Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on world sports and Olympic officials on Saturday to lend support to a global climate deal which he called a “race against time.” Promising to “sprint like an Olympian” himself to secure a climate deal among nations in December, Ban urged International Olympic Committee members and other sports leaders at a three-day Olympic Congress, to help reach that goal. World leaders will meet in Copenhagen in December to try to make a deal on …