Editors: Some of the stories AP Sports is covering...
Editors: Some of the stories AP Sports is covering for Saturday AMs. A full Sports Digest will move by 3 p.m. EST: LONDON -- FIFA rejects Ireland's request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France, and hours later Thierry Henry said a rematch would be "the fairest solution" to resolve the outrage over his extra-time hand ball that set up the deciding goal.
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France's sports teachers are outraged by the manne...
France's sports teachers are outraged by the manner in which the national football team qualified for next year's World Cup. The sports teachers' main union said Thursday in a statement that Raymond Domenech's team advanced to the tournament following "indisputable cheating" and said the French football federation should have condemned Thierry Henry's handball.
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American softball players find friendly reception ...
American softball players find friendly reception as sports diplomats in Cuba Softball - Sport - Cuba - Recreation - Slowpitch
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A review into government funding of elite sports i...
A review into government funding of elite sports in Australia has ignored Olympic officials' calls for bigger budgets and recommended extra funding be linked to performance targets.
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