Quakes shut out on All-Star starters
No San Jose Earthquakes are on the list of starting players selected by fans for the MLS All-Star Game on Aug. 2 in Chicago.
The 10 players chosen in online voting: goalkeeper Tim Howard of Colorado; defenders Greg Garza of Atlanta, Graham Zusi of Kansas City and DaMarcus Beasley of Houston; midfielders Bastian Schweinsteiger of Chicago, Miguel Almiron of Atlanta, Kaka of Orlando and Michael Bradley of Toronto; and forwards David Villa of New York City FC and Nemanja Nikolic of Chicago. The 11th starter, forward Sebastian Giovinco of Toronto, was chosen by fans in a video-game promotion.
All-Star coach Veljko Paunovic of the Chicago Fire will pick 13 more players from a pool identified by media representatives. The All-Stars will face Real Madrid at Soldier Field.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi can avoid going to prison for tax fraud by paying an extra fine, a Spanish court said. Instead of Messi serving his 21-month sentence, the Argentina forward will be fined an additional $287,000.
Last year, a court found Messi and his father guilty of defrauding tax authorities on money made through endorsement deals.
Motor sports: Kyle Busch set a track record at 190.282 mph to earn his first Kentucky Speedway pole before thunderstorms shortened NASCAR Cup Series qualifying for Saturday night’s race in Sparta.
Investigation: The FBI and the Army investigated complaints from four women that Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Knight groped them or touched them inappropriately during a visit to a U.S. spy agency in 2015, the Washington Post reported. The investigation concluded a year later without charges being filed.
An attorney for Knight confirmed to the Post that FBI agents interviewed Knight but said there’s “no credible evidence” to support the allegations.
WNBA: Cal alum Layshia Clarendon scored a career-high 27 points to help the host Atlanta Dream defeat the Indiana Fever 89-68. Clarendon was 11-of-15 from the field and had eight rebounds and six assists.
Volleyball: Stanford alum Alex Klineman and partner Lane Carico won twice at the AVP Tour’s San Francisco Open beach tournament at Pier 30/32 and will meet topseeded Betsi Flint and Kelley Larsen on Saturday.
In men’s play, Olympians Ricardo Santos and Reid Priddy were upset by Jeff Samuels and Derek Olson, but rebounded to win an afternoon match to advance to Saturday’s elimination rounds.
Table tennis: Kanak Jha of Milpitas and Lilly Zhang of Palo Alto each won their second straight U.S. national table tennis titles in Las Vegas.
The top-seeded Jha did not drop a game in the tournament and beat ninth-seeded Nikhil Kumar, 14, of San Jose to become the first men’s back-to-back champion since 2012-13.
Zhang, 21, the top women’s seed, also never lost in winning her fourth national singles crown. The Cal junior became the fourth woman to win four or more national singles titles .