LOS A NGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol has been sidelined indefinitely after sustaining a tear in his right foot, his team said on Wednesday. Gasol was injured during the Lakers' victory over Brooklyn on Tuesday and received scans which confirmed an injury serious enough to keep him off court for a while. Los Angeles has not given a specific timetable on his return and the 7-foot (2.13m) Spaniard will meet with team doctors on Thursday to sketch out a plan for his recuperation. … INTERVIEW-Rugby-Las Vegas sevens to help U.S. push sport forward
WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The stakes are high for the United States as they head into their home round of the rugby sevens world series under pressure to perform, men’s team coach Alex Magleby has said. The Las Vegas tournament from Feb. 8-10 is the fifth leg of the nine-stop series, and rankings points at its conclusion will determining seedings for the sevens World Cup in Moscow in June. …
NBA-Lakers' Gasol out indefinitely with foot injury
LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol has been sidelined indefinitely after sustaining a tear in his right foot, his team said on Wednesday. Gasol was injured during the Lakers’ victory over Brooklyn on Tuesday and received scans which confirmed an injury serious enough to keep him off court for a while. Los Angeles has not given a specific timetable on his return and the 7-foot (2.13m) Spaniard will meet with team doctors on Thursday to sketch out a plan for his recuperation. …
U.S. men's soccer team loses World Cup qualifier
Jerry Bengston took advantage of a defensive mix-up to score the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, and Honduras rallied to beat the United States 2-1 on Wednesday in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year's World Cup. Clint Dempsey put the visitors ahead in the 36th minute but the U.S., using a new-look defense, gave up the lead when Juan Carlos Garcia tied the score in the 40th.
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A common competitive transgression is 'cover pricing', and the fact that authorities regard it as a contravention comes as a surprise to many in the construction industry Mexico's Hernandez fights for the ball with Jamaica's Taylor during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Mexico City
Mexico's Javier Hernandez (front) fights for the ball with Jamaica's Jermaine Taylor during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido Mexico's Salcido reacts during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica in Mexico City
Mexico's Carlos Salcido reacts during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Jamaica's players react after their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Mexico at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Mexico's Oribe Peralta (C) reacts during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Mexico& #039;s players walk after their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Jamaica's Joel McAnuff (top) fights for the ball with Mexico's Paul Aguilar during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Mexico's soccer team head coach Jose Manuel de La Torre reacts near players during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Jamaica's Joel McAnuff (top) fights for the ball with Mexico's Francisco Javier Rodríguez during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Referee Mark Geiger shows a yellow card to Mexico's Hector Moreno during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Tramaine Stewart (L) of Jamaica battles for the ball with Mexico's Paul Aguilar during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Mexico's Carlos Salcido reacts during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Mexico's soccer team head coach Jose Manuel de La Torre reacts near players during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Jamaica's Joel McAnuff (top) fights for the ball with Mexico's Francisco Javier Rodr?guez during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Jamaica's Joel McAnuff (top) fights for the ball with Mexico's Paul Aguilar during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Mexico's Javier Hernandez (front) fights for the ball with Jamaica's Jermaine Taylor during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
TORONTO (Reuters) – Kevin Garnett recorded a season-high 27 points as the Boston Celtics continued to prosper in the absence of Rajon Rondo by holding off the Tor onto Raptors 99-95 to secure a fifth successive win on Wednesday. The Celtics, who were expected to fade from the post-season picture when Rondo went down with a season-ending knee injury, have instead gone on a storming run, with all five of their victories coming since the All-Star guard was hurt. … 
BOSTON (Reuters) – A rare 1865 photograph of the Brooklyn Atlantics baseball team, discovered at a Maine yard sale and considered one of the first baseball cards ever, sold for $92,000 at an auction on Wednesday. A Mas sachusetts man offered the winning sum in cash after a brief round of bidding at Saco River Auction Co., said Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at the company in Biddeford, Maine. Thibodeau declined to name the buyer. … 
Jamaica's Nyron Nosworthy, left, fights for the ball with Mexico's Javier Hernandez, center, during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) 
Mexico's Javier Hernandez jumps to control the ball during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Jamaica in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) 
Jose Manuel de la Torre (C) , the coach of Mexico, walks off the field following their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
Mexico's Javier Hernandez (L) fights for the ball with Jamaica's Jermaine Taylor during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Javier Hernandez (R) of Mexico listen the jokes of Jamaica´s players after their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
Mexican coach Jose Manuel De La Torre gestures during their their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier match against Jamaica at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ YURI CORTEZYURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images 
Jamaica's Jermaine Taylor (R) fights for the ball with Mexico's Oribe Peralta during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Jose Manuel de la Torre (C) coach of Mexico reacts against his players during their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Garlon Green scored 20 points and TCU held on for a 62-55 upset of fifth-ranked Kansas on Wednesday night for the Horned Frogs' first Big 12 victory. 
