Nebraska softball coach placed on leave

LINCOLN, Neb. — The longtime coach of the Nebraska softball team has been placed on administrative leave while school officials address concerns raised by or about players. The athletic department declined to detail what led to the action against Rhonda Revelle, saying it was a personnel matter.

Revelle just completed her 27th season with the program. The team has missed the NCAA Tournament the past three seasons and went 21-31 this spring. Her 997 career wins rank 12th among all active Division I softball coaches.

College football: Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt committed a minor NCAA violation earlier this year by tweeting out his congratulations when the high school he attended won an Alabama state basketball title. Compliance officials met with Pruitt and the staffer overseeing the football program's Twitter accounts to discuss that particular rule, but that was the extent of any repercussions for his actions.

NHL: Forward Micheal Ferland has signed a four-year deal with the Canucks.

Soccer: Senegal and Nigeria are on to the African Cup semifinals after victories on Wednesday in Cairo. Senegal defeated Benin 1-0 on Idrissa Gueye's goal in the 70th minute. Senegal waits for the winner of the Madagascar-Tunisia quarterfinal. Nigeria beat South Africa 2-1 with a winning goal bundled in from a corner by William Troost-Ekong with just a minute to go. Nigeria faces the winner of the Ivory Coast-Algeria quarterfinal. ... CONCACAF is limiting direct qualifying for the World Cup to only its six highest-ranked nations. The regional governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean scrapped the early stages that led to the six-nation final round in place since the 1998 tournament, known as the hexagonal. Instead, the six highest-ranked nations as of...