NBA
INDIANAPOLIS – The NBA announced that the Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets will play Jan. 12 in London.
The game will be played at The O2 arena. Denver will be considered the home team, and tickets will go on sale at the start of the upcoming season.
It is the first time the Pacers have played a regular-season game overseas, though they have played preseason games in China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Germany and Spain.
The NFL’s Indianapolis Colts also will play Oct. 2 in London 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
NFL
MEXICO CITY – The Nov. 21 Monday night game in Mexico City between the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans has sold out within minutes.
A league statement says tickets went on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday and were gone in under a half-hour.
Mexico is one of the few countries outside of the U.S. with a large fan base for the sport that folks here call “American football.” League officials have said it’s their biggest foreign market.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in the statement that the rapid sellout “further confirms what a passionate fan base we have in Mexico.”
MARATHON, Fla. – Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp is OK after being bitten on the arm by a shark while catching lobster off the Florida Keys.
Sapp was bit while reaching for a lobster the shark was also going after. The captain says someone who saw the fish thought it might have been a nurse shark, about 4 feet long.
Soccer
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Chuba Akpom scored the deciding goal in the 87th minute from about 4 yards out on a cross from the left side by Nacho Monreal, and Arsenal topped the MLS All-Stars 2-1 in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game on Thursday.
Once Arsenal’s young substitutes got going after entering midway through the second half, the scoring chances came.
Moments before halftime, Didier Drogba scored on his third try following two deflections in one quick sequence for MLS to notch it at 1.
Joel Campbell scored on a penalty kick in the 11th minute for Arsenal following Jelle Van Damme’s yellow card for grabbing.
Associated Press
