FOOTBALL
Bills trample Jaguars
Josh Allen on Monday produced a monster performance as the Buffalo Bills trampled over the Jacksonville Jaguars 47-10 to maintain their perfect start to the NFL season. Bills quarterback Allen was in superb form as Buffalo buried the Jags in an avalanche of first-half scoring that saw them power into a 34-3 lead at the break. Allen threw four touchdowns and finished with 263 passing yards, while Buffalo’s defense gave Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence a torrid time at the Bills’ Highmark Stadium. In Monday’s other game, the Cincinnati Bengals were left still looking for their first win of the season after suffering a 38-33 home defeat to the Washington Commanders.
SOCCER
Injury shocks Germany coach
Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann on Monday said that news of Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s serious knee injury came as a major shock after the Barcelona goalkeeper underwent an operation that is expected to sideline him for at least eight months. Ter Stegen sustained a rupture of the patella tendon in his right knee, Barcelona said on Monday. The 32-year-old fell badly after jumping for a ball during Barcelona’s 5-1 La Liga win over Villarreal on Sunday and was visibly in pain as he was carried off the pitch on a stretcher. His weight fell on the right knee on which he had two operations in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons. “The news of Marc’s injury was a big shock for us,” said Nagelsmann, who has now lost two experienced goalkeepers in a month following Manuel Neuer’s international retirement last month. “We wish Marc all the best ... we will always be there for him on his way back, Nagelsmann told the German Football Association Web site.
SOCCER
Fans attack Partizan coach
Partizan Belgrade fans on Monday vandalized their team’s dressing room and left their head coach Aleksandar Stanojevic with a head injury after a 4-0 loss to rivals Red Star Belgrade in Serbia. Red Star have won the past three editions of the Belgrade derby and Monday’s victory was the biggest since 1998 when they won by the same score. “Disgruntled fans broke the glass, it’s unpleasant. I came with Band-Aids to the press conference, but there’s no reason to make a theater,” Stanojevic told reporters. “There was nothing more, no fight, no physical conflict. It’s no drama.” Stanojevic said the loss was the worst of his career.
CHESS
Moscow criticizes FIDE ruling
The Kremlin on Monday said that a decision by the general assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to uphold a ban on Russian and Belarusian players was the result of Western and Ukrainian pressure. FIDE’s general assembly on Sunday upheld the ban, which was imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. “The West and Ukraine are putting open and undisguised pressure on countries within FIDE. This is no secret, everyone knows about it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about the ban being rolled over. The Ukrainian government, the US Department of State and players including former world champion Magnus Carlsen had urged chess federations to reject an initial motion by Russian ally Kyrgyzstan to fully reinstate the two nations.
Manchester United on Tuesday confirmed Michael Carrick as interim manager until the end of the season, tasking him with leading the Red Devils back into the UEFA Champions League. “Having the responsibility to lead Manchester United is an honor,” said Carrick, 44, who won 12 major trophies in his 12-year playing career at United. The former midfielder previously had an unbeaten three-game stint as caretaker boss at Old Trafford in 2021. Carrick then took on his first permanent managerial role at second-tier Middlesbrough in October 2022 and was sacked in June last year after the club finished 10th in the
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Sunday sparked defending champions Oklahoma City to victory, while Anthony Edwards led Minnesota’s last-minute fightback to beat San Antonio. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points while adding eight assists and five rebounds in the Thunder’s 124-112 home victory over Miami, improving the NBA’s best record to 33-7 after outscoring the Heat 70-53 in the second half. “We locked in defensively. We were finally able to get some stops,” Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins said. “We were able to get out in transition a little bit, get going offensively and find the flow.” Jalen Williams scored 18 points, while
Mohamed Salah’s Egypt knocked reigning champions Ivory Coast out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a 3-2 win in the quarter-finals on Saturday, while Victor Osimhen starred as Nigeria beat Algeria 2-0 to set up a clash with hosts Morocco. In Agadir, Morocco, a thrilling last-eight tie saw Omar Marmoush and Ramy Rabia net in the first half for the Pharaohs before an own goal by Ahmed Aboul-Fetouh brought the Ivorians back into it. Salah then got Egypt’s third early in the second half and they held on after Guela Doue again reduced the deficit. Egypt is to face Senegal
Brandon Miller scored 18 points, LaMelo Ball had 17 and the Charlotte Hornets built a 47-point lead in the first half of a 150-95 rout against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. It was the second-biggest win in franchise history for the Hornets and their largest on the road. The Hornets bounced back from a pair of frustrating losses in a big way, having fallen to Toronto by one point and Indiana by two in their last two games. Charlotte pounded the NBA champion Thunder by 27 in Oklahoma City before those defeats, previously the Hornets’ most lopsided victory of the season. Tre
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