U.S. Soccer says women actually paid more than men
U.S. Soccer says the players on the World Cup champion women’s national team were paid more than their male counterparts from 2010 through 2018.
According to a letter released Monday by U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro, the federation has paid out $34.1 million in salary and game bonuses to the women as opposed to $26.4 million paid to the men. Those figures do not include the benefits received only by the women, like health care.
Players for the women’s team filed a federal lawsuit in March alleging “institutionalized gender discrimination” that includes inequitable compensation when compared to players on the men’s team. The two sides have agreed to mediation to settle the lawsuit.
USSF also says the men’s team generates more revenue. The women’s team generated $101.3 million over the course of 238 games between 2009 and 2019 while the men generated $185.7 over 191 games. RESULTS OF NEYMAR RAPE PROBE TO BE RELEASED >> Brazilian police say they have finished the investigation of the rape accusation against soccer star Neymar but its conclusion will only be made public today.
São Paulo police investigator Juliana Lopes Bussacos delivered her report on the case on Monday.
Brazilian model Najila Trindade has accused the 27-year-old striker of raping her in a Paris hotel in May. He denied the accusation and says their relations were consensual.
College basketball
WISCONSIN ASSISTANT COACH WON’T RETURN >> Wisconsin says assistant coach Howard Moore, who survived a car wreck two months ago, won’t coach during the upcoming season after experiencing a medical issue and going into cardiac arrest.
Moore suffered third-degree burns in a crash in May that killed his wife, Jennifer, and 9-year-old daughter, Jaidyn.
The school said Moore recently experienced a medical issue at his Madison-area home that required him to be transported to a hospital. While in transit, he went into cardiac arrest.
The school said Moore will be moved to a long-term care and rehabilitation facility.
Broadcasting
POTVIN RETIRING AS PANTHERS’ ANALYST >> Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Potvin has announced his retirement as a television broadcaster for the Florida Panthers. Potvin, a former captain for the Islanders, was part of the Panthers’ first broadcast team in 1993-94 and spent 21 seasons as their TV analyst.
• Max Falkenstien, the affable and silver-tongued “Voice of the Jayhawks” who brought Kansas football and basketball into the homes of fans for six decades, died Monday. He was 95.
Motorsports
JOHNSON GETS NEW CREW CHIEF >> On the brink of missing the playoffs for this first time in his career, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is moving on to another new crew chief in the hope of reversing a serious slide into irrelevance.
Johnson’s bid to snap a tie with Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty for career Cup titles is on the backburner for now, as the first goal becomes simply making NASCAR’s postseason.
Hendrick Motorsports made its second big shakeup in months atop Johnson’s pit box and replaced Kevin Meendering with Cliff Daniels. Daniels will call the shots starting with Sunday’s road course race at Watkins Glen International in New York.
“We have to act now,” Johnson said. “We don’t have any time to waste.”
Johnson is 12 points out of the 16-driver playoff field with five races left before the cutoff.
Women’s water polo
U.S. WINS ANOTHER WORLD CHAMPIOONSHIP >> The United States, led by a number of Stanford products, won its third consecutive FINA World Championship and sixth overall at a recent tournament in Gwangju, South Korea.
The third consecutive world championship is a record for any women’s or men’s program and joined the program’s titles from 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015 and 2017. The 11-6 win in the final over Spain in which Kiley Neushul scored three times and Maggie Steffens added a pair of goals, was the United States’ 53rd victory in a row.
Odds and ends
• The Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics’ game that was suspended by an earthquake earlier this month will be finished on Aug. 5, the WNBA announced Monday.
• Running back Tavien Feaster is switching sides in the state’s biggest rivalry, leaving Clemson to join South Carolina for his final college season. Feaster posted a picture of himself on Instagram in a Gamecocks jersey, sitting in front a locker with his name on it.
• Akira Levy has joined the Vanderbilt women’s basketball team as a transfer from Missouri in a return to her home state.
• Alex Meruelo has completed his purchase of the controlling interest in the Arizona Coyotes. The team announced Meruelo completed the transaction with Andrew Barroway to become Arizona’s majority owner. Meruelo becomes the only Hispanic controlling owner of an NHL team.
• The New Jersey Devils acquired left wing Nikita Gusev from the Vegas Golden Knights and signed him to a two-year contract with an average annual salary of $4.5 million.