SAO PAULO (AP) — Former soccer star Robinho turned himself in Thursday to start serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy. The 40-year-old Robinho left his apartment building in the beachfront city of Santos, outside Sao Paulo, in a black police car. JAPAN …

The NFLPA is once again opposing the Competition Committee after an official proposal to vote on prohibiting “swivel hip-drop” tackles was sent to all 32 NFL teams to vote on next week at the annual spring meetings in Orlando, Florida. The controversial tackle, where a defender wraps the ball carrier with their hands or arms, and then drops their hips, …

An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was given a suspended six-month sentence …