SOCCERZURICH -- FIFA wants to decide in January if the 2026 World Cup will expand from its current 32-team format.FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he expects a decision on expanding to 40 or 48 teams when the ruling council next meets. The January session is likely to be held in Zurich.Infantino says the feeling was rather positive toward expansion in Thursdays council meeting.The FIFA president was elected in February on a campaign pledge to add eight teams to the current tournament.In a recent speech in Colombia, Infantino suggested a 48-team tournament with an opening playoff round of 16 matches. The 16 winners would advance to join 16 seeded teams.HOCKEYDALLAS -- The Stars honored five officers slain in downtown Dallas this summer, wearing decals of their badges on their helmets during a season-opening 4-2 win.Family members of two of the slain officers, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson, participated in the pregame ceremonial puck drop. The captains for both teams, Jamie Benn of the Stars and Ryan Getzlaf of the visiting Anaheim Ducks, joined them at center ice.When introduced, the families got a long and loud ovation in the arena only a few blocks from where the five officers were killed by a sniper on July 7.The other officers killed were Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens and Dallas police officers Michael Krol and Patrick Zamarripa.COLLEGE SPORTSST. LOUIS -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last month, has been selected to receive the Dean Smith Award, given annually to an individual in college basketball who embodies the spirit and values of the late North Carolina coaching great.The U.S. Basketball Writers Association will present Izzo with the award at a Spartans home game to be announced.Izzo is the second person to receive the Dean Smith Award. The USBWA established the award last year and selected former Georgetown coach John Thompson as the first recipient.The award recognizes coaches for more than just their success in basketball.T. Boone Pickens alma mater finally has its national football championship.It just didnt come the way the oil tycoon expected. The American Football Coaches Association has named Oklahoma State its 1945 national champion.The AFCA, which made the announcement Thursday, said several schools requested that it establish a group of coaches to select winners from 1922, when the association was founded, to 1949, the year before its coaches poll was first published. Oklahoma State is the first school to be retroactively named national champion. Pickens, a 1951 graduate who has donated more than $500 million to the school and whose name is on the football stadium, was thrilled to hear the news.Army was The Associated Press national champion in 1945. Oklahoma A&M, as Oklahoma State was called as back then, finished No. 5 in the final AP poll that year. Coach Jim Lookabaughs Aggies won all nine of their games, by an average of 23.2 points.GOLFNAPA, Calif. -- Scott Piercy began the new PGA Tour season by pouring in putts and setting the course record at Silverado, a 10-under 62 for a two-shot lead Thursday in the Safeway Open.Conditions were practically perfect in the morning, and Piercy took advantage. He made 12 birdies , only three of them from inside 10 feet, and he even missed a pair of birdie chances from inside 8 feet.He wasnt alone in attacking Silverado.Paul Casey, coming off a pair of runner-up finishes in the FedEx Cup playoffs that signaled a return to form, birdied his last three holes for a 64. Patton Kizzire also shot a 64.INCHEON, South Korea -- Se Ri Pak ended her Hall of Fame career in tears Thursday in front of her adoring home fans in the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.Overcome at the end of the sunny afternoon at Sky 72, Pak cried nearly throughout a retirement ceremony on the 18th hole. The Little Angels childrens choir sang, players wore SE RI hats and farewell messages were played in a video montage.A lot of emotion going on through my mind, Pak said.It mattered little to the fans and players, many of them drawn to golf by Pak, that she shot an 8-over 80 and was tied for last -- 15 strokes behind leader Alison Lee -- before withdrawing.It wasnt easy out there today, Pak said.Hampered by left shoulder problems, the 39-year-old Pak said in Phoenix in March that this season would be her last and she stepped away as planned after the first round of the tours lone South Korean event. Air Vapormax Canada . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Vapormax Flyknit 3 Canada . By having more great seasons. Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. http://www.airvapormaxcanada.com/air-vapormax-plus-canada.html . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. Nike Air Force 1 Just Do It Canada . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Vapormax 95 Canada . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. LONDON -- John McEnroe will have a slightly different role when he takes his place in the ESPN booth for Sundays Wimbledon final.Instead of being his usual outspoken, unbiased self calling the shots for TV on Centre Court, the American tennis great will be acting as a third wheel giving insight into Milos Raonics game because he is now part of the Canadian players coaching team.Im not trying to put him in a box ... and have him be an objective observer of the match and wear two hats, said Jamie Reynolds, an ESPN vice president overseeing coverage of the tennis tournament. Im having him here as Milos coach.Reynolds said the network will have Chris Fowler and Patrick McEnroe in the booth alongside the three-time Wimbledon champion.Raonic, who beat Roger Federer in the semifinals, will face Andy Murray in Sundays final. It will be the first major final for a man representing Canada.McEnroe called Raonics win over seven-time champion Federer on Friday for his other employer, the BBC. After that match, Raonic saiid he didnt mind if McEnroe worked his TV job while he was on court playing.ddddddddddddIt doesnt really make a difference by any means, Raonic said.Raonics other coaches are former No. 1 and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya, and Ricardo Piatti.Reynolds said there was no problem with having McEnroe working Sunday as long as the network is transparent with the viewers. But, he said, ESPN avoided any perception of a conflict by keeping McEnroe out of the box calling matches involving Raonic until now.We were sensitive to it because at the end of the day were trying to serve the audience, Reynolds said. Let the audience decide whether or not John is still John. I think thats a win, as long as everybody understands what voice hes bringing into the booth.When you get into this situation where we now have this one-and-done match, Reynolds said, hes an enhancement to that experience. ' ' '