Florida suspends seven players
Florida suspended troubled receiver Antonio Callaway and six other players for the team's season against Michigan.
Defensive end Keivonnis Davis, defensive lineman Richerd DesirJones, linebacker James Houston, linebacker Ventrell Miller, defensive lineman Jordan Smith and offensive tackle Kadeem Telfort also won’t play Sept. 2 against the Wolverines in Arlington, Texas.
The players were suspended for misusing school-issued funds, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. Florida did not release details of the suspensions.
Callaway is the team’s top offensive playmaker, with 89 catches for 1,399 yards and 11 touchdowns in two seasons. But the junior from Miami has had numerous off-field issues. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia in May and was suspended for the spring semester in 2016 amid sexual battery allegations. He admitted in court documents that he smoked marijuana, though he was eventually cleared of the battery allegation by a Title IX investigation.
Neymar scored a goal and set up another in an impressive debut for French soccer power Paris Saint-Germain in a 3-0 win at Guingamp.
Neymar, signed by PSG from Barcelona last week for a record $263-million transfer fee plus $350 million in salary and bonuses, missed the start of the season at the Parc des Princes against Amiens due to paperwork problems.
“I knew it would be difficult to leave Barca, but I’m very happy to be here,” Neymar said. “People believe that leaving Barca is like to die. But I’m more alive than ever.”
Neymar’s former team, Barcelona, lost to Real Madrid 3-1 in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup in Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the tiebreaking goal for Real Madrid before being ejected. He got a yellow card for removing his shirt to flex after makopener ing it 2-1 in the 80th minute, and another two minutes later for diving in the area. He gave the referee a push in the back after seeing the red card that meant he will miss Wednesday’s return leg at Madrid.
Sophia Schubert of Oak Ridge, Tenn., birdied the first hole and cruised to a 6-and-5 victory over Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland in the final of the 117th U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista. Schubert, 21, who will be a senior at Texas, is the first Longhorn to win the title since Kelli Kuehne in 1995 and 1996. She also ended a streak of nine straight teenage champions. Valenzuela, 19, won the Pac-12 title as a Stanford freshman this year.
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski underwent knee-replacement surgery at the university hospital in Durham, N.C. Krzyzewski, 70, had his left knee replaced last year and has had six surgeries in the last 17 months.