Former USC soccer coach sentenced to house arrest

A former USC soccer coach who took bribes in exchange for helping unqualified kids into the school was sentenced Wednesday to six months in home confinement after cooperating with authorities investigating the college admissions scandal. Prosecutors had not been seeking home confinement or prison time for Ali Khosroshahin, citing his quick acceptance of responsibility and his help in prosecuting others in the massive case.

But U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston decided that prosecutors’ recommendation of time served wasn’t enough, noting that Khosroshahin dragged his assistant coach into the corrupt scheme, among other things.

Khosroshahin, who was the women’s soccer coach from 2007 to 2013, appeared to fight back tears as he apologized to USC, his former athletes, his family and the deserving students who missed out on an admissions spot because of his “lies and greed.”

Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach signed a two-year contract extension through 2025 after leading the Bulldogs to their second consecutive bowl appearance. The third-year coach’s base annual salary increases from $5 million to $5.5 million under the new deal . ...

Emoni Bates, one of the top recruits in the 2021 men’s basketball recruiting class, said he’s transferring from Memphis to Eastern Michigan . ... Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger ina star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November. Another longtime coach, Jerry Krause of Eastern Washington, will join the quartet along with players Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Larry Miller of North Carolina, Frank Selvy of Furman and Jimmy Walker of Providence.

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Protesters at first LIV Golf event

LIV Golf ’s first U.S. event was set to begin Thursday in North Plains, Ore., with a group of survivors and families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terror attacks planning to gather at a nearby park to speak out against the Saudi Arabiafunded tour.

Brett Eagleson was 15 years old when he lost his father in the collapse of the World Trade Center. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on that day in 2001. “We want the golfers to know who they’re getting in bed with, who they’re doing business with,” Eagleson said.

Eagleson, 36, is among those criticizing the LIV tournament and its connection to a regime that has flouted human rights.

All but four of the 19 hijackers on Sept. 11 were Saudi citizens, and the Saudi kingdom was the birthplace of Osama bin Laden, the head of Al Qaeda and mastermind of the attack.

Cristiano Ronaldo is asking a U.S. judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay the international soccer star more than $626,000 after claiming in a failed lawsuit seeking millions of dollars that Ronaldo raped the woman in Las Vegas nearly a decade earlier.

In a bluntly worded court document, Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter Christiansen, asks U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey to make the woman’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, personally responsible for the amount.

Vincent Sevigny and Cam MacDonald scored early and the host Saint John Sea Dogs won the

Memorial Cup, beating Ontario Hockey League champion Hamilton 6-3. Mason McTavish of the Ducks scored twice for Hamilton.

Soccer star Romelu Lukaku will again look to revive his career back in Italy after completing a return to Inter Milan on a one-year loan deal, just 10 months after joining Chelsea for $135 million.

The NFL and Deshaun Watson’s legal team presented their arguments before a disciplinary officer for a second day, with both sides holding firm as the hearing is scheduled to continue in Delaware on Thursday.

The league is insisting on an indefinite suspension and Watson’s side is arguing there’s no basis for a punishment that significant, two people in attendance told the Associated Press.

The Super Bowl-champion Rams will hold 11 training camp practices at UC Irvine that will be open to the public, the team said. The dates are July 29-31, Aug. 1, 3, 4-6 and 8-10.

Gates open at 11 a.m. and practice begins with a walkthrough period at 12:30 p.m. Register to attend

therams.com/training camp. Players report to training camp July 23. The team will hold four practices before the first workout open to the public.