Reuters Sports News Summary

Organisers of the LA 2028 Games said this week they wanted cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball added to the event. Motorcycling-Marini sets lap record to grab pole position at Indonesia GP VR46 Racing's Luca Marini twice set a lap record on Saturday to capture pole position for the Indonesia Grand Prix in Mandalika, as championship leader Francesco Bagnaia failed to make it out of the first qualifying session.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Soccer-Man arrested over damage to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

A 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with causing criminal damage at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London's Metropolitan Police said on Saturday, with local media reporting that the cost of the damage ran to six figures in pounds. The police said officers were called on Monday night and the man was arrested, and he then appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Rugby-England and Fiji desperate to seize dream opportunity

England and Fiji hardly charged into the World Cup quarter-finals in a blaze glory, but neither will care as they seek to grasp a glorious opportunity to progress while the sport's four best teams are forced to slug it out in Paris. The vagaries of the draw presented a less-than-perilous route to the knockout stage for the pair and, having navigated it in contrasting ways, both can still be justifiably confident going into Sunday's clash.

Doping-Russian anti-doping agency case will be sent to CAS says WADA

The Russian anti-doping agency disputes the World Anti-Doping Agency's assessment that RUSADA is non-compliant with the world anti-doping code, WADA said in a statement on Friday as it prepares to send the case to sport's highest court CAS. Last month, WADA said Russia would face more sanctions for failing to address its non-compliance issues.

Olympics-IOC board approves new sports, including cricket, for LA 2028 Games

Five sports, including cricket and flag football, proposed for inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics were approved by the International Olympic Committee executive board on Friday, leaving them with one last hurdle to seal their Olympic spots. Organisers of the LA 2028 Games said this week they wanted cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball added to the event.

Motorcycling-Marini sets lap record to grab pole position at Indonesia GP

VR46 Racing's Luca Marini twice set a lap record on Saturday to capture pole position for the Indonesia Grand Prix in Mandalika, as championship leader Francesco Bagnaia failed to make it out of the first qualifying session. Marini first set a record with a scorching lap of one minute 30.383 seconds in Q1, before topping the timesheets by improving on his own mark in Q2 with a time of 1:29.978 to earn his first-ever pole.

Motorcycling-'Super' Martin wins fourth straight sprint at Indonesia GP to take championship lead

Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin won his fourth straight sprint with a spectacular showing at the Indonesia Grand Prix in Mandalika on Saturday to roar to the top of the championship standings after Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia ended in eighth. Martin, who started on the second row in sixth place, held off a late charge by pole-sitter Luca Marini, with Marini's VR46 Racing team mate Marco Bezzecchi coming in third.

Soccer-FIFA president Infantino offers condolences in letter to Israel and Palestine FAs

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wrote to the Israel and Palestine Football Associations on Friday, offering his condolences over the "horrendous violence" in the past week in a conflict that has taken over 2,700 lives so far. Hamas militants killed more than 1,300 Israelis in their attack on Saturday. In response, Israeli air strikes have killed more than 1,400 people in Gaza so far, authorities there said.

Olympics-India wants to host summer Games in 2036, says PM Modi

India is interested in hosting the Olympic Games in 2036, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday at the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai. The country has never hosted the Olympics before, but in 2010 Delhi hosted the Commonwealth Games.

Rugby-France and South Africa bracing for brutal, but tactical battle

France expect a brutal clash with South Africa in their World Cup quarter-final, but strategy will probably play a more important part at the Stade de France, where physicality and sheer power will not be enough to go through on Sunday. Defending champions South Africa have built their success on a powerful and skilful pack but coach Jacques Nienaber sprung a surprise when he selected a lighter, more mobile version of the team who started the tournament to face France.

Soccer-Poland fly their 'king of fans' home after Faroe Islands delay

The Poland national team were delayed leaving Faroe Islands after Thursday's EURO 2024 qualifier win, and when they finally departed on Saturday, they took some stranded Polish fans with them including Andrzej Bobowski, known as "the king of Polish fans". Bobowski has attended the last 12 World Cup tournaments but could easily have been stranded and missed Poland's game with Moldova on Sunday without the intervention of the Polish Football Federation (PZPN).

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