Newsmakers

Accused A woman is accusing San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks of groping her while she was unconscious at the home of former teammate Ray McDonald. In a civil lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County, the woman says she believes surveillance footage will corroborate her allegations against Brooks. The woman says Brooks groped her before McDonald carried her upstairs to his bedroom and sexually assaulted her in December 2014. McDonald has sued the woman for defamation, saying security camera footage would show a consensual sexual encounter occurred in his hot tub.

Dismissed Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick said running back Steward Butler has been dismissed from the team after the player was charged in the beating of two gay men. A Huntington, West Virginia, police detective says in criminal complaints that Butler got out of a car after seeing the men kissing on a street on April 5 in Huntington.

Announced UFC fighters will be paid for wearing Reebok gear based on their tenure in the octagon under the mixed martial arts promotion’s new sponsorship deal.

• Chase Elliott is bringing NAPA’s sponsorship with him to the Sprint Cup Series. Hendrick Motorsports announced that NAPA has signed a three-year deal to be the majority sponsor for Elliott, who will replace four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Chevrolet next season.

• Forbes estimates Real Madrid is the world’s most valuable soccer team for the third straight year despite a 5 percent decrease to $3.26 billion.

• FIFA says it will host the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian soccer federations within days, seeking an agreement before the governing body’s congress this month. The Palestinian Football Association wants Israel suspended from world soccer because its security forces restrict movement of players in the West Bank and Gaza.

Sidelined Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has been sidelined with an appendectomy.

Elected Jockey Vincent Powers and gelding Billy Kelly have been elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. Born in 1891 in Westfield, New York, Powers was North America’s champion flat jockey in 1908 (324 wins) and 1909 (173 wins), champion steeplechase rider in 1917 (15 wins) and champion steeplechase trainer in 1927 (19 wins). Billy Kelly was purchased as a 2-year-old in 1918 for $25,000. He finished with a record of 39-14-7.