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Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter upset with US

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad. Blatter was the latest international soccer figure to call into question the suitability of the United States as a host country. He called for the boycott in a post on X that supported the comments of Mark Pieth in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Der Bund. Pieth chaired the Independent Governance Committee’s oversight of FIFA reform a decade ago. Wiener race coming ...

Aryna Sabalenka breezes en route to Australian Open tennis semifinals

MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka beat 18-year-old American Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 early today to reach the semifinals at the heat-affected Australian Open. The match at Rod Laver began with the roof open as heat warnings hit Melbourne with temperatures expected to be above 40 ...

Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike McCarthy reach agreement to be next head coach

PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy is coming home. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Saturday the club has reached a verbal agreement with McCarthy to replace Mike Tomlin as head coach. McCarthy grew up in the Greenfield neighborhood, just a couple of miles away from the team’s practice ...

Sam Darnold leads Seahawks over Rams

SEATTLE — Sam Darnold threw for three touchdowns, the Seahawks’ “Dark Side” defense came up with a critical fourth-down stop, and Seattle advanced to the Super Bowl, beating the Los Angeles Rams 31-27 in an electrifying NFC championship game on Sunday. Led by second-year coach Mike ...

Patriots punch 12th Super Bowl ticket by stopping Broncos

DENVER — Drake Maye handled the sloppy, snowy conditions better than the home team and he scored New England’s only touchdown on a 6-yard keeper, propelling the Patriots to their 12th Super Bowl with a 10-7 win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship game Sunday. Maye threw for ...

Ben Kindel’s goals lift Penguins over Canucks

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Rookie Ben Kindel scored twice in the second period to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and a sweep of Pittsburgh’s four-game western Canada trip. Kindel, from nearby Coquitlam, British Columbia, had a large contingent of ...