BASEBALL

M’s 3B Seager on All-Star roster— Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager has been selected to replace injured Toronto first baseman Edwin Encarnacion on the American League’s roster for next week’s All-Star game. The 26-year-old Seager, a first-time All-Star, entered Monday with a .274 average, 13 homers, 59 RBIs and 21 doubles. Encarnacion, who has 26 home runs and 70 RBIs, was put on the 15-day disabled list Monday because of a strained right quadriceps.

BASKETBALL

Blazers announce summer roster — Six players from Portland’s 2013-14 roster will participate in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, the team announced Monday. On the roster are current Blazers Will Barton, Allen Crabbe, Joel Freeland, Meyers Leonard, CJ McCollum and Thomas Robinson. Players from foreign teams are Craig Brackins (Poland’s Stelmet ZG), Bobby Brown (China’s Dongguan), Matthews Bryan-Amaning (France’s Antibes), Rodney Carney (Lebanon’s Al Riyadi) and Jonathan Gibson (Iran’s Petrochimi). Undrafted and unsigned college players are Keith Appling (Michigan State) and Davion Berry (Weber State). Play begins Friday, with the Blazers’ first game Saturday against Houston.

FOOTBALL

Preliminary concussion settlement approved — A federal judge has approved a preliminary settlement between the NFL and lawyers for the more than 4,500 retired players who sued the league, accusing it of hiding the dangers of concussions and repeated head hits. The judge’s consent, which was widely anticipated, means the more than 20,000 retired players and their beneficiaries can now vote on the deal, which includes a promise from the NFL to pay an unlimited amount of awards to players with certain severe neurological conditions. Legal experts anticipate that it will be approved because the new settlement addressed the main concern that U.S. District Court Judge Anita B. Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania had with the original plan. That deal included $765 million for cash awards, medical testing and education. Brody, though, rejected it in January because, like some retired players, she was concerned that there would not be enough money to cover the 65-year life of the settlement. The new settlement, though, allows the NFL to contest an unlimited number of requests for awards by retired players as a way to prevent fraudulent claims. Some players claim that this will narrow the number of people who might ultimately receive cash awards.

Contact limits in NCAA practices — The NCAA is suggesting that football teams hold no more than two contact practices per week during the season in guidelines that grew out of a safety and concussion summit early this year. Practice limits were among several recommendations released Monday by the NCAA, which called them guidelines that could change “in real time” rather than rules passed through legislation. The Pac-12 already has these guidelines in place. The practice guidelines also recommend four contact practices per week during the preseason and no more than eight of the 15 sessions during spring football. The NCAA already has legislation regarding preseason and spring practices.

OLYMPICS

Three make 2022 Games cut — The International Olympic Committee has retained three bid cities in the race for the 2022 Winter Olympics — Beijing, Oslo and Almaty, Kazakhstan. The three were the only remaining contenders after a series of withdrawals by other candidates. The cities must submit their detailed bid files to the IOC by next January. The host city will be selected in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 31, 2015. The future of Oslo’s bid remains uncertain. The Norwegian government will decide in the autumn whether to back the project.

SOCCER

FIFA: All doping samples clean — FIFA says all samples have tested clean in its World Cup anti-doping program, though no unannounced controls have been made in Brazil. FIFA’s chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak says analysis of all pre-competition and post-match samples was completed through the first quarterfinal match last Friday. All 736 players have given blood samples for their individual biological passport. Two players from each team are randomly picked to give samples after each match. No player has tested positive at a World Cup since Argentina great Diego Maradona in 1994.

Brazil’s requests for Neymar, Silva denied — FIFA will not take action against the Colombia player who injured Neymar and ended the Brazil star’s World Cup. FIFA said its disciplinary panel “cannot consider this matter” under the rules because the match referee saw the challenge by Camilo Zuniga and judged it at the time. In a separate decision, the panel also refused to consider a Confederation of Brazilian Football appeal against captain Thiago Silva’s yellow card in the 2-1 quarterfinal win over Colombia on Friday. Silva’s card triggered a one-match ban, to be served in today’s semifinal against Germany.

— From staff and wire reports