SOC--LEICESTER-PEARSON
LEICESTER, England " Already under scrutiny for grabbing a player by the neck in a touchline confrontation, the manager of last-place Premier League team Leicester failed to clear up intense speculation that he had been fired then reinstated by the club's Thai owners. SENT. 500 words.
SOC--EXTRA TIME
LONDON " The spending power of Real Madrid and Manchester United is unmatched in football, and the temptation is to reinvest that wealth in eye-catching, crowd-pleasing attacking talent. But weekend results provided a reminder to world football's biggest moneymakers that overloading squads with expensive forwards is not a guaranteed path to prosperity on the pitch. By Rob Harris. SENT. 650 words.
SOC--ITALY-MATCH-FIXING
ROME " Italy coach Antonio Conte was among 130 people formally notified by a state prosecutor Monday that they are under investigation for match-fixing in a case that has stretches back nearly five years. SENT. 300 words.
TENNIS:
TEN--WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT ROTTERDAM, Netherlands " Fifth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria saved two match points against an irate Paul-Henri Mathieu, beating the French qualifier 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Monday to reach the second round of World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. SENT. 400 words.
OLYMPICS:
OLY--PYEONGCHANG-3 YEARS TO GO
SEOUL, South Korea " South Korea marked the three-year countdown to the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday with a series of events in the host city of Pyeongchang. SENT. 250 words.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL:
FBN--NFL'S CONTINUING TROUBLES
Commissioner Roger Goodell declared at the Super Bowl that the NFL made "enormous progress" on social issues after last year's incessant barrage of disturbing developments, led by the Ray Rice domestic violence and Adrian Peterson child abuse crises. That bombardment hasn't much abated in 2015, with at least eight players arrested, a star suspended, an agent indicted and a Hall of Famer fired. By Arnie Stapleton. SENT. 850 words.
RUGBY:
RGU--WALES-NORTH
CARDIFF, Wales " Wales will have instant video replays available to its medical staff for the remainder of the Six Nations tournament to avoid a repeat of an incident where one of its players continued playing after losing consciousness on the field. SENT. 300 words.
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