COLLEGES

Bates softball sweeps UMaine-Farmington

Jenney Abbott hit a three-run homer to cap off a nine-run sixth inning as Bates rallied for a 12-8 win in the second game and a sweep of the University of Maine at Farmington on Monday in Lewiston.

Maddie Inlow added two hits, two RBI and two runs scored for the Bobcats (5-28) while Abby Abbott had two hits, two RBI and one run scored.

Alison Hamilton hit a three-run triple for the Beavers (6-19) and Kylie Cunningham had three hits and two RBI.

In the opener, Karen Lockhart went 2 for 3 with a triple, four RBI and one run scored, and Kylie Martin pitched a five-hitter to lead Bates to a 7-1 victory.

Inlow had two RBI.

SOCCER

U.S. WOMEN: Carli Lloyd has a sprained right knee and will miss from three to six weeks, the Houston Dash announced.

Lloyd was injured in the fifth minute of a National Women’s Soccer League match between the Dash and the expansion Orlando Pride at the Citrus Bowl on Saturday.

Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the United States’ 5-2 victory over Japan in the final of the Women’s World Cup last summer. She was also named FIFA World Player of the Year.

EUROPE: Real Madrid Coach Zinedine Zidane expects Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, recovered from injuries, to start against Manchester City in the semifinals of the Champions League on Tuesday.

ITALY: Juventus clinched its fifth straight Serie A title after Napoli was beaten 1-0 at Roma.

FOOTBALL

JURISPRUDENCE: Johnny Manziel is expected to be indicted Tuesday for a misdemeanor assault charge on allegations that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend during a night out in January.

Already dropped by the Cleveland Browns, two separate agents and all of his endorsers, the 23-year-old will face the possibility of one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. The prosecution also further imperils an already jeopardized NFL career.

HORSE RACING

THOROUGHBREDS: The Breeders’ Cup is returning to its old Kentucky home at Churchill Downs. The two-day event of championship thoroughbred racing will return to the iconic twin spires in 2018.

The Louisville track, home of the Kentucky Derby, has hosted the Breeders’ Cup eight times, most recently in 2011.

TENNIS

LAWSUIT: Rafael Nadal is suing a former French minister who accused him of doping, saying he needs to defend his integrity and image as an athlete.

The player filed a defamation lawsuit against Roselyne Bachelot, France’s former minister for health and sport.

Bachelot said on French television last month that the Spaniard’s seven-month injury hiatus in 2012 was “probably due to a positive doping test.”

BMW OPEN: Sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci advanced to the second round at Munich when Mikhail Youzhny fell ill and retired as bad weather, including light snowfall, disrupted the opening day.

CYCLING

RETIRING: Former time-trial world champion Michael Rogers of Australia has retired from competitive cycling because of a heart condition.

Rogers, 36, is a bronze medalist from the 2004 Olympics who also won three consecutive time-trial world championships.