Last-gasp goals earn Real 5-3 win over Atletico

RIYADH-- An own goal by defender Stefan Savic and a strike by Brahim Diaz late in extra time gave Real Madrid a 5-3 comeback win over city rivals Atletico in a rip-roaring Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Riyadh on Wednesday.

Middlesbrough shock Chelsea in League Cup semi-final

MIDDLESBROUGH, England- - Chelsea suffered a surprise 1-0 loss at second-tier Middlesbrough in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final on Tuesday with Hayden Hackney's goal giving Mauricio Pochettino's wasteful side plenty to do in the return.

Jared Goff, Lions finish regular season on high note, down Vikings

DETROIT --Jared Goff passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yard strike to Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the playoff-bound Detroit Lions defeated the visiting Minnesota Vikings 30-20 on Sunday.

Dalot, Fernandes goals put Manchester United into FA Cup fourth round

WIGAN, England-- Manchester United's Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes, with a penalty, secured a 2-0 win at Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup fourth round on a bitterly cold night at DW Stadium on Monday. The victory over the third-tier side was a welcome relief for the 12-time FA Cup winners, who are out of Europe and the League Cup and languishing eighth in the Premier League. "The FA Cup is all about winning, it is knockout. You want to finish the job. That is what I said in the dressing room 'job done,'" United manager Erik ten Hag told ITV. United will next visit the winners of the third round replay between League Two (fourth tier) Newport County and National League (fifth tier) Eastleigh F.C. in the fourth round. Ten Hag's side comfortably avoided an eighth defeat in 14 away matches in all competitions since last season's FA Cup final, which they lost to neighbours Manchester City. Dalot scored in the 22nd minute at Wigan when Marcus Rashford had a shot blocked before laying the ball off to the Portuguese, who took a touch before finding the bottom corner of the net from just outside the 18-yard box. "It gave us more confidence," Dalot said. "We were needing the goal so we could be more calm and not rushing to score. We created a lot and could have scored more. It's what we missed today." Fernandes doubled United's lead in the 74th with a penalty after Liam Shaw caught the captain's foot in the box. United also wasted a bucket load of chances. "Oh, definitely (we should have scored more)," Ten Hag said. "In the first half I think we created five or six very good chances. I think it was very good football. We should have taken more, but if you don't score you have to stay focused and I think we did that tonight." Rashford briefly celebrated what he thought was a goal but keeper Sam Tickle dived to gather the ball on the line. Fellow forward Rasmus Hojlund was left frustrated by a trio of near-misses before halftime, while winger Alejandro Garnacho had a shot that ricocheted off the bar. Former United captain Roy Keane said he "would be fuming" with Hojlund if he was Ten Hag. "They are big chances. Stop messing about. Put the ball in the back of the net," Keane said on ITV. Ten Hag's side had 33 shots, 14 on target, compared to Wigan's nine. Rashford had eight attempts, four on target. League One side Wigan beat Manchester City at Wembley to win the 2013 FA Cup in one of the competition's major upsets. But they were outplayed by United despite their best efforts. "Proud of my players," Wigan manager Shaun Maloney said. "Difficult match, but a brilliant experience for our players."

France overcome Norway to reach United Cup semi-finals

SYDNEY- - Caroline Garcia helped France clinch a spot in the United Cup semi-finals as she beat Malene Helgo in singles and partnered with Edouard Roger-Vasselin to win the doubles decider in a 2-1 win over Norway on Thursday in Sydney. Garcia and Roger-Vasselin beat the pair of Ulrikke Eikeri and Casper Ruud 7-5 6-4 in an entertaining mixed doubles decider. The first set was a tight affair until France broke serve to make it 6-5 before holding to win the opener, and then made the only break for a 2-1 lead in the second set. "Tomorrow is going to be a day off. We are not that young anymore, especially me," playing captain Roger-Vasselin, 40 said. "Tomorrow will just be a day off, try to rest, enjoy Sydney maybe and then come back strong for Saturday's semi-final." World number 20 Garcia earlier survived a second-set scare to give France the lead with a 6-2 6-7(6) 7-6(5) victory over Helgo. Garcia looked on course for a straightforward win after cruising through the first set and getting to match point in the second set's tiebreaker, but Helgo, ranked 544 in the world, rallied to make things difficult for the Frenchwoman. "It was a crazy match. Malene was a player I didn't know but she just hit the ball so well," Garcia said. "I went through all the emotions out there and I had to find a way through. Today it was almost too much, but in the end I got the point. Casper Ruud, who won his last two singles matches, brought Norway back into the tie with his 6-1 6-4 win over Adrian Mannarino. World number 22 Mannarino had simply no answer to Ruud's clinical game and the Frenchman only avoided a 'bagel' by holding his last service game of the first set, before improving in the second. Norway will face top-seeded Poland in Saturday's semi-final in Sydney. Greece and Germany play on Friday to decide who will face Australia in the other semi-final.

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