1.   A Cuban athletics competitor has sought asylum in Canada, bringing to five the number of Cubans to leave the delegation during the Pan American Games.

2.   De Villiers, the youngest athletics competitor ever to be suspended, twice tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

3.   Sotomayor and his fellow athletics competitors appeared to rally the flag Friday night.

4.   The tests, which included blood and urine samples, have been restricted to swimmers, cyclists, surf lifesavers and some athletics competitors.