BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Amid reports linking Alex Rodriguez to Madonna comes news the New York Yankees slugger and his wife have broken up less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to the New York Daily News.

    Rodriguez refused to address the topic on three occasions Tuesday, once saying "no" when asked if he had any comment.

    The Daily News reported Wednesday night on its website, citing an anonymous source, that Rodriguez and wife, Cynthia, have separated after having "problems" for about three months.

    Cynthia Rodriguez's mother, Evangeline Scurtis, also denied a gossip website report that her daughter had gone on a romantic getaway with rocker Lenny Kravitz to Paris.

    "She is not! I know that," Scurtis told The Daily News.

    Scurtis repeatedly declined comment when asked about her daughter's relationship with Rodriguez.

    The couple was married in November 2002 and has two children, Natasha Alexander and Ella Alexander, who was born April 21.