(Adds details, reaction) MIAMI, Feb 15 (Reuters) – United States international Robbie Rogers has come out as gay and says he is stepping away from soccer. The 25-year-old, who recently played in England for Leeds United and Stevenage and has 18 caps for the U.S. team, wrote on his website – under the title “The Next Chapter” – that he had been afraid to raise the issue. There are no openly gay players playing in Major League Soccer or in the English professional leagues. “Secrets can cause so much internal damage. People love to preach about honesty, how honesty is so plain and simple. …
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Slovenia's Jurij Tepes soars throught the air during the qualification for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup individual flying hill competition in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, on February 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images WRAPUP 1-Basketball-Barca march on as Tomic delivers
MADRID, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Euroleague favourites Barcelona moved a step closer to the playoffs halfway through the second group stage of the competition after Croatia centre Ante Tomic shone in a 82-77 win at Maccabi Tel Aviv. The result left 2010 winners Barca at the top of their group with a 6-1 record and poised to reach the best-of-five quarter-final playoff series, whose winners will advance to the May 10-12 Final Four in London. …
Williams returns to No. 1 with Qatar Open win
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- An emotional Serena Williams has secured the No. 1 ranking after coming from a set down to beat former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the Qatar Open semifinals Friday. SKI-JUMPING-GER-WCUP
Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer soars throught the air during the qualification for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup individual flying hill competition in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, on February 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images Kingsbury, Kearney win World Cup mogul events
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Mikael Kingsbury of Canada and Hannah Kearney of the United States won World Cup mogul races at the Sochi Olympics venue on Friday.
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Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer soars throught the air during the qualification for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup individual flying hill competition in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, on February 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images SKI-JUMPING-GER-WCUP
German Severin Freund soars throught the air during the qualification for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup individual flying hill competition in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, on February 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images 'Football hid my secret' - USA winger Robbie Rogers announces he is gay upon retirement
Former Leeds and Stevenage man Robbie Rogers calls time at 25 on a playing career he describes as giving him "more joy than he ever could have imagined" in the same statement Federer backs squash for 2020 Games inclusion
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – As arguably the greatest ever tennis player, Roger Federer is urging Olympic officials to back another racket sport by including squash in the program for the 2020 Games. The 17-times grand slam champion announced his intentions through a statement released by the ATP. Federer will be in action later on Friday against Julien Benneteau in the quarter-finals of the World Indoor Tournament and after the match he will give a news conference with Malaysia's Nicol David, the women's world number one squash player. … No presidential text for low-profile Ligety
SCHLADMING, Austria (Reuters) – Ted Ligety might not have received a messag e from President Barack Obama after completing his hat-trick of skiing world titles on Friday, but it was still an astonishing achievement. An unassuming figure in a sport which struggles for airtime outside a few Alpine nations, the American was just happy to get a few texts from his closest friends. "Barack didn't text me," joked Ligety after it was pointed out that Aksel Lund Svindal receives congratulatory messages from the King of Norway when he wins major titles. "I had a few emails from my friends… … Vikings to play 2 cold seasons in outdoor stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Next season will be the Minnesota Vikings’ last in the 31-year-old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and fans of the purple and gold can look forward to blue lips and red cheeks as they shiver through two seasons of old-school, outdoor football.
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The White Ferns have had to settle for fourth place at cricket’s ICC Women’s World Cup in India. NZ fourth at cricket’s Women’s World Cup New Zealand, White Ferns, ICC, Women’s World Cup, England, Mumbai, India
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US Patrick Deneen celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's Moguls Test Event at the Snowboard and Freestyle Center in Rosa Khutor near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Deneen took the second place. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images SKI-WORLD-MO-MEN-FINALS
US Patrick Deneen celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's Moguls Test Event at the Snowboard and Freestyle Center in Rosa Khutor near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Deneen took the second place. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images SKI-WORLD-MO-MEN-FINALS
Canada's Philippe Marquis competes at the Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's Moguls Test Event at the Snowboard and Freestyle Center in Rosa Khutor near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Marquis took the third place. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images SKI-WORLD-MO-MEN-FINALS
Canada's Philippe Marquis celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's Moguls Test Event at the Snowboard and Freestyle Center in Rosa Khutor near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Marquis took the third place. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images SKI-WORLD-MO-MEN-FINALS
Canada's Philippe Marquis celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's Moguls Test Event at the Snowboard and Freestyle Center in Rosa Khutor near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Marquis took the third place. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images SKI-WORLD-MO-MEN-FINALS
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury celebrates shortly after crossing the finish line during the Freestyle Ski World Cup Men's Moguls Test Event at the Snowboard and Freestyle Center in Rosa Khutor near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 15, 2013. Kingsbury took the first place. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images 
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