Sunday in Group B play at the basketball world championship.

Track and field

Rudisha sets world record again

Rieti, Italy — Kenya’s David Rudisha set a world record in the 800 meters for the second time in a week, and Jamaica’s Nesta Carter ran 9.78 seconds in the 100 meters at the Rieti Grand Prix on Sunday, tying American Tyson Gay for the fastest time this year.

Rudisha clocked 1 minute, 41.01 seconds in the two-lap race, shaving 0.08 seconds off the mark he set last weekend in Berlin.