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TENNIS • Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark rallied from a set down to beat qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The U.S. Open finalist broke Gajdosova three times in the third set at Ariake Coliseum and won with a crosscourt backhand. She will take on eighth-seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in Friday's quarterfinals.
Suarez Navarro defeated Daria Gavrilova of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Also, Garbine Muguruza of Spain defeated fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 7-6 (4), 6-4, and Casey Dellacqua of Australia beat Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 6-2, 6-4.
Chivas play in limbo until new ownership
SOCCER • Chivas USA might not play in 2015 and perhaps longer, a decision that won't be made until a new owner takes over the Major League Soccer team.
"We expect to be able to close an agreement by the end of the season," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said Thursday after a news conference to launch the league's new logo. "Once we get an ownership group in place, we'll sit down with them and make a decision as to whether or not we're going to keep that team operating in 2015 and beyond."
The league hopes to have a schedule by late fall. With the addition of New York City and Orlando, MLS will have 20 or 21 teams next year, depending on whether Chivas USA plays.
Chivas USA was formed in 2004, and MLS announced in February it had assumed operation of the team from Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes, who have controlled the Mexican club Chivas Guadalajara since 2002.
Former Chivas USA youth coaches, Daniel Calichman and Theothoros Chronopoulos filed a discrimination lawsuit against the team in 2013, a case that was resolved without a trial.
FIFA orders officials to return watches
SOCCER • FIFA's ethics investigator ordered football officials on Thursday to return 65 luxury watches given as World Cup gifts or risk disciplinary action.
The Brazilian federation distributed gift bags with the expensive watches at the pre-World Cup Congress, FIFA said in a statement. They were distributed to 28 executive committee members, an official with each of the 32 teams, and representatives as well as members of the South American soccer confederation. They were distributed to 28 executive committee members, an official with each of the 32 teams, and representatives as well as members of the South American soccer confederation. FIFA did not say if President Sepp Blatter, an executive committee member, accepted or has already returned the watch. The Brazilians obtained the watches from sponsor Parmigiani for $8,750 each. But after launching an investigation into the gifts, FIFA ethics committee investigators learned the watches had a market value of $26,600.
FIFA's ethics code says football officials cannot offer or accept gifts that have more than "symbolic or trivial value."