ON THE WEB

For complete coverage of the Sydney Olympics, including audio commentary from Times columnist Bill Plaschke, photo galleries and up-to-the-minute stories and results, go to http://mediakit.nohib.com/olympics.

Among stories that will be available this morning from Sydney:

* Men’s basketball, New Zealand vs. United States

* Baseball, Cuba vs. United States

* Softball, Italy vs. United States

* Men’s water polo, Croatia vs. United States

STARS

* Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands: Set world record in the semifinals, then won third gold in the 50-meter freestyle.

* Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires, Brazil: Defeated Americans Holly McPeak and Misty May, 16-14 in beach volleyball quarterfinals.

* Russian synchronized divers: Dmitry Sautin and Igor Lukachin won the men’s gold, after Vera Ilina had teamed with Yulia Pakhalina for women’s title.

* Steve Redgrave, Britain: Victory in men’s fours made him the third person to win gold at five straight Olympics.