An Iranian cyclist died after crashing in a road race at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Saturday. According to the International Paralympics Committee, Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, received emergency treatment on the course and was transported to a Rio hospital, where officials said he died. The IPC said it believes this is the first death in a Paralympics. The IPC said Golbarnezhad crashed on a mountainous stretch of the road cycling course. The IPC said he suffered cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. The cause of the crash was not clear, and officials said it was being investigated.

‘‘The Paralympic family is united in grief at this horrendous tragedy,’’ IPC president Philip Craven said in a statement.

BASEBALL

Mets’ deGrom needs surgery

Mets righthander Jacob deGrom was scratched from his scheduled start Sunday and is unlikely to pitch again this season because of an injury to the ulnar nerve in his right elbow. DeGrom has been out since Sept. 1 after experiencing elbow pain. He felt fine while throwing a bullpen Friday, then felt a twinge while tossing a baseball in from the outfield about 15 minutes later. DeGrom (7-8, 3.04 ERA) will need surgery, but has not decided when to have it. The recovery time for the surgery is expected to be three months . . . Indians catcher Yan Gomes will miss 6-8 weeks with a broken right wrist, likely ending his injury-plagued season.

Gomes sustained a non-displaced fracture when he was hit by a pitch Wednesday night while on a rehab assignment for Double A Akron. Gomes, who has been out since July 17 with a separated his right shoulder The Indians had planned to activate Gomes on Friday.

Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker expects Joe Ross to return from the 60-day disabled list Sunday and make his first start since July 2. Baker will keep Ross on a pitch count, probably no more than three innings. The righthander has been sidelined with right shoulder inflammation. He went 7-4 with a 3.49 ERA in 16 starts before getting hurt.

COLLEGES

Lonergan fired by GWU

George Washington University parted ways with men’s basketball coach Mike Lonergan following an investigation into players’ allegations about Lonergan’s behavior and conduct. Lonergan coached GWU for the past five seasons, leading it to a 97-70 record, as well as to the National Invitation Tournament championship last season. Lonergan also coached Vermont from 2005-11, going 126-68 . . . Penn State paid tribute to former football coach Joe Paterno on the 50th anniversary of his first game, despite criticism that the ceremonies are insensitive to victims in the university’s sex abuse scandal. Two videos were shown during the game at Beaver Stadium featuring Paterno, drawing large ovations, though some fans turned their backs in protest.

Yale University denied it was trying to make an example of former basketball captain Jack Montague when it expelled him over a sexual assault allegation. The school filed its formal response late Friday to Montague’s federal lawsuit, which accused the Ivy League university of punishing Montague over what he believes was consensual sex. The lawsuit, filed in June, argues the university expelled the popular athlete in February to prove it was tough on sexual misconduct. It also argues the school coerced the alleged victim into cooperating by inappropriately telling her about a previous misconduct complaint against Montague. A spokeswoman for Montague’s attorney, Max Stern, said they were still reading the Yale response and were not ready to comment.

An Arizona football player who was kicked off the team last week after an arrest on domestic violence charges is facing new accusations from a second woman. Tucson police said Orlando Bradford, 20, who was already in jail, was booked on four more felony charges related to assault. According to police, a second victim came forward Thursday and alleged Bradford had assaulted her several times while they were in a relationship. Bradford now faces 11 charges and is being held on $40,000 bond.

American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco said that his conference would not necessarily replace schools that leave for another league. Several AAC programs have been mentioned as prime candidates for the expansion of the Big 12, which is considering adding two, or perhaps as many as four schools. Aresco said the AAC could survive with 10 member schools and still hold a football championship game.

AUTO RACING

Penske rolling in IndyCar

Simon Pagenaud led a 1-2-3-4 qualifying rout for Team Penske for Sunday’s IndyCar season finale at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. No one but Pagenaud or teammate Will Power can win the championship, and the team could be the first since 1994 to sweep the points podium. The last organization to finish top-three in the standings? Penske, of course. Pagenaud won the pole in qualifying with a flying final lap of 1 minute, 16.2530 seconds. It was the Frenchman’s ninth pole of his career, but seven of those have come this year with Penske. He holds a cushy 44-point lead over Power in the standings . . . Locked in an intense fight for the Formula One championship, and preparing for his 200th career start, Nico Rosberg pulled out a stunning lap (1:42.584) to snatch the pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. Rosberg, who trails championship leader and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by 2 points, put himself in the best possible position for a third consecutive race victory by qualifying more than a half-second faster than Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo in second. Hamilton qualified third, seven-10ths of a second off Rosberg’s time . . . NASCAR said Kyle Busch’s winning truck in Friday night’s race at Chicagoland Speedway failed inspection for being too low in the rear. Any penalties for the No. 18 Toyota will be announced in the coming week . . . Richard Childress Racing hired Daniel Hemric to drive full-time in the Xfinity Series next season. Hemric, 25, has no wins and eight top-five finishes in 42 races over parts of four seasons in the Truck Series.

MISCELLANY

Seguin has fracture in heel

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin has a hairline fracture in his heel after playing for Team Canada in preparation for the World Cup of Hockey. The Stars said Seguin will be evaluated in a week . . . South Korean In Gee Chun extended her lead to four shots after the third round of the Evian Championship in France. Chun carded a 6-under-par 65 in the rain to go to 19-under 194 at Evian Resort. Chun is on course for the lowest-ever 72-hole score in a major . . . Kevin Sutherland birdied four of his last six holes at Pebble Beach for a 4-under 68 and one-stroke lead through two rounds of the Champions Tour’s Nature Valley First Tee Open in California.

Andy and Jamie Murray kept Britain alive in its Davis Cup semifinal against Argentina, winning the doubles match in four sets in Glasgow to reduce the titleholder’s deficit to 2-1. The Murray brothers beat Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The semifinal is extended to the reverse singles on Sunday, when Andy Murray is set to play Guido Pella and del Potro is down to play Kyle Edmund. The winner will play either Croatia or France in the final . . . Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig put host Croatia, 2-1, ahead in the Davis Cup semifinal against France by upsetting top-ranked doubles pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. Richard Gasquet now must beat Cilic in the first of Sunday’s reverse singles to keep France alive. Lucas Pouille is then scheduled to face Borna Coric in what could be Sunday’s deciding match . . . Manchester City beat Bournemouth, 4-0, for a fifth straight Premier League win and a club-record eighth victory to open the season. Kevin De Bruyne scored a clever free kick and played a part in the other three goals. Three of the wins during the streak have come in the Champions League.