Jose Manuel de la Torre (C) coach of Mexico reacts against his players during their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
Hector Moreno (L) of Mexico vies for the ball with Theo Robinson (R) of Jamaica during their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
Javier Hernandez (L) of Mexico vies for the ball with Jermaine Taylor (R) of Jamaica during their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
Mexican Javier Aquino (R) jumps to head the ball with Jamaica's Tramaine Stewart (L) during their their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier match at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ YURI CORTEZYURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images 
Jose Manuel de la Torre (C) coach of Mexico reacts against his players during their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo EstrellaALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images 
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Danny Green hit eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 28 points to help the San Antonio Spurs to their 11th straight win, 104-94 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night. 
Panama's Luis Henriquez, not in picture, scores as Costa Rica's Christopher Meneses, front, fails to stop the ball during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) 
Mexico's Jesus Corona looks on during a World Cup 2014 qualifying match against Jamaica at the Aztec stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) 
Jamaica's Joel McAnuff (L) fights for the ball with Mexico's Hector Herrera during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Mexico's Hector Miguel Herrera, top, and Jamaica's Rodolph Austin go for a header during a World Cup 2014 qualifying match at the Aztec stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) 
Jamaica's Ryan Johnson (R) reacts next to Mexico's Hector Moreno during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Ryan Johnson (9) of Jamaica jumps for the ball with Mexico's Javier Rodriguez during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 
Costa Rica's Giancarlo Gonzalez (R) fights for the ball with Panama's Blas Perez (C) as Costa Rica's Michael Umana (L) looks on during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Rommel Fernandez stadium in Panama City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (PANAMA – Tags: SPORT SOCCER) 
Jamaica's Adrian Mariappa heads the ball during their their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier match against Mexico at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ YURI CORTEZYURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images 
Mexico's Giovani dos Santos, top, jumps over Jamaica's Jermaine Taylor during a World Cup 2014 qualifying match at the Aztec stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) 
Panama's coach Julio Dely Valdes gestures during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Costa Rica in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) 
Panama's Roman Torres, front, and Costa Rica's Christopher Meneses fight for the ball during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) 
Panama's Luis Henriquez celebrates after scoring against Costa Rica during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) 
Mexico's Hector Herrera, left, chases Jamaica Jermaine Johnson during a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) 
Mexico's Jorge Torres (top) jumps for the ball next to Jamaica's Garath McCleary during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO – Tags: SPORT SOCCER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 
Mexican Jorge Torres (R) disputes the ball with Jamaica's Marvin Elliott (L) during their their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier match against Jamaica at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO / YURI CORTEZYURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images 
Mexico's Giovani dos Santos, center, falls as he is challenged by Jamaica's Demar Phillips, left, and Jamaica's Rodolph Austin during a World Cup 2014 qualifying match at the Aztec stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) 
ALTERNATIVE CROP OF PAN105 – Costa Rica's Alvaro Saborio, front, and Panama's Roman Torres go for a header during a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) 
NEW YORK (AP) -- A pair of Australians won a race to the top -- or to the 86th floor, anyway. 
Panama's Marcos Sanchez (R) vie for the ball with Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz during their Brazil-2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF football qualifier at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Rodrigo ARANGUARODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images