BANGOR — A University of Maine football player has pleaded not guilty to a charge of domestic violence assault and is scheduled to return to court in May.

Ramon Jefferson was arrested at his home in Old Town on Feb. 6. His case returned to court in Bangor on Monday. Court officials say he has entered a not guilty plea and is expected back on May 8.

Jefferson’s arrest came a few hours after Bangor police responded to a report of a disturbance at a residence. Bangor police did not find Jefferson at the residence, and he was arrested in Old Town later that evening.

At the time, Jefferson was charged with Class D misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault and criminal mischief.

The day after his arrest, the university announced that Jefferson would “not participate in athletics activities pending the outcome” of an investigation by the school’s Student Conduct Office.

Last fall, Jefferson became the first UMaine freshman to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, and he played a key role in the team’s run to the national semifinals.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: A former Adidas executive and two others who paid families to persuade top recruits to play for schools sponsored by the shoe brand were sentenced to prison Tuesday by a judge who said he wanted to send a “great big warning light to the basketball world.”

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said he had to balance the need for a stern message with the realization that others who did similar crimes were not prosecuted in a widespread recruiting scandal that has tainted two dozen schools.

Former Adidas executive James Gatto, business manager Christian Dawkins and Merl Code, a former Adidas consultant, were convicted in October of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for funneling illegal payments to families of recruits to Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina State.

Gatto, 48, of Wilsonville, Oregon, got nine months in prison; Dawkins, 26, of Atlanta, and Code, 45, of Greer, South Carolina, got six months each.

SOCCER

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Ajax stunned host Real Madrid 4-1 to eliminating the three-time defending champion 5-3 on aggregate in the round of 16. It was the fourth straight home loss for Madrid. That hadn’t happened since 2004.

• Borussia Dortmund’s hopes of an unlikely comeback were denied by Harry Kane’s 49th-minute strike as Tottenham reached the quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over the host German team for a 4-0 aggregate victory.

SHEBELIEVES CUP: Tobin Heath scored in the first half and the United States finished the SheBelieves Cup with a 1-0 victory over Brazil in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday.

It was the final game of the four-team, round-robin tournament played in three cities. England defeated Japan 3-0 in the early game at Raymond James Stadium to win the title.

FIFA: The Associated Press has learned that FIFA’s cash reserves soared to a record $2.74 billion and revenue climbed to $6.4 billion in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup.

The robust financial results suggest FIFA has weathered the deepest crisis in its history, involving the convictions of high-ranking officials on corruption charges.

SLED DOG RACING

IDITAROD: Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom retook the lead, but he missed out on a pair of mitts made out of beaver and a new musher’s hat.

Frenchman Nicolas Petit was the first musher to reach the community of McGrath, winning the prizes made by locals.

Ulsom, the defending champion, breezed into the checkpoint about 90 minutes later on Tuesday and immediately left to reclaim the lead.

The McGrath checkpoint is 311 miles into the nearly 1,000-mile race.

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