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COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil -- Michel Platini says FIFAs choice of World Cup draw procedure was not his idea, despite it favouring his native France. Platini told reporters he offered to leave the room Monday during talks about a "FIFA administration" proposal. A lottery will now decide which unseeded European team goes into Pot 2 -- sure to face two high-ranked opponents from Europe and South America. France, the lowest-ranked European qualifier, was the expected automatic choice because of a 2006 World Cup precedent. On Tuesday FIFA said all nine unseeded Europeans would be in the lottery which opens the draw ceremony Friday. FIFA vice-president Platini says: "I am not the only Frenchman in FIFA." A Netherlands federation official said its lawyers had checked whether the FIFA decision was allowed. . Pistorius denied the allegation that he said to the close friend of the girlfriend he killed: "How can you sleep at night?" The accusation by Kim Myers provided a bizarre twist during the trial of the world-famous double-amputee Olympian, who is facing 25 years to life in prison if convicted of premeditated murder for shooting dead Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model, at his home last year. . The Marlies surrendered two power-play goals and failed to score on six man-advantage opportunities en route to a 4-1 defeat in American Hockey League action on Saturday. http://www.shoptheofficialbills.com/Eli ... ls-Jersey/. Giants manager Bruce Bochy told The Associated Press of the decision before NL West-leading San Francisco opened a 10-game homestand Monday night with the first of three games against second-place Arizona. .com) - Manu Ginobili capped off a 26-point night with a go-ahead layup with 24 seconds left in overtime, with the basket giving the San Antonio Spurs a much-needed 95-93 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. . Mika Zibanejad and Jason Spezza scored in the shootout to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over Nashville on Saturday night.TORONTO - Garrett Billings scored five goals and added four assists as the Toronto Rock downed the Vancouver Stealth 17-12 in National Lacrosse League action on Friday. Josh Sanderson had three goals and five assists, Kasey Beirnes had three goals and one assist, Jesse Gamble scored twice, and Stephan Leblanc, Colin Doyle, Rob Hellyer Damon Edwards also scored for the Rock (2-2). Leblanc had seven assists to finish with eight points. Cliff Smith scoreed three goals and helped on two others, and Rhys Duch had two goals and three assists for Vancouver (2-4).dddddddddddd Cody Bremmer, Ryler Digby, Alex Gajic, Nick Weiss, Lewis Ratcliffe, Mike Grimes, and Tyler Garrison each added a goal apiece. Toronto goalie Nick Rose made 35 saves for the victory. Vancouvers Tyler Richards played 50:41, allowing 14 goals on 54 shots. Matt Roik played the other 9:18, making six saves on eight shots. ' ' '