Sports briefs

* The National Football League approved a plan that would allow two regular season games to be played outside the U.S. per year in countries such as Mexico. A record 103,000 fans attended a regular season game last year in Mexico City.

* World Cup winning coach Marcelo Lippi of Italy is one of the finalists for the job of coaching Mexico’s men’s soccer team. Meanwhile, Ecuador’s coach has vowed to stay with the team in spite of being offered that position for his native Colombia.

* In soccer club action over the weekend, a game in Peru was suspended due to crowd violence while a game involving Argentine league leaders Boca Juniors was postponed due to lack of security.

* From one Boricua to another: New York Mets first baseman and Puerto Rican Carlos Delgado received this year’s Roberto Clemente Award for excellence on and off the field.

* Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus will help inaugurate in November a golf course he designed in the Dominican Republic.

* The 2006 Formula 1 season ended last Sunday in Sao Paulo, Brazil with Felipe Massa winning the race in his home country and Spaniard Fernando Alonso winning the season title for the second straight year.

Links- CBC (Canada), People’s Daily Online (China), NFL, TSN (Canada), ESPNSoccernet, Dominican Today, All Headline News

Image- NFL Mexico (Preparations for the 2005 NFL game in Mexico City)

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