DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Patrick Reed moved into the lead at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday and has a familiar foe trying to chase him down over the weekend.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – The Las Vegas Raiders are on the clock, and Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza is officially available.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) – World Cup ticket prices are at exorbitant levels yet fans are still queueing up in their millions to attend soccer’s biggest tournament. There is a such an over-demand for the event being staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico this year that FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the governing body would need to hold a draw.
BERLIN (AP) – A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump. Oke Göttlich, the president of Bundesliga club St. Pauli told the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper in an interview on Friday that “the time has come” to “seriously consider and discuss this.”
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) – St. Pauli and Hamburg drew 0-0 in a lacklustre derby that lifted St. Pauli off the bottom of the Bundesliga on Friday but did little to animate a dismal run of one win in 15.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Drake Maye has a chance to accomplish something not even Tom Brady did with the Patriots.
ZURICH (AP) – FIFA will pay $2.3 million in prize money to the club that wins the first Women’s Champions Cup at Arsenal’s stadium next week.
MILAN (AP) – Serie A leader Inter Milan recovered from conceding two early goals to beat lowly Pisa 6-2 and open a six-point gap on Friday.