Reuters - SEATTLE (Reuters) - L.A. Galaxy's David Beckham is to have pain-killing injections for a bruised ankle bone before Sunday's MLS Cup final but said he would be fit for the game against Real Salt Lake.

AFP - NEWARK, New Jersey (AFP) - A plea hearing for retired NBA star Jayson Williams in the 2002 shooting death of a driver was indefinitely delayed on Friday.

The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Olympics, says British Columbia's highest court.

AFP - SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) - England midfielder David Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday.

AFP - MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AFP) - Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut will be sidelined from two to four weeks with a left leg injury, the NBA team said Friday.

Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - There were hugs and handshakes all around on Friday as teams of older U.S. and Cuban softball players ended a "friendship" tournament they hope will set an example for their respective governments.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - The New York Knicks won't pursue four-time NBA scoring champion Allen Iverson, preferring to focus on rebuilding with younger players, team president Donnie Walsh said Friday.

The Canadian Press - LONDON - There will be no rematch.

Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Reliever John Grabow signed a two-year $7.5 million deal with the Chicago Cubs on Friday, adding an experienced arm to a young bullpen.

AFP - KITCHENER, Canada (AFP) - Canada's world silver medallist Joannie Rochette skated to the top of the women's leaderboard at Skate Canada on Friday with a flawless short programme that earned a personal best score of 70.0.

The Canadian Press - CATAWBA - Jeremy Mayfield sat in the back of his large barn Friday morning about 1,300 kilometres from where NASCAR's season-ending weekend was kicking off. Several hundred people surrounded him, listening intently as a fast-speaking auctioneer sold dozens of items.

AFP - TORONTO (AFP) - The National Hockey League suspended Dallas Stars forward James Neal for two games on Friday for a boarding infraction that injured Derek Dorsett of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Reuters - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Ricky Williams scored three touchdowns to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 24-17 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday.

AFP - MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - Former French international Eric Cantona launched a stinging attack on national coach Raymond Domenech on Friday following France's controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - Bottom-placed Albi pulled off the upset of the Top 14 season so far with a nail-biting 24-23 victory over league leaders Perpignan on Friday.

Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - The French Football Federation (FFF) has ruled out a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff against Ireland, saying on Friday world governing body FIFA's decision that the result should stand was final.

The Canadian Press - KITCHENER, Ont. - Canada's Joannie Rochette won the ladies short program at HomeSense Skate Canada International in dazzling fashion Friday, scoring a personal best less than three months away from the Vancouver Olympics.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Manny Pacquiao's 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto was the top-drawing pay-per-view bout of 2009 with 1.25 million purchases worth 70 million dollars in revenue, Home Box Office Sports said Friday.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) reiterated on Friday.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - World football's governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) until further notice "because of government interference".

AFP - LONDON (AFP) - Football's world ruling body FIFA on Friday officially turned down a request from the Irish football authorities to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat to France.

AFP - DUBLIN (AFP) - Irish football chiefs renewed Friday an appeal for FIFA to order a handball-marred World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, after Thierry Henry said a re-match would be the "fairest solution."