
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will begin negotiations on a mega blockbuster fight within the next 24 hours, USA Today newspaper has reported.

MARIBOR, Slovenia (AFP) - Slovenia qualified for only their second World Cup on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over nine-man Russia in their European zone, second-leg play-off tie.

PARIS (AFP) - 1934 GMT France go into this World Cup play-off second leg in Paris with a 1-0 advantage from Saturday's first leg at Croke Park in Dublin when Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka's deflected second-half strike divided the sides.
LONDON - Two officials with knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press that Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain has been stripped of his 1,500-metre Olympic gold medal for doping.

DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland has given up hope of getting its World Cup playoff against France replayed because of Thierry Henry's hand ball.
The Carolina Hurricanes looked like the cardiac 'Canes of old as they rallied in Raleigh to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday.
The Montreal Canadiens will be without speedy forward Brian Gionta for an indefinite time, according to reports.

LONDON - Thierry Henry says the "fairest solution" is to replay the France-Ireland World Cup soccer playoff after he set up the deciding goal with a hand ball.
Canada's top female biathlete wanted vaccination for the swine flu before she boarded an airplane this weekend, but Zina Kocher couldn't get it.

LONDON (Reuters) - Soccer's world governing body FIFA has confirmed that the controversial France v Ireland World Cup playoff will not be replayed.
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