Real Madrid to sign Brazilian teen Becker out of prison after 8 months Trailblazing coach Moore dies at 79

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 29, 2022 Former tennis player Boris Becker arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London. - Former tennis superstar Boris Becker has been released from prison after serving a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, British media said on December 16, 2022. The domestic Press Association news agency said the 55-year-old six-time Grand Slam champion will now be deported from the UK, following earlier reports in the German press. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

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This handout picture released by the Brazilian football team Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, shows midfielder Endrick after signing his first contract as a professional athlete in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 21, 2022. (Photo by Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / SOCIEDADE ESPORTIVA PALMEIRAS / FABIO MENOTTI” - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras/AFP via Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

FILE - Inductees of the 1999 Basketball Hall of Fame pose together following a news conference in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Oct. 1, 1999. From left are Wayne Embry, Kevin McHale, Billie Moore, John Thompson and Carl Bennett, who is accepting the award for Fred Zollner. Billie Moore, who coached the first U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team to a silver medal at the Montreal Games in 1976, has died. She was 79. UCLA, where Moore was the women’s head coach from 1977-93, announced Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, that she died at home surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Brazilian teenager Endrick says it’s a “dream come true” to join Real Madrid, even if he has to wait a bit. The 16-year-old sensation for Brazilian club Palmeiras will move to Spain when he turns 18 — in July 2024. The two clubs confirmed the agreement Thursday in separate statements about the most highly anticipated transfer from Brazil to Spain since Neymar’s move to Barcelona in 2013. Financial details weren’t yet released, but Brazilian media said the deal was worth nearly $64 million. Endrick, above, played Brazilian championship matches this year in Palmeiras’ title-winning campaign and scored his first three professional goals. The teenager will continue playing for Palmeiras until his move to Madrid. The striker was a target of several other top clubs, including Manchester City, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain. In a statement, Endrick thanked Palmeiras “for offering me all that I needed to become what I am today, helping me make my dream come true.” Endrick has been compared to other soccer greats like Adriano and Ronaldo.

German tennis legend Boris Becker returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday. The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released Thursday morning and traveled back to Germany shortly thereafter. Becker “has thus served his sentence and is not subject to any penal restrictions in Germany,” his lawyer, Christian-Oliver Moser, said in a statement. The three-time Wimbledon champion had been sentenced to 30 months in prison in April for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. He was released early under a fast-track deportation program for foreign nationals. Becker had been convicted on four charges under the Insolvency Act, including removal of property, concealing debt and two counts of failing to disclose estate. Becker rose to stardom in 1985 at 17 when he became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon singles title. He won the Grand Slam two other times, added two Australian Open titles and a U.S. Open title.

Billie Moore, who coached the first U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team to a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Games, died. She was 79. UCLA, where Moore was the women’s coach from 1977-93, announced Thursday that she died from cancer at home Wednesday night in Fullerton, California, surrounded by family and friends. Moore was the first coach in women’s basketball history to lead teams from two different schools to national championships. She guided Cal State Fullerton to the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women title in 1970 and UCLA to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) title in 1978. Moore was inducted in both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. She guided the U.S. women’s Olympic team at the Montreal Games nearly a half century ago. Moore’s team featured trailblazers of the game — Pat Summitt, Ann Meyers Drysdale and Nancy Lieberman, who went 3-2 and finished runner-up to the powerhouse Soviet Union team (5-0). —AP