BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country’s civil war, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday, the first sign that President Bashar Assad’s regime would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition.
LONDON (AP) — Three years after losing his unbeaten record and WBC super-middleweight title to Danish fighter Mikkel Kessler, Carl Froch has the chance to make amends on home soil.
LONDON (AP) — FIFA’s new anti-racism task force will ask soccer’s governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
ROME (AP) — Cycling’s first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday.
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.