ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier.

The sport's governing body replied Friday to an appeal from the Irish soccer federation to replay the match because France striker Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time in the 2-1 aggregate win.

FIFA says "the result of the match cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed. As is clearly mentioned in the Laws of the Game, during matches, decisions are taken by the referee and these decisions are final."

ATLANTA (AP) - Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak, beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Boston halted a three-game slide, which included two overtime defeats. The Thrashers at least picked up a point when Maxim Afinogenov scored with 41.4 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.

Tuukka Rask stopped all three Atlanta skaters in the shootout, turning aside shots by Rich Peverley, Slava Kozlov and Ilya

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The South African sports ministry says 800-meter world champion Caster Semenya will keep her gold medal, and that the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential.

The ministry also says international track authorities have agreed to allow Semenya to keep her prize money.

On Wednesday, the IAAF said the gender tests performed on Semenya had not yet been completed. The body had been expected to announce its findings Friday.

Before the 800 final in Berlin, the IAAF said it had ordered

BOSTON (AP) - Rajon Rondo scored 12 of his season high-matching 18 points in the third quarter and the Boston Celtics rebounded from a two-game skid with a 109-95 win over the short-handed Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.

Paul Pierce, who missed a day of practice with a sore left knee, scored 19 on 7-of-12 shooting. Playing without a wrap on the knee, Pierce made a key 3-pointer after the Celtics went on a 12-0 third-quarter run to take control.

The Warriors had just nine players in uniform and eight played.

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Members of the Boston Celtics hosted a school assembly today in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood to honor high-achieving students.

Marquis Daniels, Kendrick Perkins, Lester Hudson and Glen Davis met with students at the Timilty Middle School, and spoke about the importance of staying in school.

This season marks the 19th year of the Boston Celtics "Stay in School" program in Boston schools.

BOSTON (AP) - Matt Moulson scored two goals and Dwayne Roloson stopped 28 shots to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday night.

John Tavares also scored to make it 3-1 - a goal that was originally credited as Moulson's third of the game before being corrected on review - and Trent Hunter added an empty-netter with 49 seconds left.

Tuukka Rask made 17 saves and Daniel Paille scored for Boston, which killed off all five penalties and have not allowed a goal in 22 consecutive power plays.

(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Portland, Maine) - It's conventional wisdom in the world of professional sports not to expect too much from an expansion team, but the NBA developmental league's Red Claws are already setting the bar high.

They've got the dancers, a shiny, new parquet floor and players who can all sink a ball, but the Maine Red Claws also have something that's seldom seen in a first year team -- a confidence and ease with one another that's usually reserved for long standing teams.

(NECN: Foxboro, Mass.) - New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick held a press conference this morning to discuss the team's devastating loss to the Indianapolis Colts last night.

The Patriots failed on a fourth-and-two deep in their territory with two minutes to play, giving Peyton Manning a prime opportunity to steal a victory after trailing by 17 points early in the fourth quarter. Manning took advantage, throwing a one-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne with 13 seconds left to give the Colts a 35-34 win over the Patriots.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Bill Belichick's stunning gamble failed, and Peyton Manning took advantage by throwing a 1-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds left that rallied the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts over the New England Patriots 35-34 Sunday night.

Manning's toss to Reggie Wayne completed the Colts' comeback from a 17-point deficit. A decision by Belichick put them in position.

The Patriots coach decided to go for it on fourth-and-2 from their own 28 with 2:08 to go. The pass to Kevin Faulk came up short.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pascal Dupuis scored his second goal of the game 1:24 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back star forward Evgeni Malkin by snapping their four-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.

Malkin, the reigning NHL scoring champion, had three assists in his return to the lineup after he missed seven games because of a shoulder injury.

Dupuis scored when goalie Tim Thomas mistakenly left a puck along the boards. Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal picked it up and fed it