Ronaldo case could go to trial

Cristiano Ronaldo’s legal f ight with a woman who accuses the international soccer star of raping her in his suite at a Las Vegas resort more than 10 years ago is heading toward a trial before a federal judge in Nevada.

No date was immediately set, but U. S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey said she will hear arguments and decide herself whether Kathryn Mayorga was mentally f it to enter a 2010 hushmoney agreement with Ronaldo’s representatives that paid Mayorga $ 375,000.

The New York Red Bulls hired Gerhard Struber as their coach, giving the veteran of the Austrian soccer his first U. S. coaching job.

The USL issued a sixgame suspension to the Phoenix Rising ’s Junior Flemmings, the Jamaican midfielder accused of directing a homophobic slur at openly gay San Diego Loyal midfielder Collin Martin late in the first half last week at the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium.

Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was hospitalized for treatment of COVID- 19.

The Washington Capitals re- signed Brenden Dillon to a $ 15.6- million, four- year contract, an announcement that came minutes after saying Michal Kempny would miss six to eight months following surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.

The most coveted seat in NASCAR belongs to Alex Bowman in a Hendrick Motorsports lineup shuff le to replace seven- time champion Jimmie Johnson in the iconic No. 48 Chevrolet. Bowman and crew chief Greg Ives will move into Johnson’s ride at the end of the season.

French rider Arnaud Demare won the f irst mass sprint of this year’s Giro d’Italia in a three- way photo f inish, and Portuguese rider Joao Almeida added a couple of seconds to his overall lead in the fourth stage.