AP Top Sports News at 1:18 p.m. EDT

States pour taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay, soaring costs squeeze budgetsSoccer fans launch global petition urging FIFA boss Infantino to resign over World Cup 'betrayal'US Open singles champions to earn a record $5.5 million, total player compensation up 20%SEC desperate to end 3-year championship drought. Will Alabama, Georgia, LSU or Texas come through?The playbook for college sports revenue is expanding from logos and fees to entertainment districtsCash-hungry college sports programs are starting nonprofits to make money to stay competitiveOnce homeless and in liquidation, Coventry back in the Premier League after painful 25-year absenceMax Verstappen extends contract with Red Bull to 2030 after he weighed up leaving F1Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers to play NHL