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■SOCCER

Ronaldo to miss derby

Real Madrid’s injured Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo is being referred to his former doctor, Professor Niek van Dyjk, as he seeks to overcome an ankle injury, his club said on Wednesday. “After examining the evolution of Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury today [Wednesday], it was determined that there has been no clinical improvement of the bone edema in the center of his right ankle,” a statement on Real’s Web site said. “The player cannot, therefore, begin training and must continue treatment and relief work until another examination is carried out.” Dutch physician van Dyjk, who has also treated Ronaldo’s teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy and AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, operated on Ronaldo last year. Ronaldo will definitely miss the Madrid derby meeting with city rivals Atletico tomorrow.



■BASEBALL

Padilla accidentally shot

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor in Nicaragua accidentally shot him. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla, who signed with the Dodgers in August, didn’t need surgery after spending time at Managua’s Metropolitan Hospital. Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said on Wednesday that Padilla’s pistol apparently jammed during a target shooting session late on Tuesday. Padilla handed the pistol to a shooting instructor, a former police captain, who didn’t realize there was a bullet in the chamber and shot himself in his hand, Padilla’s legal adviser Roberto Calderon said. The bullet also grazed Padilla’s leg, Calderon said.



■BASKETBALL

Adidas ends UCF contract

A fight over the shoes Michael Jordan’s son is to wear at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has cost the school any future sponsorship with Adidas. “The UCF has chosen not to deliver on their contractual commitment to Adidas,” company spokeswoman Andrea Corso wrote in an e-mail. “As a result, we have chosen not to continue our relationship with them moving forward.” First-year guard Marcus Jordan wore a pair of white Air Jordans during UCF’s 84-65 exhibition win against Saint Leo on Wednesday, the Orlando Sentinel reported on its Web site. Jordan has said he would wear only his father’s Nike Air Jordan shoes because they hold special meaning to his family. UCF is in the final year of a five-year contract with Adidas that requires coaches and athletes to use the company’s apparel and equipment.



■OLYMPICS

Condoms to be auctioned

A Chinese collector of Olympic memorabilia is putting some of his mementos on the auction block later this month, including a batch of 5,000 condoms given to competitors at last year’s Beijing Games. The items — labeled with the Olympic movement’s “faster, higher, stronger” motto — are left-overs from the 100,000 condoms distributed for free to athletes at the Beijing Olympic Village, the state China Daily said yesterday.



■SQUASH

Gaultier survives scare

Gregory Gaultier, playing his first tournament as world No. 1, survived a severe test of character, temperament and brains before reaching the semi-finals of the World Open in a thriller lasting until beyond midnight on Wednesday. Gaultier was 1-3 down in the fourth game, as well as two games to one down, before beating Nick Matthew, the British Open champion from England, 8-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 11-4 in the match of the tournament so far.


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