ManU fires manager Louis van Gaal after 2 years

The 64-year-old paid the price for failing to qualify England’s biggest club for next season’s Champions League, with United finishing fifth in the Premier League.

FIFA fired Marakus Kattner, its finance director of the past 13 years, removing another fixture of the Sepp Blatter presidential era in another round of revelations about irregular million-dollar payments.

Striker Luis Suarez is expected to travel to the United States to join Uruguay’s national team for the Copa America, though he is likely to miss the start of the tournament because of a hamstring injury.

Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson was cited for a head-on accident that injured former Duke quarterback Anthony Boone over the weekend, a North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper said.

Burgin said Thompson, a Grant Union High-Sacramento alum, told authorities in his statement that he reached down to pick up his dropped cell phone, leading to a citation for driving left of the center line.

The possibility of a Bay Area “Big Match” for the NCAA women’s championship came up half realized when top-seed Cal was upset by No. 12 Oklahoma State 4-3.

Two days after the first loss of his career, Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist developed a slight fever, leaving plans temporarily on hold for a rematch with Preakness winner Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes.

Forward Trevon Bluiett, Xavier’s leading scorer the past two seasons, has withdrawn from consideration from the NBA draft and will return to school for his junior season.