Arrest made as police try to sort out Man U violence
Police made their first arrest as they worked with Manchester United to identify the fans involved in violence at Old Trafford during protests that forced the postponement of Sunday’s game against Liverpool.
The unrest against United’s owners saw glass bottles thrown, leading to six police officers being injured, with one receiving a fractured eye socket and another wounded on his face.
The protesters were renewing demands that the Glazer family sell United after being enraged by the ill-fated attempt two weeks ago to lead the club into a breakaway European Super League. United could face sanctions from t
Police did not say what the unnamed 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of as it seeks to identify the protest organizers and those responsible for the assaults on the police.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
W. Columbia’s Ward wins award
Incarnate Word quarterback Cameron War d,a West Columbia native, won the Jerry Rice Award on Monday. The accolade named after the Hall of Fame wide receiver goes to the top freshman player in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision.
During Incarnate Word's six-game spring season, Ward set the school's single-season touchdown passes record with 24, also leading FCS. His season included a pair of six-TD games in consecutive weeks against Southeastern Louisiana and Nicholls. Ward also ranked second nationally in passing yards (2,260), completions (183) and total touchdowns (26), and third in pass attempts (303) and passing yards per game (376.7).
Ward beat out South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski for the honor.
BOXING
Puerto Rican charged in killing
Puerto Rican boxer Flix Verdejo was denied bail after being charged a day earlier with killing a woman who was thrown off a bridge and shot after revealing she was expecting his child.
The case has shocked the U.S. territory and sparked protests against domestic violence.
The lightweight, who represented Puerto Rico in the 2012 Olympics, turned himself in after authorities and was charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child.