Seven fans who made Nazi salutes during a Nations League match between France and Croatia have been taken into custody.

Laurent Nunez said security measures put in place for Sunday’s game at the Stade de France led to the arrest of the seven individuals who made the gestures. Contacted by The Associated Press, the police prefecture did not say which team the fans supported.

During the match, firecrackers went off in the enclosure where the Croatia fans were gathered and some flares were also lit.

Last year, Croatia was among seven national soccer federations ordered by UEFA to pay fines for racist and discriminatory abuse by fans at European Championship games. It was handed the biggest fine of 50,000 euros ($54,000) for incidents at each of its three matches.

Concacaf opener to be played in Los Angeles >> The opening match of this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup on June 14 will be played SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the governing body announced.

The tournament, which ends on July 6 in Houston, likely will be missing several top players because FIFA gave priority to the Club World Cup, which runs from June 14 through July 13.

While CONCACAF announced the 14 venues for the tournament last September it has not given locations of specific matches other than the opener and the championship.

Montreal’s coach first MLS coach to be fired this season >> Montreal’s Laurent Courtois became the first Major League Soccer coach fired since the start of the season, dismissed after the team opened with four losses and a tie.

Assistant coach Marco Donadel was promoted to interim coach, two days after a 3-0 defeat at Nashville.

Montreal hasn’t scored since an opening 3-2 loss to Atlanta on Feb. 22, the first of seven straight league road games.

Men’s basketball

Xavier coach leaves for TExas >> Texas hired Xavier’s Sean Miller to take over the Longhorns basketball program, turning to the coach who had just knocked them out of the NCAA Tournament a few days earlier in an attempt to spark a program that struggled in its first season in the Southeastern Conference.

The move comes just a day after Texas fired Rodney Terry, and less than a week after Miller and Xavier knocked the Longhorns out of March Madness in a First Four game. Xavier was beaten in the next round by Illinois.

Texas planned an introductory news conference with Miller on Tuesday. Contract terms were not immediately disclosed.

Iowa hire former Drake coach >> Ben McCollum, who led Drake’s dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, was named head coach at Iowa.

Iowa spokesman Matt Weitzel confirmed McCollum’s hiring 10 days after athletic director Beth Goetz fired Fran McCaffery and four days after McCollum wrapped up a 31-4 season with a loss to Texas Tech in the second round of the West Regional.

McCollum takes over for McCaffery, who was fired after the Hawkeyes went 17-16 and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years. Iowa also has seen a steep decline in attendance the last two years.

Colorado State coach leaves for Minnesota >> Minnesota was making plans to hire Colorado State’s Niko Medved as its next head coach after the Twin Cities-area native and former student manager for the Gophers had the Rams within one basket of the Sweet 16.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract was still being finalized. Medved was the front-runner from the start for the job at Minnesota, where athletic director Mark Coyle has been eager to revitalize the struggling program. He will replace Ben Johnson, who was fired on March 13 after going 56-71 overall and 22-57 in the Big Ten Conference over four years on the job.

Columbia hires Florida assistant as coach >> Columbia hired Florida assistant Kevin Hovde as its head coach.

Hovde was on the staff at Columbia for five seasons, two alongside current Florida coach Todd Golden. He joined the program as the director of basketball operations in 2011 and was promoted to assistant coach the following season. In 2015-16, his final season at Columbia, the Lions went 25-10 and won the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

NFL

Chiefs’ Worthy sues woman who accused him of assault >> Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy sued his former girlfriend who accused him of attacking her, alleging the woman assaulted him and stole or destroyed more than $150,000 in cash and property.

Worthy filed the lawsuit against Tia Jones in Williamson County, Texas, where the two lived and where Worthy played college football at the University of Texas.

Worthy was arrested earlier this month after Jones accused him of assaulting her, but the district attorney declined to file charges in that case after speaking to multiple witnesses.

In his lawsuit, Worthy alleges that Jones fabricated the allegations of abuse and that she became enraged after he asked her to move out of the home they were living in