Former athletes to collect settlements from NCAA

More than 50,000 former college athletes next month will begin collecting portions of a $208-million class-action settlement paid by the NCAA in a case that challenged its caps on compensation.

Hagens Berman, the law firm representing the plaintiffs in Alston vs. the NCAA, said 53,748 Football Bowl Subdivision football players and Division I men’s and women’s basketball players who competed between March 2010 and March 2017 are eligible to receive compensation.

The law firm said payments will range from $5,000 to $7,500 for those who competed for four years and checks will start being distributed in late August.

The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to a four-year, $57-million contract extension with linebacker Deion Jones. The deal includes $34 million in guaranteed salary . ... The Arizona Cardinals released tackle Desmond Harrison after police in North Carolina issued a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of assault.

Missouri defensive end Tre Williams pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation after prosecutors dropped a felony domestic assault charge.

Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the first black player on the last major league team to field one, has died. He was 85.

Forward J.T. Compher has signed a four-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche that runs through the 2022-23 season.

Tour de France debutant Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory in Stage 11 of the Tour de France, while Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe kept the race leader’s yellow jersey a day before the race enters the high mountains.

Atlanta United has acquired midfielder Mo Adams from the Chicago Fire in exchange for $100,000 in general allocation money . ... Nigeria beat Tunisia 1-0 in the third-place game at the African Cup of Nations with an early goal by Odion Ighalo, the tournament’s leading scorer.

Thirteen-year-old Chinese diver Chen Yuxi won the women’s 10-meter platform final at the world swimming championships, and received two perfect marks for her third drive.

Chen finished on 439 points to clinch the gold medal at her first worlds. Another 13-year-old Chinese diver, Lu Wei, won silver with 377.80 points. American Delaney Schnell was third with 364.20 points.