In brief: Serena Williams out of Swedish Open with injury
TENNIS: Wimbledon champion Serena Williams said a right elbow injury forced her to pull out of the Swedish Open on Thursday.
Williams said she felt pain in the elbow in the first game of her first-round match on Wednesday, four days after winning her sixth Wimbledon championship and fourth successive Grand Slam title, but went on to roll Belgian qualifier Yasline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1.
“I was having some pain in my elbow, and I felt a little bit in my match,” she said in an interview with tournament organizers. “But this morning it really exploded (in practice) … I really couldn’t hit serves.”
It was unclear how bad was the injury, and how long she would be sidelined.
Steelers sign Heyward through 2020
MISCELLANY: The Pittsburgh Steelers signed defensive end Cameron Heyward to a new six-year contract that will keep him with the team through 2020.
The 26-year-old Heyward was entering the final year of the rookie contract he signed after the Steelers took him with the 31st overall selection of the 2011 draft. He set a career high and tied for the team lead with 7 1/2 sacks in 2014 as Pittsburgh won the AFC North title.
• Ribeiro settles lawsuit with nanny: Predators center Mike Ribeiro and his wife have settled a lawsuit in which their nanny accused the player of sexual assault.
The settlement came after an amended complaint was filed June 18 providing more details to her lawsuit. The complaint detailed allegations of an assault in August 2012. She cited other instances where Ribeiro made her feel “extremely uncomfortable.”
• Ex-FIFA VP Webb extradited to U.S.: Former FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb has been extradited to the United States following his arrest in Switzerland on racketeering and bribery charges filed by American prosecutors.
Two people familiar with the case identified the defendant as Webb. The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, declined to disclose his exact location.
Webb, who is from the Cayman Islands, was president of the CONCACAF, soccer’s governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, and a FIFA vice president at the time of his arrest.
• Real Salt Lake, D.C. make trade: Real Salt Lake has traded forward Alvaro Saborio to D.C. United for midfielder Luis Silva.
Saborio leaves as RSL’s all-time leading scorer with 63 MLS goals and 79 in all matches. The 33-year-old is the second-leading scorer in the league since 2010.
• Uruguayan soccer great dies: Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia, who scored the late winning goal in a stunning victory over Brazil in the final game of the 1950 World Cup, has died at 88.
The goal gave Uruguay its second World Cup title. Even a draw would have given Brazil the title. The loss is still known in Brazil at the “Maracanazo.”
“Only three people have silenced the Maracana,” Ghiggia once said. “The Pope, Frank Sinatra and me.”