Daily Times (Primos, PA)

Jaguars owner Khan makes offer to buy Wembley Stadium

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LONDON » Jacksonvil­le Jaguars owner Shahid Khan is eyeing a stadium deal on NFL draft day: Buying Wembley.

The English Football Associatio­n has received an offer from Khan of about $840 million for the national soccer stadium, which would continue to host England games and major cup finals after a sale.

Wembley has staged regularsea­son NFL games since 2007 and Khan’s Florida-based franchise started playing at the 90,000-capacity stadium in 2013, the year Khan bought London soccer club Fulham.

He told The Associated Press he expects to own Wembley within eight to 12 weeks, increasing the prospect of an NFL franchise in London.

“That’s possible in the long, long term,” Khan said. “Right now, it’s about having the certainty we can have three or four games there and then seeing how the market receives it and building on it.”

Reavie-Glover, Xhang-Dou share Zurich Classic lead

AVONDALE, LA. » Chez Reavie and Lucas Glover teamed to shoot a 12-under 60 for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with China’s Zhang Xinjun and Dou Zecheng.

Reavie and Glover each had six birdies in the best-ball format. Zhang and Dou birdied four of their final five holes.

LPGA’s Lewis expecting

DALY CITY » Stacy Lewis is expecting her first child. The 33-year-old LPGA Tour star and husband Gerrod Chadwell announced the pregnancy and Nov. 3 due date in an interview with Golfweek. Lewis plans to play through the Marathon Classic in July.

Nadal cruises

BARCELONA, SPAIN » Rafael Nadal cruised into the Barcelona Open quarterfin­als by defeating fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday.

The top-ranked Nadal converted on his second match point to clinch his 16th straight victory on clay.

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