Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Knicks president: Porzingis threatened return to Europe

When the Knicks decided to trade injured All-Star Kristaps Porzingis in January, New York was facing trade-me-or-else pressure to make the move. Team president Steve Mills said Wednesday that it wasn't the Knicks' preference to part with Porzingis, but he made it clear through an ultimatum that New York was no longer his preferred home. Tennis: Nadal primed for another French Open charge after Rome crescendo

Rafael Nadal has hit form at the perfect time heading into the French Open after a slow start, by his standards, to the claycourt season caused some to doubt his chances of continuing his vice-like grip on the tournament. Nadal has made a habit of cleaning up at the warm-up tournaments to Roland Garros, but semi-final defeats in Madrid, Barcelona and Monte Carlo led to a sense that his dominance on clay might be receding. Motor racing: McLaren vow to learn from their Indianapolis fiasco

McLaren boss Zak Brown shouldered the blame on Thursday for the team's failure to qualify Fernando Alonso for this weekend's Indianapolis 500 and said he would do things very differently next time. Speaking to reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix, the American was confident there would be a return to The Brickyard but the post-mortem into what went wrong this year was still being carried out. Olympics: Tokyo 2020 organizers welcome IOC boxing decision

Tokyo 2020 organizers welcomed on Thursday the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to include boxing at next year's Games. The IOC executive board recommended on Wednesday that boxing should keep its place at the Tokyo Games but recognition of AIBA, the governing body of the sport’s amateur version, should be suspended. Motor racing: Rain threatens Indy 500 party

Despite a dire forecast for a day-long downpour on Sunday, there is no contingency plan to bump the Indianapolis 500 over to a Monday, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) officials said on Thursday. Only three times (1905, 1986 and 1997) in 102 runnings has rain forced the Indy 500 to be postponed and rescheduled while on two other occasions (1967 and 1973) it was started before finishing on another day. Mets place starters Cano and McNeil on IL

The New York Mets placed second baseman Robinson Cano and infielder/outfielder Jeff McNeil on the 10-day injured list Thursday. Cano suffered a quad strain running to first base on a grounder in the third inning of Wednesday's 6-1 win against the Washington Nationals. Putin honors FIFA's Infantino with state medal over 2018 World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino thanked Russia on Thursday for hosting the "best World Cup ever" as President Vladimir Putin presented him with a state award for his role in making last year's tournament possible. In a Kremlin ceremony broadcast on television, Putin thanked "all those who helped making this dream come to life," including the head of soccer's global governing body. Qatari president of PSG under investigation in France for graft

The Qatari president of French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser al-Khelaifi, is under formal investigation in France for alleged corruption related to Doha's bid to host the athletics world championship, his lawyers said on Thursday. Two other sources said Khelaifi and a close associate were questioned by investigators in March in relation to the bidding process for the 2017 athletics event. Motor racing: Hamilton fastest for mourning Mercedes in Monaco

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was fastest for mourning Mercedes in both Monaco Grand Prix practice sessions on Thursday. The Briton, excused media duties following the death of Mercedes' non-executive chairman and triple world champion Niki Lauda, lapped the treacherous street circuit with a fastest time of one minute 11.118 seconds in the afternoon on soft tyres. Tiger commits to play in next week's Memorial Tournament

Tiger Woods, who missed the cut at last week's PGA Championship after an extended break, on Thursday committed to playing in next week's Memorial Tournament in Ohio ahead of the June 13-16 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Following his April victory at the Masters, where Woods won his 15th major title and first since 2008, he chose not to play again until the year's second major, where he missed the cut by one stroke.