Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Adidas to pay equal bonuses for women's soccer World Cup winners

Adidas-sponsored players on the team that wins the FIFA Women's World Cup this year will receive the same performance bonus payments as their male counterparts, the sportswear company said on Friday. The announcement follows news that the U.S. women's national soccer team is suing their federation with allegations of gender discrimination, where all 28 members of the squad were named as plaintiffs in federal court. NFL notebook: Packers, 49ers reportedly interested in Ford

Two prospective suitors have cropped up in the days since the Kansas City Chiefs placed the franchise tag on outside linebacker Dee Ford with a potential eye toward making a trade. Both NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the Chiefs are looking to deal the pass-rushing specialist. Additionally, Rapoport reported that the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers have expressed interest in dealing for Ford. Shiffrin sets record for World Cup wins in season

Mikaela Shiffrin won her 15th World Cup race of the season on Saturday, breaking a 30-year-old record for most wins. Vreni Schneider of Switzerland set the previous record of 14 in the 1988-89 season. Soccer: U.S. women's head coach Ellis supports players' lawsuit

U.S. women's national soccer team coach Jill Ellis threw her support behind her players on Saturday after all 28 members of the reigning World Cup champions' squad filed a suit against U.S. Soccer for gender discrimination. The lawsuit alleges that the women players were paid less than their male counterparts despite performing better, and were provided with inferior playing and training conditions. Tennis: Keys blows late lead to fall to Barthel at Indian Wells

German Mona Barthel came from behind to defeat error-prone American Madison Keys 3-6 6-1 7-5 and reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Saturday. The 17th-seeded Keys had the match on her racket serving with a 5-4 lead in the third set but lost three straight games, including her final service game to love, to allow the unseeded Barthel advance. Golf: Fitzpatrick takes Bay Hill lead with McIlroy a stroke behind

Matthew Fitzpatrick played bogey-free golf as he eased past Rory McIlroy for a one-stroke lead over the Northern Irishman after the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Saturday. Back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th holes enabled the Englishman to overtake McIlroy and saved pars at his final two holes for a five-under-par 67 to head into Sunday's final round at nine-under 207. Fire salvage draw with Orlando at the death

Forward C.J. Sapong equalized on a header in the fifth minute of extra time Saturday afternoon, allowing the Chicago Fire to salvage a 1-1 draw with visiting Orlando City SC despite being down to 10 men. It appeared the Lions were headed for a 1-0 win until the Fire counter-attacked quickly after an Orlando City offsides infraction, getting the game-tying goal on a cross by substitute Przemyslaw Frankowski that found the head of Sapong. NBA notebook: Harden expected to play Sunday

Houston Rockets guard James Harden will play Sunday at the Dallas Mavericks, after precautionary X-rays came back negative on his right wrist and he was cleared to practice on Saturday. Harden, the NBA's scoring leader (36.6 points per game), aggravated the wrist injury Friday night when he fell in the first half of a win over the Philadelphia 76ers. He left briefly but returned and finished with 31 points in 32 minutes. Tennis: Auger-Aliassime outguns Tsitsipas at Indian Wells

Felix Auger-Aliassime won the battle of the young guns by beating ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the BNP Paribas Open third round. The 18-year-old Canadian, the youngest player in the world top 100, fired an unreturnable serve on match point to defeat the 20-year-old Tsitsipas - who is the youngest player in the top 10. MLB notebook: Tanaka to start Yanks' opener

Masahiro Tanaka will return as Opening Day starter for the New York Yankees once again, with Luis Severino giving up the honor after shoulder inflammation surfaced this week, manager Aaron Boone announced Saturday. Severino threw a slider while warming up for his spring training start on Tuesday when he felt discomfort. He had been on track to make his second consecutive Opening Day start until the injury surfaced.