Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Tuesday: ** A U.S. district judge is expected to rule in favor of allowing Sprint and T-Mobile US to merge over the objections of a group of state attorneys general, according to two sources familiar with the matter. ** UK sportswear retailer JD Sports may have to sell Footasylum if it does not address competition concerns about last year's acquisition of its smaller rival, Britain's competiti