Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. World body to lift Russia's doping ban

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Friday it would lift the ban on Russian Para athletes by March 15, but only under certain conditions. Russia has been barred from international competitions since August 2016 over allegations of state-sponsored doping similar to the ones that led to the suspension of its athletics federation and anti-doping agency. NHL roundup: Kings end Flyers' streak in shootout

Tyler Toffoli scored in the sixth round of a shootout to lift the visiting Los Angeles Kings past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Thursday. The first career shootout goal for Toffoli gave the Kings their third win in a row. Austin Wagner and Adrian Kempe each scored in regulation for the Kings. Los Angeles goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 30 shots through regulation and overtime. Alpine skiing: Holdener defends women's combined title in Are

Switzerland's Wendy Holdener defended her women's combined title with a strong slalom run at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday. Slovakia's Petra Vlhova took the silver medal, three hundredths of a second slower after hauling herself up from eighth after the downhill, with Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel completing the podium. Chiefs GM Veach 'excited' to keep LB Ford

Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Dee Ford is approaching free agency for the first time in his career, but general manager Brett Veach indicated the team fully expects to keep him. "Obviously, Dee's a player that had done so much for us, in particular, last year, that we're excited about bringing him back," Veach told reporters Thursday. NBA roundup: Westbrook posts eighth straight triple-double

Paul George scored 27 points, and Russell Westbrook recorded his eighth consecutive triple-double as the host Oklahoma City Thunder overwhelmed the Memphis Grizzlies in the second half en route to a 117-95 win Thursday. The win was the Thunder's ninth in 10 games and their fifth consecutive at home. Memphis, playing with a short bench, had its two-game winning streak snapped. Tennis: Merciless Monfils hands Tsitsipas lesson in Sofia

Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece’s emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas. The experienced Frenchman, who has slipped to 33 in the world rankings after a series of injuries, looked in ominously good form as he took his place in the last four without dropping a set this week. Federer chasing titles, not top ranking

Roger Federer is no longer chasing the top ranking and would rather be a contender at Grand Slams than battling Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal to be world number one, the Swiss tennis great said on Friday. The 20-times Grand Slam champion has held back the clock in the twilight of his remarkable career and became the ATP's oldest world number one last year a few weeks after clinching his sixth Australian Open at the age of 36. Olympic spirit back in Sarajevo, bridging ethnic divides

The Olympic spirit is back in Sarajevo after rival Bosnian ethnic elites set aside their differences to host the largest sport event in the country since the 1984 Winter Olympics and war of the 1990s. The Winter European Youth Olympic Festival will open in Sarajevo on Sunday and close a week later in East Sarajevo, a former Serb-run suburb that has become a separate city, in a show of cooperation between the two former foes whose border was a wartime frontline. Football: Alliance of American Football gambling on success

There are two things that Americans love nothing more to do than watch football and bet on it. The eight-team Alliance of American Football (AAF) kicks off its inaugural season on Saturday promising both; a quality product on the field and real time wagering. Cavs F Love nearing return

All-Star forward Kevin Love said he is close to returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, possibly even Friday night. He played just four games this season before being sidelined with a toe injury.