Short Sport, February 3, 2013

The Japanese Olympic Committee says it will investigate the alleged abuse of elite female judo competitors by former national coach Ryuji Sonoda, and broaden the investigation to other sports. Sonoda, a former world gold medalist in the men's 60kg division, resigned on Thursday after it was revealed that 15 top female judoka accused him and other coaching staff of harassment and physical violence during training before the London Olympics. AP

The daughter of a former Chicago Bears player has pleaded guilty to fraud after collecting money from an NFL pension plan two decades after her father's death. Constance Helwig-Langlois is the daughter of John Helwig, who played for the Bears in the 1950s. He died in 1994, but pension cheques kept coming until the autumn of 2011. The government says his widow told the NFL he was still alive, and when she died in 2007, their daughter kept the scheme going. AP