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Cleared Suspended Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd cleared the first hurdle in his bid to return to the team when a disciplinary panel allowed him to stay at the school. Coach Brian Kelly suspended the star wideout on March 21, the day after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. It was Floyd’s third run-in with the law over alcohol since 2009. He has a May 2 court date. Kelly had no “drop-dead” date for a decision on whether he will reinstate Floyd. Kelly emphasized that Floyd has a long way to go before he can return to the team.

Retired One of the industries top stallions and the 1992 Horse of the Year, A.P. Indy, has been retired by Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky. The decision came when the 22-year-old stallion failed to produce a confirmed foal after breeding with 25 mares this spring. The farm says A.P. Indy suffers from testicular degeneration disease but is otherwise in good health.

Fired The Ottawa Senators fired head coach Cory Clouston and two assistants after the team failed to qualify for the NHL playoffs for the second time in three seasons. Clouston and assistant coaches Greg Carvel and Brad Lauerwas were fired shortly after Ottawa lost at Boston in its season finale.

Acquired The Washington Mystics acquired All-Star Nicky Anosike from the Minnesota Lynx two days before the WNBA draft. The Lynx will receive the Mystics’ first-round pick in the 2012 draft.

Hired Former Duke player Joanne Boyle is the new women’s basketball coach at Virginia. Boyle will be introduced Monday as the fourth women’s head coach in the 38-year history of the Cavaliers program, athletic director Craig Littlepage said in a statement. Boyle replaces Hall of Famer Debbie Ryan, who resigned at the end of her 34th season. Boyle has spent the last six years at California, compiling a 137-64 record.

Required Reigning world gymnastics champion Aliya Mustafina will have surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ACL. The Russian team initially thought Mustafina had injured her meniscus when she landed awkwardly on a vault during the all-around competition at the European championships in Berlin, on Friday. But tests showed she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, according to her official website.