Haaland scores in 100th appearance as Man City beats Chelsea 2-0 in Premier League

LONDON (AP) — Erling Haaland marked his 100th appearance for Manchester City with his 91st goal for the club as the defending champion began its search for a fifth straight Premier League title with a 2-0 win at Chelsea. Haaland gave his team the lead Sunday in the 18th minute. Mateo Kovacic added a strike from just outside the area in the 84th to make it a harsh welcome for new Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca in his first game in charge. Brentford beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the early game.

Dallas QB3 Trey Lance finds groove in Cowboys’ victory in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy wants quarterback Trey Lance to find a comfort zone and play within his capabilities. Forget living up to being the No. 3 overall pick by San Francisco out of North Dakota State in 2021, the key is assuring McCarthy the Cowboys didn’t make a mistake in trading for him nearly one year ago. The 24-year-old acquitted himself quite well Saturday in Dallas’ 27-12 exhibition victory in Las Vegas. After starting quarterback Dak Prescott’s backup, Cooper Rush, played the entire first quarter, Lance threw for 151 yards and completed 15 of 23 pass attempts, including his first touchdown as a Cowboy over the final three quarters.

Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoff mark a season of change in college football

A new era has arrived in college football, with some of the most recognizable programs in history now playing in different leagues. The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams. There’s also change for some of the game’s biggest names. Jim Harbaugh won his national championship at Michigan and moved back to the NFL. Nick Saban retired from coaching with a record seven national titles and becomes an analyst on ESPN. The prolific Dillon Gabriel takes his big arm to Oregon for his sixth and final season. Georgia is the AP’s preseason No. 1 team.

Jordan Spieth’s season is over and he plans surgery on his left wrist

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan Spieth’s season is over. Next up is surgery on his left wrist. Spieth says he needs to get the sheath on his left wrist fixed. It’s what holds the tendon in place and it’s an injury that has troubled him for the last 16 months. He’s tried various forms of rehabilitation. Spieth says the total recovery is expected to about three months and he has no golf ahead of him. He failed to advance among the top 50 after the first FedEx Cup playoff event. Spieth says this is one of the most frustrating seasons of his career.

Niewiadoma wins women’s Tour de France by 4 seconds overall after Alpe d’Huez thriller

ALPE D’HUEZ, France (AP) — Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma has done just enough in a thrilling battle with Demi Vollering on the iconic Alpe d’Huez to win the women’s Tour de France by four seconds overall. Vollering was part of a breakaway Sunday with fellow Dutch rider Pauliena Rooijakkers after the Col du Glandon. She accelerated powerfully in the final stretch to win the eighth and final stage. But Niewiadoma finished fourth to narrowly win her first Tour title, with an overall time of 24 hours, 36 minutes, 7 seconds.

Less than one week after the Olympics, the WNBA playoff chase is on as rivalries have resumed

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Back to your regularly scheduled programming in the WNBA. Less than one week after 12 of the world’s greatest players came together to win the gold medal for the U.S. Olympic team, it’s back to being “frenemies.” A’ja Wilson and the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces tipped off their post-Olympic break Saturday against the league-leading New York Liberty and reigning league MVP Breanna Stewart. Sabrina Ionescu scored 23 points, Jonquel Jones registered a double-double with 10 points and 17 rebounds and the Liberty clinched a playoff berth with a 79-67 win over the Aces in a highly anticipated matchup many believe could be a preview of the WNBA Finals.

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes completes behind-the-back pass to Travis Kelce in preseason game vs Detroit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes completed a behind-the-back pass to longtime tight end Travis Kelce on the Kansas City Chiefs’ second drive against the Detroit Lions on Saturday, injecting a little bit of life into the preseason game. Mahomes was rolling to his right and started to get some pressure from Detroit defensive lineman Josh Paschal when he zipped the pass behind his back to Kelce, who was dragging across the field. The completion on third-and-3 at the Detroit 33 was good for 9 yards and a first down, and eventually led to a field goal. Mahomes has fooled around with behind-the-back throws in practice but has never completed one during a game.

Pro Bowl lineman Jeffery Simmons says Titans pass rusher Arden Key’s suspension overturned

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons first teased some big news on social media and then shared Saturday that Tennessee teammate Arden Key won his appeal of a six-game suspension to start the season. Simmons shared the update hours before the Titans played Seattle in an exhibition game Saturday night. Simmons wrote that he and his fellow defensive starter will see everyone Sept. 8 in the Titans’ opener at Chicago. A report July 30 said Key was facing the suspension to start the regular season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers. The NFL never announced a suspension of Key. A league spokesman declined to comment Saturday.

South Africa’s du Plessis retains middleweight UFC title

PERTH, Australia (AP) — South African Dricus du Plessis took a flurry of body hits across four rounds before defeating Israel Adesanya by submission to retain his middleweight championship at UFC 305. After scoring some early takedowns, du Plessis (22-2) had to withstand a flurry of body strikes from Adesanya through the middle rounds which appeared to be taking a toll on the 30-year-old South African as the fight progressed. But a left hook followed by three rights helped bring Adesanya down in the fourth round which gave du Plessis the opening he wanted as he swiftly got the choke hold which forced the Nigerian-born New Zealander to tap out.

Final Bay Bridge Series kicks off with season-high crowd, ‘emotional’ Jose Canseco

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — With nostalgia and so many famous faces, it felt like old times in Oakland again — at least for a day. Mark Kotsay and Bob Melvin and Miguel Tejada felt it. Same for Mark Canha and Matt Chapman, a couple of former Athletics stars now wearing the rival’s jersey. Even for a teary and touched José Canseco, one of the newest members of the Athletics Hall of Fame who never saw this honor coming. The A’s and Giants played the first of two games that will mark the final Bay Bridge Series in Oakland. The A’s defeated the Giants 2-0 in the first game on Saturday before a season-high 37,551 fans for the matinee.