Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Soccer-US and Mexico to submit bid to co-host 2027 Women’s World Cup

The United States and Mexico have knowledgeable FIFA they’ll submit a bid to co-host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the nations’ federations mentioned on Wednesday. US Soccer (USSF) and Mexico’s soccer federation (FMF) have till May 19 to formally submit their ‘Bidding Agreement’.

Golf-Woods undergoes ankle fusion surgical procedure

Fifteen-times main champion Tiger Woods has undergone fusion surgical procedure on a bone in his ankle, he mentioned on Wednesday, 10 days after he withdrew from the Masters resulting from damage. The operation was carried out to deal with his post-traumatic arthritis from a earlier talus bone fracture, Woods mentioned in an announcement posted on Twitter.

MLB roundup: Padres’ shutout ends Braves’ win streak

Juan Soto smacked a 431-foot homer and starter Nick Martinez and three relievers mixed to throw a four-hit shutout to raise the San Diego Padres to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Braves on Wednesday, snapping Atlanta’s eight-game profitable streak. Soto, who entered the sport hitting solely .175, led off the fourth by lining a 1-1 sinker from Braves starter Charlie Morton (2-2) into the seats in proper heart to supply the sport’s solely run.

Soccer-Eight healthcare employees face trial over Maradona’s demise – studies

Eight healthcare employees will go on trial over the demise of Diego Maradona after being charged with “homicide by negligence”, Argentine media reported on Wednesday. The footballing nice, who led Argentina to a second World Cup title in 1986, died aged 60 in November 2020 from coronary heart failure after present process mind surgical procedure days earlier.

Golf-Not the identical main splash as Chevron strikes to Texas

When ladies’s golf crowns its first main winner of the season on Sunday on the Chevron Championship it won’t make the identical splash it as soon as did. The sight of winners celebrating with a joyful leap into Poppies Pond off the 18th inexperienced was one in every of ladies golf’s most recognisable traditions however a transfer from its longtime house of Mission Hills Country Club in Palm Springs to The Club at Carlton Woods close to Houston has successfully ended the ritual.

Motor racing-Schumacher household planning authorized motion over AI ‘interview’

Michael Schumacher’s household are planning authorized motion towards a German weekly journal over an ‘interview’ with the seven occasions Formula One champion that was generated by synthetic intelligence. A spokesperson for the Schumacher household, requested by Reuters for a touch upon Wednesday, pointed to printed studies of authorized motion.

Soccer-City ‘exhausted’ forward of FA Cup semi-final, says Guardiola

Manchester City gamers are exhausted forward of their FA Cup semi-final towards Sheffield United at Wembley this weekend, supervisor Pep Guardiola mentioned, after his facet knocked Bayern Munich out of the Champions League on Wednesday. City’s 1-1 draw with Bayern of their quarter-final second leg secured a 4-1 win on combination that assured them a semi-final spot in Europe’s elite membership competitors for a 3rd successive season.

FIFA involved about Canada’s refusal to honor Afghan visa letters -court filings

Officials with soccer’s worldwide governing physique FIFA criticized Canada’s choice to not acknowledge paperwork FIFA and a Canadian senator had given to feminine athletes and others who have been scrambling to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in 2021. Canada refused to just accept “visa facilitation letters” FIFA and Canadian Senator Marilou McPhedran handed out primarily based on a template offered by a Canadian Department of National Defence worker in makes an attempt to evacuate 640 ladies athletes, their coaches and others, based on court docket paperwork.

Soccer-Man City ease into Champions League semis with 1-1 draw at Bayern

Manchester City cruised into the Champions League semi-finals after a 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich on Wednesday secured a 4-1 combination win that moved them a step nearer to an elusive first title within the competitors. City ahead Erling Haaland, who had missed a first-half penalty, made amends within the 57th minute, drilling in his forty eighth objective in all competitions this season to kill off the tie earlier than Bayern levelled with a Joshua Kimmich penalty within the 83rd.

Tennis-Bencic to skip Madrid, Rome occasions resulting from hip problem

Olympic champion Belinda Bencic will skip upcoming claycourt tournaments in Madrid and Rome resulting from “discomfort” in her hip however mentioned she hopes to be totally match for the French Open. Bencic mentioned she was hampered by the difficulty through the WTA Tour’s U.S. swing, which included her run to the Charleston Open closing the place she misplaced to Ons Jabeur in straight units.

(With inputs from businesses.)