SOCCER
United States ahead Christian Pulisic scored straight from a nook kick – and admitted it was an accident – as AC Milan beat Brugge 3-1 to finish its anticipate a Champions League win.
Pulisic shocked everybody when he curled in a kick from the left nook flag within the thirty fourth minute to place Milan up 1-0.
“In the present day it was a little bit of luck but it surely’s nonetheless price a objective. I’m very joyful,” a laughing Pulisic mentioned in Italian. “I didn’t attempt to try this but it surely was a great cross, I’ll say that, and after a pleasant, good objective, however I wasn’t attempting that.”
• Vinicius Junior scored a hat trick as Actual Madrid turned boos into cheers with a 5-2 win over Borussia Dortmund.
Madrid was 2-0 down at halftime in a rematch of final season’s closing.
• Paris Saint-Germain settled for a 1-1 draw in opposition to Dutch membership PSV Eindhoven.
• Aston Villa grew to become the primary group with three wins within the new Champions League format, beating Bologna, 2-0.
• Arsenal wanted an personal objective to get previous Shakhtar Donetsk, 1-0, and misplaced left again Riccardo Calafiori to an obvious knee damage.
BASKETBALL
NBA: Paul George’s debut with the Philadelphia 76ers is on maintain, and Joel Embiid is once more set to overlook time due to an damage.
Embiid and George will set out Wednesday’s season opener in opposition to Milwaukee and will miss extra video games.
George, who left the Los Angeles Clippers and signed a four-year, $212 million contract as a free agent this summer time, sustained a bone bruise when he hyperextended his left knee throughout a preseason sport.
Embiid didn’t play through the preseason due to a sore left knee.
The Bucks additionally will probably be with out one in all their key gamers. All-Star ahead Khris Middleton is recovering from offseason surgical procedures to every of his ankles.
HOCKEY
NHL: Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have agreed on a contract extension, the group introduced.
Maurice was within the closing yr of a three-year deal, and it was a certainty that the Panthers deliberate on retaining him round after he took the group to the Stanley Cup Closing in every of his first two seasons, successful the Cup in June.
COLLEGES
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: USC star JuJu Watkins and UConn’s Paige Bueckers headline The Related Press preseason All-America group, which for the primary time consists of three sophomores in a transparent signal of the younger expertise in a sport coming off a document yr of fan curiosity.
Watkins and Bueckers have been unanimous decisions by the 30-member nationwide media panel that selects the AP High 25 every week. They have been joined by Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame, Madison Booker of Texas and Kiki Iriafen of USC. Watkins, Hidalgo and Booker are all second-year gamers.
TENNIS
SWISS INDOORS: Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune saved alive their slim hopes of reaching the ATP Finals with wins in Basel, Switzerland.
Tsitsipas, ranked No. 11, outlasted Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), whereas 14th-ranked Rune beat Nicolas Jarry, 6-4, 7-6 (3). The highest-eight ranked gamers qualify for the Finals subsequent month in Turin.
Additionally Tuesday, sixth-seeded Ben Shelton beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-3, 6-4.
AUTO RACING
TRUCK SERIES: Former youngster actor and “Malcom within the Center” star Frankie Muniz revealed that he’ll be racing within the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence, driving the No. 33 F-150 for Reaume Brothers Racing.