Another lawsuit in Duke lacrosse case

Three current and former Duke lacrosse players -- but not the ones indicted in a discredited rape case -- sued the university, a disgraced prosecutor and dozens of others Tuesday, claiming the prosecution damaged them too.

Ryan McFadyen, Matthew Wilson and Breck Archer accuse the defendants of pursuing the case despite evidence the allegations were false.

The 389-page lawsuit, filed in federal court in Greensboro, N.C., names 45 defendants who include Mike Nifong -- the former Durham district attorney who was disbarred for misconduct in the case -- police investigators, city officials and nurses who examined the accuser.

The plaintiffs, who allege negligence, fraud and conspiracy, accuse Nifong of pursuing the criminal charges for political gain amid a closely contested Democratic primary.

The players seek unspecified damages.

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne is being sued in Miami after allegedly assaulting a track security worker at Homestead-Miami Speedway last month.

Archibald Hutchison, 62, is suing Kahne because of injuries he said he received Nov. 16, when the 27-year-old driver pushed him at an access gate during the Ford 400 race weekend, according to the suit filed by Miami attorney Russell Dohan.

Olympic snowboarder Shaun White was cited for allegedly setting off a fire extinguisher at a Breckenridge, Colo., ski resort. Police cited White on suspicion of second-degree criminal tampering. He was ordered to appear in Municipal Court on March 10.

SOCCER

U.S. to face Cuba in

Olympic qualifying

The United States was drawn to play Cuba, Panama and Honduras in its qualifying group for the men’s soccer tournament at the Beijing Olympics.

The Americans will play March 11, 13 and 15 at Tampa, Fla., in Group A of the qualifying tournament, which is for under-23 teams.

Mexico will be joined by Canada, Guatemala and Haiti in Group B, which will be contested at Carson.

Arsenal and Tottenham survived red cards to reach the semifinal of the League Cup, with the Gunners winning, 3-2, at Blackburn and Spurs winning, 2-0, at Manchester City.

Defending champion Pachuca of Mexico will face Honduras’ Motagua and reigning two-time Major League Soccer champion Houston Dynamo will take on Guatemalan club Municipal in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup beginning in March.

Veteran striker Romario was suspended 120 days for failing a doping test in a Brazilian league match two months ago.

MLS teams will be granted one more roster spot to acquire another foreign player next season. A rule change will allow them to trade those slots, enabling a club to field an entire roster of non-Americans.

TENNIS

Chakvetadze OK

after home robbery

Anna Chakvetadze of Russia was tied up by masked robbers who broke into her home and stole money and goods worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, her father said.

Chakvetadze, ranked No. 6 and a 2007 U.S. Open semifinalist, was bound for 30 minutes in her home outside Moscow but not seriously hurt, NTV television reported.

The United States Tennis Assn. and U.S. Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison announced that Lindsay Davenport has been named to the U.S. Fed Cup team that will face Germany in the 2008 Fed Cup quarterfinal, Feb. 2-3, at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

MISCELLANY

Citronnade’s racing

career comes to an end

A rematch of Nashoba’s Key and Citronnade, who finished one-two in the Yellow Ribbon Stakes on Sept. 29 at the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita, is not going to happen. Citronnade, who won the Dahlia Handicap at Hollywood Park on Sunday, has been retired. Owner Frank Stronach plans to use the 4-year-old filly for breeding, the Thoroughbred Times reported.

Citronnade began the year with four consecutive wins, including her lone Grade I victory in the Gamely Stakes on May 28 at Hollywood Park. There was a chance Citronnade and Nashoba’s Key were going to square off in the Dahlia, but Nashoba’s Key was scratched.

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Unbeaten World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Paul Williams (33-0, 24 knockouts) will make his first title defense Feb. 9 against Carlos Quintana (24-1, 19 KOs) on HBO, Williams’ promoter, Dan Goossen, said.

The site has yet to be finalized, Goossen said.

Alex Rodriguez hired Guy Oseary, who has worked with Madonna and Lenny Kravitz, to be his manager. Oseary is not a registered baseball agent, and Scott Boras remains Rodriguez’s representative on baseball matters.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was chosen sportsman of the year by Sporting News.