Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Larry Doby, pioneering Black baseball star, given Congressional Gold Medal

Larry Doby, who in 1947 turned the second Black participant to interrupt baseball’s shade barrier, main the Cleveland Indians to a World Series championship the next yr, was honored on Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medal. Hall-of-Famer Doby, who died in 2003, was posthumously awarded the medal by congressional leaders throughout a ceremony on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, held on what would have been his one hundredth birthday.

Golf-PGA members demand details about Tour’s future

Golfers enjoying for the PGA Tour have demanded extra details about the potential influence of capital tie-ups being mentioned, saying that they had been “kept entirely in the dark” in regards to the group’s future. The PGA has introduced plans to merge with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf however has additionally not too long ago mentioned it could advance discussions with U.S.-based Strategic Sports Group (SSG) which might are available as a co-investor.

Soccer-Turkish leagues to renew subsequent week after assault on referee

Turkey’s prime soccer league will resume play on Tuesday subsequent week following a one-week suspension resulting from an on-field assault by a membership president on a referee, who emerged from hospital on Wednesday with a swollen eye. On Monday night on the finish of a Super Lig match, Ankaragucu membership president Faruk Koca entered the pitch and punched referee Halil Umut Meler within the face. The official was then kicked whereas mendacity on the pitch overlaying his head.

NFL-Super Bowl to return to Los Angeles in 2027

The Super Bowl will return to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in February 2027 after the stadium efficiently hosted the NFL’s championship recreation in 2022, the league introduced on Wednesday. “We are very excited to bring the Super Bowl back to Los Angeles for the second time in five years,” commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned in a launch.

NFL to play first recreation in Brazil subsequent yr

The NFL will play a recreation in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2024, marking the primary time that North America’s hottest league has ventured to South America, commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned on Wednesday. The common season recreation will probably be held at Corinthians Arena at a date but to be decided because the league continues to emphasise world progress as a “major strategic priority.”

Golf-Rahm to avoid public occasions after becoming a member of LIV Golf

Masters champion Jon Rahm mentioned on Wednesday that he had determined to put low and would keep away from public occasions till February after agreeing to leap from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf in a big-money transfer that made headlines throughout the globe. In his first look after signing with the insurgent circuit funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the 29-year-old Spaniard was shocked to seek out TV cameras at an occasion he was attending within the northern Spanish metropolis of Bilbao.

Cricket-‘Not political’, Khawaja to struggle Gaza message ban

Australia batsman Usman Khawaja believes the statements he wrote on his sneakers in help of the folks of Gaza weren’t political and mentioned he would struggle the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s ruling that he can’t show them whereas enjoying. Khawaja had the messages “Freedom is a human right” and “All lives are equal” written on his boots within the colors of the Palestinian flag in Tuesday’s coaching for the primary take a look at in opposition to Pakistan.

NBA roundup: Without stars, Nuggets nonetheless finest Bulls

Reggie Jackson scored 25 factors and Michael Porter Jr. added 17 to raise the short-handed Denver Nuggets to a 114-106 victory in opposition to the host Chicago Bulls on Tuesday. Denver gained for the second time in as many nights regardless of dropping star Nikola Jokic to a second-quarter ejection and enjoying with out Jamal Murray (ankle).

NHL roundup: Blues hearth coach after dropping to Wings

Lucas Raymond and Michael Rasmussen every had a purpose and an help because the visiting Detroit Red Wings rallied for a 6-4 win in St. Louis on Tuesday, a end result that prompted the Blues to fireplace coach Craig Berube postgame. Jake Walman, Jonatan Berggren, Moritz Seider and Robby Fabbri additionally scored for the Red Wings, who erased a 4-3 third-period deficit to snap their three-game winless streak.

South Korea island is a discipline of desires for younger baseball hopefuls

Dreaming of constructing it large in baseball, teenage brothers An Seung-han and An Seung-young travelled tons of of miles away from residence to distant Deokjeok island, the place the game and their group, are actually the closest factor they should a household. The boys are amongst a couple of dozen youngsters who’ve left the intense lights of a few of South Korea’s largest cities to affix a specialised sports activities academy arrange by Kim Hak-yong, former supervisor of the elite Dongguk University group that has produced scores of gamers within the nationwide KBO main league.

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