The starting gun will blast at 9 a.m. in Saratoga on Sunday for the annual running of the Great Race, and for the 18th straight year it will be the race sponsor, the Los Gatos Rotary Club, firing the pistol.

More than 2,500 runners are expected to take part in the April 6 run, which stretches four miles up Highway 9 from Saratoga to Los Gatos.

The entry fee is $30 on race day, and all entrants receive a T-shirt.


Los Gatos soccer

Registration for the Los Gatos United Soccer League's fall season will be held on April 21, 7­9 p.m., and April 30, 7­8:30 p.m., at Daves Avenue School, and on April 24, 7­8:30 p.m., at Alta Vista School.

The cost is $105 per player, and players must provide a copy of a birth certificate or passport at the registration. Youngsters must have been born between Aug. 1, 1987 and July 31, 1998 to be eligible to participate.

For more information, visit www.lgusl.org or call 408.535.8770, ext. 3.


Golf tourney

Members of the San Jose Earthquakes, CyberRays and Sharks will be in the field at the first celebrity Silicon Valley Futbol Club Golf Tournament on April 28 at the newly opened Boulder Ridge Country Club in San Jose.

Landon Donovan, Brandi Chastain, Jeff Agoos, Joe Cannon, Teemu Selanne and Vincent Damphousse are among the pro athletes expected to take part in the tourney, which will raise funds for player scholarships, equipment, travel and uniforms for the club.

Registration is open through April 15. For more information, visit www.svfc.us or call 408.252.4160.


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