Newsmakers

Promoted Arizona State promoted offensive coordinator Mike Norvell to deputy head coach. Norvell had been mentioned as a possible candidate for numerous head coaching jobs. Norvell, 32, has led an offense that amassed over 12,000 yards and 1,000 points in two football seasons.

• Real Salt Lake promoted assistant coach Jeff Cassar to replace Jason Kreis, who stepped down to become coach of the expansion New York City FC.

Banned Pittsburgh Marathon winner Mary Akor accepted a two-year ban from USADA after testing positive for a prohibited substance. The 37-year-old Akor, from Gardena, Calif., tested positive for Clenbuterol in an in-competition urine sample collected in December 2012 at the Gobernador Marathon in Mexico.

Recovering Barcelona said Lionel Messi’s recovery from a hamstring injury is on schedule, meaning he should be back on the field in January. Barcelona says a club doctor examined Messi in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and found his left hamstring is “progressing well.”

Suspended Olympic bronze medalist and three-time world time trial champion Michael Rogers of Australia tested positive for Clenbuterol. The International Cycling Union said that Rogers is provisionally suspended while his national federation investigates the case.

Hired The Montreal Impact named Frank Klopas as its new soccer coach. The team said that the former Chicago Fire coach will replace Marco Schallibaum.

Punished UEFA punished Champions League participants Olympiakos and Zenit St. Petersburg for the racist behavior of their fans by ordering stadium sections closed. UEFA says the lower tier of the north stand at Karaiskakis Stadium will be empty when Olympiakos hosts Manchester United on Feb. 25. The section of Zenit’s Petrovsky Stadium where ultras gather will be closed when Borussia Dortmund visits the same day.