Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. FIFA votes for new Club World Cup, Euro clubs confirm boycott

FIFA will go ahead with a new 24-team Club World Cup starting in 2021, its President Gianni Infantino said on Friday, setting the world soccer governing body in conflict with Europe's top clubs. Infantino, speaking at a news conference, said FIFA had made the decision at its council meeting on Friday. Horse racing: Women jockeys make their mark at Cheltenham

Women jockeys impressed at this week's Cheltenham Festival, claiming four wins including an unprecedented two in top-level Grade One races, highlighted by Bryony Frost's breakthrough triumph on Frodon. Frost collected the biggest cheer of the week when she became the first female jockey to win a Grade One race over jumps at The Festival on Thursday. Golf: Woods quad on 17th hole at Sawgrass not better than most

Tiger Woods enjoyed one of the most famous moments of his career on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass but on Friday the hole exacted its revenge when a quadruple bogey all but ended his hopes of victory at the Players Championship. Woods was sailing along smoothly, within striking distance of the lead, when he arrived at the 146-yard par-three hole with its distinctive island green. Federer and Nadal to clash in Indian Wells semi-final

One of the great sporting rivalries will be renewed at Indian Wells on Saturday when Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal clash in a semi-final at the BNP Paribas Open, providing the Spaniard's troublesome right knee does not keep him off court. The multiple Grand Slam champions both won their quarter-finals on Friday, although Nadal in particular had to work hard to overcome Russian Karen Khachanov 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in a match during which he required treatment on the knee. U.S. Soccer Federation defends support for women's team after lawsuit

The U.S. Soccer Federation defended on Friday its treatment of the World Cup-winning national women's team and said it was surprised at a recent lawsuit (USWNT) alleging gender discrimination. All 28 members of the U.S. women's squad were named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit that was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on International Women's Day last week. Spring training roundup: Judge hits fifth homer as Yankees maul Red Sox

Aaron Judge smacked a three-run homer to help the New York Yankees roll to a 14-1 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday at Tampa, Fla. Judge's blast over the fence in right-center came off right-hander Adam Lau in the second inning and was his fifth of the spring. He relished the fact the homer came on an 0-2 pitch. Hamilton tops final free practice in Australia

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton topped the final practice session for Mercedes ahead of Saturday qualifying at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, edging Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton lapped the Albert Park circuit in one minute 22.292 seconds, leading four-times champion Vettel by 0.264 seconds to top the timesheets in all three practice sessions. MLB notebook: Yankees RHP Severino out until May

New York Yankees ace right-hander Luis Severino will miss at least the first full month of the season with rotator cuff inflammation, general manager Brian Cashman said Friday. Severino, 25, has yet to throw in a spring training game and was scratched from his scheduled debut on March 5 because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder. An MRI diagnosed the problem. Cricket: Bangladesh team leave a changed New Zealand after mosque shootings

Bangladesh's cricket team left New Zealand on Saturday, less than 24 hours after narrowly avoiding being involved in the worst mass shooting in the country, which now had to accept that sporting events were likely to have been changed for ever. A lone gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two mosques in Christchurch in the country's worst mass shooting which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as "a terrorist attack". Hot finish lifts McIlroy into tie for lead with Fleetwood at Players

Nobody from Northern Ireland or England has won the Players Championship, but there is a fair chance that drought will end this weekend after Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood forged a three-shot halfway lead in Florida on Friday. Northern Irishman McIlroy needed a storming finish to catch Englishman Fleetwood (67) at 12-under-par 132 but three shots picked up over his final three holes for a seven-under 65 did the job.