St. Louis suing NFL over Rams’ move

The city of St. Louis and that region’s sports authority are suing the National Football League over the Rams’ relocation to Los Angeles. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in St. Louis also names the NFL’s 32 teams as defendants and seeks unspecified damages and restitution. The lawsuit alleges the Rams failed to meet league relocation rules, constituting a contractual breach with St. Louis. The National Football League says there is no basis for a lawsuit, which alleges St. Louis has lost more than US$100 million in net proceeds.

At Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Real Madrid to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, ending the German side’s tournament record of 16 straight wins at home. Ronaldo’s second-half goals saw him become the first player to score 100 goals in European club competition. The Portuguese star ensured Madrid came from behind — after Arturo Vidal’s 25th-minute header for Bayern — to put the defending champions on course to reach the semifinals for a seventh successive year. The second leg takes place in Madrid on Tuesday.

Bayern was without club topscorer Robert Lewandowski after he failed to recover from a knock to his right shoulder. Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane is bidding to become the first coach to lead a side to back-to-back titles in the Champions League era.

Meanwhile in Madrid, Antoine Griezmann converted a first-half penalty kick to give Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Leicester in their first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, keeping the Spanish club on track to make it to the final for a second straight season.