ManU agreed to let midfielder BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER "join MLS side Chicago Fire." A deal between the clubs "was agreed on Monday and is subject to a medical and visa being secured." The former Germany captain, 32, signed a one-year contract (BBC, 3/21). ... MAGDALENA FORSBERG joined Eurosport Sweden's broadcast team for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Sweden's flag bearers from the past four Olympic Games -- PETER FORSBERG, ANDERS SODERGREN, ANJA PAERSON and Forsberg -- will be experts during the 2018 Games (Eurosport). ... A-League side Brisbane Roar assistant coach ROSS ALOISI was "cited and is facing hefty punishment for allegedly assaulting Adelaide United assistant coach JACOBO RAMALLO." Aloisi is "accused of striking Ramallo in the back while in the tunnel exiting Coopers Stadium after the Roar's last-gasp loss in Adelaide" (AAP, 3/20). ... The Pakistan government has "barred the five cricketers involved in alleged spot-fixing from leaving the country." The Pakistan Cricket Board provisionally suspended SHARJEEL KHAN, KHALID LATIF, MOHAMMAD IRFAN, SHAHZAIB HASAN and NASIR JAMSHED "from playing any form of cricket for violating anti-corruption code during the recent Pakistan Super League" (AP, 3/20). ... Arsenal minority shareholder ALISHER USMANOV "grew his net worth" by nearly $3B over the past year to $15.2B, according to the latest figures from Forbes, with majority shareholder STAN KROENKE valued at $7.5B. The figures "show the combined net worth of Arsenal's two biggest shareholders is more than twice" that of Chelsea Owner ROMAN ABRAMOVICH, whose assets are valued at $9.1B in Forbes' '17 list of the world's richest men (ESPN.com, 3/20). ... La Liga side Valencia Owner PETER LIM was No. 854 on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world, with an estimated fortune of $2.4B, when he bought the team in '14. In the publication's most recent rankings, he is No. 973, with an estimated fortune of $2.1B (SUPERDEPORTE, 3/21). ... FIBA's exec committee accepted the resignation of former Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) President JOSÉ LUIS SÁEZ. He had been a member of FIBA's exec committee since '14 (EFE, 3/20).
