SOCCER
Lazio captain arrested over match-fixing
ROME (AP) -- Italian authorities swept through the Italy national team training site near Florence Monday and made more than a dozen arrests, including Lazio captain Stefano Mauri, elsewhere as part of a wide-ranging investigation into match-fixing in soccer....
Beckenbauer against scrapping penalty shootouts
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Franz Beckenbauer says deadlocked matches should continue to be decided with penalty-kick shootouts....
Kaufmann admits lip synching at Champions League
Jonas Kaufmann says he lip synched his performance of the Champions League theme before last weekend's final in Munich....
FIFA to test goal-line technology at Wembley
ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA says the Hawk-Eye goal line technology system will be tested at Wembley Stadium when England plays Belgium in a June 2 exhibition....
FIFA doctors want safer headscarf designs
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- FIFA's medical advisers say new designs are needed because headscarfs worn by Muslim women players could lead to head and neck injuries....
CONCACAF tries to oust Blazer of US from FIFA
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A list of financial mismanagement allegations against former North and Central American and Caribbean soccer leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer was outlined to 40 soccer nations Wednesday, just minutes after they elected Jeffrey Webb as their new president....
FIFA delays appointing anti-corruption officials
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Sepp Blatter said Tuesday he expects the FIFA Congress of world soccer nations to be a lot calmer than the last one....
BOXING
Police: 5-time champ Johnny Tapia found dead in NM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Johnny Tapia, the five-time boxing champion whose turbulent career was marked by cocaine addiction, alcohol, depression and run-ins with the law, was found dead Sunday at his Albuquerque home. He was 45....
Froch stops Bute for IBF super-middleweight title
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Carl Froch stopped Lucian Bute in the fifth round in his hometown Saturday night to claim the IBF super-middleweight title....
Column: Gay marriage flap may sell Pacquiao fight
The guy he really should be boxing will be in a jail cell when Manny Pacquiao enters the ring next, not that it's the furious little fighter's fault. Neither was the faux uproar that erupted when shoddy journalism and the rush to judgment collided with predictable results....
Mayfield stops Serrano in 5th to retain title
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Karim Mayfield floored Raymond Serrano at the fourth-round bell, and then landed a solid right hand less than a minute into the fifth that stopped the challenger in the NABO junior welterweight title fight Friday night....
Andre Berto fails doping test; Ortiz fight is off
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former welterweight champion Andre Berto has failed a doping test, and the promoter of his rematch with Victor Ortiz says next month's fight is off....
HOCKEY
Torts expects best from Rangers in must-win game
NEW YORK (AP) -- Whether the New York Rangers truly believed they could overcome a 3-2 playoff series deficit earlier this year doesn't matter now....
Devils outlast Rangers, 5-3, take 3-2 series lead
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New Jersey Devils never could have imagined they would have a three-goal lead on the New York Rangers less than 10 minutes into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals at hostile Madison Square Garden....
Canucks extend contract Vigneault's contract
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The Vancouver Canucks signed coach Alain Vigneault to a contract extension, ending speculation that the team's playoff loss to Los Angeles might cost him the job....
Kings edge Coyotes 4-3 in overtime to win West
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A great road playoff run has the Los Angeles Kings in a place they haven't been since the Great One was skating in Southern California....
Coyotes out after 4-3 loss to Kings in West finals
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Phoenix Coyotes avoided a sweep with a gutty performance in Los Angeles. They couldn't do it again back home in the desert, though the disappointment shouldn't linger too long....
TENNIS
Azarenka survives in 1st round of French Open
PARIS (AP) -- Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka survived a scare in the first round of the French Open....
Feliciano Lopez retires down 5-0 at French Open
PARIS (AP) -- Feliciano Lopez of Spain quit because of a side muscle injury Monday after losing the first five games of his first-round French Open match against Florent Serra of France....
Vera Zvonareva withdraws from French Open
PARIS (AP) -- Two-time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia withdrew from the French Open shortly before her first-round match Monday, citing an injured right shoulder....
Oudin ends Grand Slam losing streak at French Open
PARIS (AP) -- It had been awhile since Melanie Oudin felt confident she could win a match at tennis' top tournaments....
Forced off tour by injuries, Baker back at Slam
PARIS (AP) -- Brian Baker gets asked quite a bit these days to run down the long list of operations his body needed during his 6 1/2 years away from the ATP tour....
