Hosts Vancouver Whitecaps warned eager fans the club don't expect Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi to be playing against them when the Major League Soccer teams clash Saturday.Whitecaps chief executive Axel Schuster said in a statement Thursday that the Vancouver club wanted to give fans desperate to see the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner advance notice.
Olympic gold medallist Chelsea Hodges retired from swimming Friday aged 22 and just two months before the Paris Games, saying too many surgeries had left her with "the hips of a 60-year-old".Hodges said she had "no more breaststroke kicks left" and would not be competing at Australia's Olympic swimming trials next month.
Record eight-time winners Lyon face holders Barcelona in a tantalising Champions League final on Saturday in Bilbao, pitting the established elite against the new women's football powerhouse.Lyon have all-time top women's Champions League goalscorer Ada Hegerberg in their ranks, along with veteran stars including Wendie Renard, who has played in all 10 finals Lyon have reached.