U.S. prosecutors have charged the son of the president of Suriname with terrorism offenses, saying he agreed to provide heavy weapons and a home base in his South American country to undercover operatives pretending to be with Hizbullah.

Dino Bouterse was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in a grand jury indictment unsealed in New York on Friday.

Bastian Schweinsteiger is to undergo another operation on his right ankle, ruling the Germany midfielder out indefinitely.

The 29-year-old Schweinsteiger, who underwent surgery on the troublesome ankle in July, needs another operation after failing to recover as planned from the previous one, Bayern Munich announced on its website on Friday.

Seven concussions in 18 months ended Shaun Valentine's rugby league playing career, and the lingering effects concerned him so much he decided to donate his brain to a man he's never met and rarely spoken to.

He understands that he'll die without knowing the full impact of those concussions, but hopes his decision will help future generations of athletes.

Los Angeles' Steve Blake hit a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining to lift the Lakers to a 99-98 victory over Houston and ex-teammate Dwight Howard on Thursday.

Also Thursday, Miami held off the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver edged Atlanta.

England coach Roy Hodgson has recognized Southampton's strong start to the season by calling up three players from the south-coast club for friendlies, including two who have never played for their country.

Striker Jay Rodgriguez has been included in the squad for the first time for the matches against Chile and Germany, having scored four goals for Southampton this season.

Former Brazil and Barcelona midfielder Rivaldo says he is leaving Brazilian second-division club Sao Caetano because of knee pain.

The 41-year-old player made the announcement through his official Twitter account on Thursday, saying he "was not able to recover from pain" in his knee.

After nearly a year of global travel and dozens of matches, most of Novak Djokovic's rivals are complaining about their mental and physical fatigue. Not the Serb, who thrives in the rigors of a tough autumn finish.

Unbeaten since his loss in the U.S. Open final to Rafael Nadal, Djokovic joined Nadal in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals after overcoming strong resistance from Juan Martin del Potro on Thursday.

Tottenham, Fiorentina and Red Bull Salzburg made it four group wins out of four in the Europa League on Thursday to qualify for the knockout phase with two games to spare.

Record-signing Erik Lamela scored his first Tottenham goal before winning the penalty that Jermain Defoe converted to clinch a 2-1 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol in Group K.

Twitter's stock took to its wings in its public debut, closing up more than 70 percent. The day flew by with nary a hitch and gave birth to a new batch of Silicon Valley millionaires — even a few billionaires.

Now comes the hard part. With Twitter's value skyrocketing in just a day, the 7-year-old company that's never turned a profit and has just a fraction of Facebook's user base must prove to investors that it's worth the money. Twitter stock ended Thursday's trading at $44.90, giving the company a market value of $31 billion. That's $13 billion more than on Wednesday night, when the company set its IPO price at $26.

Kanye West has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor battery and attempted grand theft in a case filed over a scuffle with a celebrity photographer earlier this year.

Attorney Blair Berk entered the plea on the rapper's behalf Thursday in a Los Angeles court. West was charged with two misdemeanors in September over a July altercation with paparazzo Daniel Ramos at Los Angeles International Airport.