FANTASY SPORTS

Smart money says more state regulations coming

An analyst said as many as 11 states may adopt regulations permitting and regulating daily fantasy sports by the end of this year.

Chris Grove of Narus Advisors said six states have passed bills to regulate daily fantasy sports and five more may do so soon.

The contests allow people to deposit money into accounts, create fantasy rosters of sports teams by selecting real players and compete against other contestants based on the statistical performances of those players to win money. Proponents say it’s a game of skill, not chance, and shouldn’t be regulated the way casinos are, but many states consider them to be forms of gambling.

About 35 states have introduced legislation addressing daily fantasy sports.

SOCCER

COPA AMERICA: Darlington Nagbe scored his first international goal on a 90th-minute volley, and the United States beat Ecuador 1-0 in a tuneup in Frisco, Texas.

It was just the third time in 21 tries that the U.S. has defeated a South American team since a March 2007 victory over Ecuador.

nHawk-Eye will be installed for next month’s tournament, marking the first use of goal-line technology by the soccer’s governing bodies for South America and for North and Central America and the Caribbean.

The 16-nation tournament will be played at 10 U.S. sites from June 3-26.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Accountancy firm KPMG said Manchester United and Real Madrid are soccer’s most valuable clubs, worth $3.2 billion each.

The study found Europe’s leading 32 clubs have a combined value exceeding $30 billion.

U.S. WOMEN: Veteran defender Christie Rampone said that she’s not healthy enough to be part of the team’s training camp for a pair of matches early next month against Japan.

Rampone, 40, had arthroscopic knee surgery in December. She had returned to play for Sky Blue of the National Women’s Soccer League.

BOXING

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL: Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder can choose his next opponent in defending his WBC title.

Wilder was scheduled to fight mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin on May 21. But Povetkin failed a drug test and the bout was canceled.

While the WBC investigates Potemkin, Wilder has approval from the organization for a voluntary defense of the belt.

HORSE RACING

HALL OF FAME: Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock Jr. and William Woodward Sr., prominent thoroughbred breeders and owners, were elected to racing’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, in the Pillars of the Turf category.

Hancock and Woodward will be inducted Aug. 12, along with horses Rachel Alexandra, Tom Ochiltree and Zenyatta; jockeys Ramon Dominguez and Wayne Wright; and trainer Steve Asmussen.

BASKETBALL

NCAA: Kentucky forward Marcus Lee will transfer after withdrawing from the NBA draft, and guard Isaiah Briscoe plans to return for his sophomore season with the Wildcats.

• Andrew White III will return to Nebraska to play his senior season after deciding to remove his name from the NBA draft.

White, who sat out 2014-15 after transferring from Kansas, averaged 16.6 points and 5.9 rebounds last season.