INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES NEWS

New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in 1st ODI

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets with 29 overs to spare in the first one-day international at Hagley Oval to lead the five-match series 1...

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Australia 70-1 at lunch after W Indies removes Warner early

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Paceman Jerome Taylor claimed the important wicket of opener David Warner early on the opening day of the second test as the West Indies worked well to c...

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Sri Lanka 188 all out in 1st ODI vs. New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) Sri Lanka's Milinda Siriwardana made 66 and Nuwan Kulaserara 58 in a 98-run partnership which helped Sri Lanka recover from 27-5 to 188 as it batted...

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Woakes fills in for injured Anderson in 1st test

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) England has recalled Chris Woakes for the first of four tests against top-ranked South Africa, starting in Durban on Saturday.

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Guatemala band can't get visas for Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) A band from Guatemala has been unable to get visas to participate in the New Year's Day Rose Parade.

DECEMBER 25, 2015

IAAF taskforce to visit Russia for the first time in January

MONACO (AP) The International Association of Athletics Federations says a taskforce will visit Russia for the first time on Jan. 10-11 next year to inspect the response to the dop...

DECEMBER 24, 2015

AP PHOTOS: Major moments in international sports in 2015

LONDON (AP) From Serena Williams' near Grand Slam in tennis to Japan's shock defeat of South Africa in the Rugby World Cup and Barcelona's dominance on the football pitch, there w...

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Russian sports minister denies government doping cover-ups

MOSCOW (AP) Russia's sports minister says accusations that the government is covering up doping of athletes are unfounded.

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Jansrud beats Svindal in final of new parallel giant slalom

LA VILLA, Italy (AP) Kjetil Jansrud edged Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal to win the new head-to-head event of parallel giant slalom which made its debut on the World Cup ci...

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini banned for 8 years by FIFA Ethics Committee

ZURICH (AP) Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini banned for 8 years by FIFA Ethics Committee.

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Kane Williamson moves to No 1-ranking for test batting

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Kane Williamson became the first New Zealander to top the test batting rankings after scoring an unbeaten century Monday to lead New Zealand to a five...

DECEMBER 21, 2015

World Cup leader Prevc completes weekend ski jump sweep

ENGELBERG, Switzerland (AP) Peter Prevc of Slovenia set a hill record of 142 meters at Engelberg on Sunday to complete a weekend sweep of ski jump World Cup events.

DECEMBER 20, 2015

West Indies' 2-day tour match with Victoria ends in draw

GEELONG, Australia (AP) A two-day tour match between the West Indies and a Victoria state selection ended in a weather-affected draw on Sunday, less than a week from the start of...

DECEMBER 20, 2015

NZ 142-5 after day 3, chasing 189 to beat Sri Lanka

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) Scores at stumps Sunday, the third day of the second test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Seddon Park:

DECEMBER 20, 2015

New Zealand 33-2 at tea on day 3, 2nd test vs. Sri Lanka

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) Scores at tea Sunday on the third day of the second cricket test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Seddon Park:

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Moan leads Norwegian sweep at Nordic combined World Cup

RAMSAU, Austria (AP) Magnus Moan edged Magnus Krog by the length of a ski tip to lead a Norwegian sweep of the podium at a Nordic combined World Cup on Saturday.

DECEMBER 19, 2015

Friday's Sports in Brief

ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis aldermen agreed to spend $150 million to help finance a new riverfront football stadium as part of the effort to keep the Rams from moving.

DECEMBER 19, 2015

Le Monde: Diack tells police of Russian political donation

PARIS (AP) The Russian doping scandal took a new twist Friday when a French newspaper reported that former IAAF President Lamine Diack asked Russia for more than $1 million to fun...

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Sri Lanka reaches 108-2 in 2nd test against New Zealand

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) Sri Lanka's batsman showed defiance after losing an influential toss on a green pitch to reach 108-2 at lunch Friday on the first day of the second test...

DECEMBER 18, 2015