Reuters Sports News Summary

07/27/2016 3:58

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Exclusive: Scrutiny on global sport bodies as they decide Russians' Olympic fates

The International Olympic Committee's decision to let individual sport federations decide whether to ban Russians from the Rio games over doping has put Moscow's links to the governing bodies under scrutiny. In the latest announcement by a sport governing body, the head of the International Judo Federation told Reuters on Tuesday it would allow the Russian squad to compete.

Putin to meet depleted Russian team ahead of Rio Games

President Vladimir Putin will give a personal send-off on Wednesday to a diminished Russian Olympic team who travel to the Rio Games even as global sports bodies mull over the eligibility of Russian competitors. The International Olympic Committee threw Russia a lifeline on Sunday, ignoring calls for the national team to be banned over allegations of state-backed doping and giving international sports federations the final say on whether individual Russian athletes could compete in Brazil.

Packers' Nelson sidelined with injury to other knee

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who has been trying to recover from a right knee injury that sidelined him in 2015, has tweaked his other knee leading the team to put him on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. "It's not the (right) ACL. No one needs to freak out," Nelson told NFL.com on Tuesday. "I'm not going into details of stuff. You guys know I don't like to talk about injuries.

Carroll agrees extension with Seahawks through 2019

Seattle have reached an agreement with coach Pete Carroll on a contract extension that will keep him with the NFL team through 2019, the Seahawks announced on Tuesday. No financial details were released. The news comes two days after the Seahawks agreed a new contract with general manager John Schneider. Carroll, 64, is the oldest coach in the NFL and has helped build the Seahawks into one of the league's most successful teams in recent years. In six years with the team Carroll has a 60-36 regular-season record and gone 8-4 in the playoffs. He led Seattle to two Super Bowls, including its first championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. Carroll was entering the final year of a three-year deal.

Ahead of Olympics, Brazilians map neglected favelas to boost business

With a reputation for being "no go" areas, Rio de Janeiro's favelas are an unlikely attraction for visitors but a project to map the city's slums aims to draw in business from some of the thousands of spectators expected at the Olympic Games. Rio's sprawling shanty towns are home to about a fifth of the city's population, yet many favelas do not appear on digital maps which adds to the sense of neglect felt by communities living there, activists say.

Federer to miss Olympics and rest of season with knee problem

Roger Federer has pulled out of the Rio Olympics and will miss the rest of the season, including the U.S. Open, because he needs "more extensive rehabilitation" to prolong his career after knee surgery earlier this year. Last month he described how "one stupid move" sparked a chain of bad luck - which resulted in left knee surgery in February and sitting out the French Open with a back injury - culminating in Tuesday's decision to end his wretched season.

Wawrinka battles past Youzhny in Toronto

Stan Wawrinka survived a thriller against Mikhail Youzhny in the second round of the Rogers Cup on Tuesday, fighting back in both sets to prevail 7-6(3) 7-6(8). The Swiss second seed trailed 5-4 in the first set and had to break Youzhny's serve to force a tiebreak. He then fell behind 3-0 in the second before launching a comeback that saw him fight through set point in a heated tiebreak and ultimately pull through to close out the match.

Sale rips White Sox for 'business first' mentality

Pitcher Chris Sale said on Monday it was the Chicago White Sox putting 'business first over winning' that caused him to boil over and led the team to discipline him. Sale was suspended five games by the White Sox due to an incident on Saturday where he reportedly cut up the team's 1976 throwback uniforms and was subsequently scratched from his scheduled start.

Forget about medals if you can't handle pressure: Daley

Britain's Tom Daley says divers who neglect the mental side of the sport can forget about winning a medal at next month's Rio de Janeiro Games. Daley, who won a 10-meter platform bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, will be competing in the individual event and the synchronized 10-meter platform with new partner Dan Goodfellow in Brazil.

South Korean Pak ready for new role as coach in Rio

Pak Se-ri is set to bring the curtain down on a career that brought her five majors, 39 victories worldwide and almost $13 million in prize money but the South Korean trailblazer concedes golf never brought her happiness. Pak, whose sensational rookie season in 1998 helped lift the gloom off the Asian financial crisis and inspired a generation of world class women golfers back home, said at a news conference on Wednesday she had sacrificed much in pursuit of her goals.

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