Pittsburgh Pirates CEO Travis Williams said the organization is committed to winning but declared to frustrated fans that owner Bob Nutting will not sell the team.

Williams addressed fans' frustration over Nutting's ownership Saturday during a Q&A session at the Pirates' annual offseason fan fest.

As Williams was responding to the first question, one fan in attendance shouted, "Sell the team," prompting some applause from the audience. At that point, several fans started chanting, "Sell the team!"

Greg Brown, the Pirates' longtime television play-by-play announcer, asked the fans to stop the chant and to "be respectful." Another fan then asked Williams, who was seated next to Pirates general manager Ben Cherington and manager Derek Shelton, why Nutting was not in attendance.

"We know, at the end of the day, this is all passion that has turned into frustration relative to winning," Williams said, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I think the points that you are making in terms of 'Where is Bob?' That's why he has us here, we're here to execute and make sure that we win."

Williams added that Nutting, who has owned the Pirates since 2018, was scheduled to attend the event and interact with fans at some point later Saturday.

"To answer your immediate question that you said earlier, Bob is not going to sell the team," Williams said. "He cares about Pittsburgh, he cares about winning, he cares about us putting a winning product on the field and we're working towards that every day."

Nutting has been widely criticized by fans and local media in recent years as the Pirates have toiled at or near the bottom of the National League Central standings.

The Pirates went 76-86 last season en route to their fourth last-place finish in the last six seasons. They have not finished with a winning record since 2018, have not reached the playoffs since 2015, and have just three postseason appearances since 1992.

"We know that there is frustration, frustration because we are not winning, with the expectations of winning," Williams said. "At the end of the day, that's not due to lack of commitment to want to win."

Spurred by the arrival of ace pitcher Paul Skenes, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, the Pirates were 55-52 at the trade deadline last season before a 21-34 freefall through the final two months dropped Pittsburgh to last in the NL Central.

"We can just look at last year," Williams said. "It was a big positive going through the middle of the season, we were going into August two games above .500, but unfortunately we had a tough run in August and that tough run in August took us out of the hunt for the wild card. ... From myself to Ben, to Derek, to lots of other people that are here today and throughout the entire organization, but that's not for a lack of commitment or desire to win whatsoever.

"That's from the top all the way down to the bottom of the organization. We are absolutely committed to win, what we need to do is find a way to win."

Closer Tanner Scott and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a four-year, $72 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Sunday.

It's the latest offseason splash for the Dodgers, who also are signing prized Japanese pitching prospect Roki Sasaki, who announced the news on social media Friday.

Scott, 30, was 9-6 with 22 saves and a 1.75 ERA last season pitching for the Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres.

When Scott's deal is made official, the Dodgers' luxury-tax payroll for 2025 will exceed $375 million, which is approximately $70 million more than the next-highest team, Philadelphia.

The Yankees are the only other team with a competitive balance tax payroll projected to be over $300 million.

During his third-round win over Tomas Machac, Djokovic appeared exhausted at times and needed a medical timeout.

He looked fresher against Machac's compatriot, taking control of the opening two sets and stopping Lehecka from earning a break point for more than an hour and 40 minutes.

When Lehecka broke back at the start of the third, an agitated Djokovic shouted towards his team - which includes his former rival Andy Murray - before complaining about noise from the stands while he was trying to serve.

But the seventh seed used the crowd to his advantage in the tie-break, conducting them after hitting a sublime backhand pass and cupping his ear after a deft volley brought up two match points.

"When you are feeling adversity the last couple matches, I think I handled it well," Djokovic told Eurosport.

"Only people who have been there at the highest level understand what you have to deal with. There is a lot on the plate and you have to weather the storm when you are feeling challenged."

Draper enjoyed the finest year of his career in 2024 - winning his first ATP titles, becoming British number one and reaching the US Open semi-finals - and was looking forward to further improving his physical robustness before the start of the 2025 season.

But his hip injury, which Draper says flared up after a "week of pre-season" in December, ended those plans.

