UFC fighters suspended
UFC fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor are being suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission for a brawl that erupted inside and outside the octagon after their lightweight title fight last weekend in Las Vegas, an official said.
Letters were sent Wednesday informing both mixed martial arts fighters that they will be suspended for at least 10 days effective Oct. 15, commission executive Bob Bennett said yesterday.
A commission investigation is pending and the panel can extend the temporary suspension when it meets Oct. 24, Bennett said. Nurmagomedov and McGregor could also appeal Bennett’s executive action at that time.
Nurmagomedov, who was praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting Wednesday in Moscow, responded with an angry Instagram post saying he was being unfairly punished.
The fighter complained that discipline didn’t follow an incident last April in Brooklyn, New York, when McGregor shattered windows of Nurmagomedov’s bus with a hand truck after Nurmagomedov confronted one of McGregor’s teammates days earlier.
U.S. men lose to Colombia
Carlos Bacca, Radamel Falcao and
Miguel Borja scored second-half goals to lead Colombia over the United States, 4-2, in Tampa, Fla., in an exhibition that marked the return of American captain
Michael Bradley to the national team following a one-year absence.
James Rodriguez put Colombia ahead with a pretty curling shot from just inside the penalty area in the 36th. Kelly Acosta and Bobby Wood scored early second-half goals for the U.S. …
Attorneys for a Nevada woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape challenged the international soccer star’s legal team to prove that documents cited in European media reports about their 2009 encounter in Las Vegas are false. …
Argentina, without star striker Lionel Messi, thrashed Iraq 4-0 in a friendly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with goals from
Lautaro Martinez, Roberto Pereyra, German Pezzella and Franco Cervi.…
The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a one-year deal with Adam Wainwright, bringing the veteran right-hander back to the only major league team for which he has pitched.
The 37-year-old Wainwright has been with St. Louis since making his big league debut in 2005. …
Jeanne Ashworth, the first American woman to win an Olympic speedskating medal, died. She was 80.
Federer moves on
Roger Federer was stretched to three sets for a second consecutive match to reach the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals.
Federer defeated Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, a day after being taken the distance by Daniil Medvedev of Russia.
Novak Djokovic cruised through his second-round match, but Juan Martin del Potro had to retire after hurting his right knee in a fall. …
Steve Kerr and Jay Wright will be assistant coaches for the U.S. national basketball team, putting the coaches of the NBA and NCAA championship teams on Gregg Popovich’s staff. Nate McMillan will be the other assistant. . . .
Eddie Pepperell recorded a hole-inone on the way to claiming a tie for the lead on 5-under 67 after the first round of the British Masters in Walton Heath, England, while tournament host Justin Rose struggled to a 74.
Fellow Englishmen Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Wallace also shot 67.
Pac-12: We made mistakes
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott says the has conference made procedural mistakes and will make immediate changes in how video reviews are handled during football games.
Scott was responding to a report by Yahoo Sports citing an internal document that showed a replay official believed he had been overruled by a Pac-12 executive on a targeting call during the Washington State-Southern California game. …
Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that he sexually assaulted two drunken women in his apartment earlier this year.
Cephus entered the plea to charges of second- and third-degree sexual assault during a hearing. …
Running back Morgan Ellison may have played his last down at Indiana after a university panel determined he sexually assaulted a female student.