Lionel Messi, Megan Rapinoe win FIFA Best awards

Lionel Messi won his sixth FIFA player of the year award, while Megan Rapinoe won her first at a lavish ceremony at Milan's iconic Teatro all Scala on Monday.

Rapinoe was rewarded at the FIFA Best awards for leading the United States to the women's World Cup title in July, as was Jill Ellis, who won the women's coach award.

Rapinoe beat World Cup-winning teammate Alex Morgan for the award.

The other finalist for the award was England forward Lucy Bronze.

Messi's award moved the Barcelona and Argentina forward one ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was also among the three finalists.

The duo has dominated the award since 2008, with their string of victories only interrupted by Luka Modric last year. Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was the other finalist.

Purdue quarterback Elijah Sindelar already has spent two weeks going through the concussion protocol. He's going to need better results this week to be cleared for Saturday's Big Ten opener against Minnesota. Coach Jeff Brohm indicated that Sindelar suffered a setback late last week that could keep the Boilermakers' starter out for a second straight game.

Less than a year before the 2020 Summer Olympics, Russia could face critical sanctions after anti-doping authorities found "inconsistencies" in data from a Moscow testing lab.

The World Anti-Doping Agency announced it has opened a formal compliance procedure, giving Russian officials three weeks to answer a list of questions and provide comments.

The long-standing scandal began in 2015 amid allegations that Russian athletes, coaches and officials had for years participated in systemic cheating.

The nation was allowed to compete on a limited basis at the 2016 Summer Olympics, then banned from the 2018 Winter Games, with some athletes allowed to participate as "neutrals" if they could prove they were clean.

College basketball: Kansas received a notice of allegations from the NCAA that alleges significant violations within its storied men's basketball program. The initial report by Yahoo Sports, citing unnamed sources, said the notice included three Level 1 violations tied primarily to recruiting, lack of institutional control and a responsibility charge leveled against coach Bill Self. ... Authorities say former Texas Tech standout Andre Emmett was shot to death near his home in Dallas. Emmett is the all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,256 career points from 2001 to '04. He averaged 17.6 points per game.