"Essentially I had tendinitis in my hip, which I had to get an MRI to look at," he said.

"I have had a history of problems in that area and it hasn't gone away. I'm still dealing with that.

"In pre-season, it went into my back and I couldn't walk. It was really difficult."

Draper said he was unable to play for "about two to three weeks" before flying to Australia between Christmas and New Year.

He began hitting again at Melbourne Park before playing practice sets against Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner in the days leading up to his opening match.

"You have to feel so sorry for him," former British number one Annabel Croft said on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.

"Each time he comes back there's a setback and you lose that momentum and training time.

"A lot of players put their year into blocks, of competition, rest and training, and he's being compromised all the time because his body is letting him down."

United States men's national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino believes that Matko Miljevic and Jack McGlynn showed character when arguing over the penalty opportunity in the first minutes of the 3-1 victory over Venezuela.

Daniel Pereira's foul on forward Patrick Agyemang inside the box awarded the USMNT the first opportunity of the night with a penalty, leaving Miljevic and McGlynn to fight for the chance to take the shot. Ultimately, Miljevic stepped up to the spot and had his effort saved by the goalkeeper to keep the score at 0-0.

"We were talking at half-time, we tried to manage a tricky situation," Pochettino said. "We didn't say anything about who would take the penalty in the case we had one. But it was good, because I think [the argument] showed the character."

"Matko took the ball first and then Jack wanted to shoot. I think it was a nice situation, but we clarified it at half-time. They apologized, Marco apologized and Jack because there was a situation, but it's a situation because I think it's part of the way we need to grow, it's part of our great mentality. Fight.

"They wanted to show that I can help the team score it ... But it was nice. It was good. It's a part of that work in a psychological way or how we create the mentality. That is all the small things that maybe you cannot see since we used to create things that can help for the future."

Pochettino sorted the confusion at half-time by asking players about their desire to take future penalties before creating a list of designated takers. Defender Shaq Moore later added that the team's new manager also instructed every player to be supportive when a teammate steps up to the spot, regardless of the outcome.

"He just said whoever takes the penalty just go and support him," Moore said. "Unfortunately Matko missed, but that's football you moved on. I'm sure the next one someone else would take it or he would take it and they'll score.

"You've got to be positive and wrap around the team. He just didn't want us to bicker or fight about it, whoever takes it you got to support him and whatever happens, happens."

Goals from Miljevic, McGlynn and Patrick Agyemang secured the USMNT's first victory of 2025. Though Pochettino insists the coaching staff will never be fully satisfied when it comes to the team's intensity, he walks away from the friendly content by the performance.

"I think as a coaching staff we're never satisfied with intensity," Pochettino added. "We always want more. I think we could have been a little more intense today, but I think I'm very, very happy. We are very happy for the performance they have shown on the pitch and above all the naturalness they faced in the match."

The team will now travel to Orlando, Florida to face Costa Rica in the final friendly of January.

Mikel Arteta has admitted he is "very worried" about William Saliba's injury after the Arsenal defender missed Saturday's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday.

Arsenal's squandering of two Premier League points was compounded by concerns about Saliba, who was not even in the squad after suffering a hamstring injury in the 2-1 victory over Tottenham in midweek.

The France international is integral to Arsenal's defence and his absence with a back injury in the second half of the 2022-23 campaign undermined their chances of staying with Manchester City in the title race.

"I think tomorrow we will have more information, we will have more tests on him and we will be more clear about it," Arteta said.

"For sure [we are worried], especially with the numbers we have in the squad and looking at our bench. Very worried."

Arteta was forced to re-shuffle his defence with Jurriën Timber switching to the centre alongside Gabriel and midfielder Thomas Partey filling in as a makeshift right-back.

Arsenal led 2-0 with goals by Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz but Villa hit back and Ollie Watkins equalised after Youri Tielemans headed his side back into contention.

Arteta was full of praise for his side's display but criticised the defending for the second goal as Matty Cash flighted over a cross that Watkins converted with a sumptuous volley.

"We can fault ourselves as well because defending the way we did especially with one of the goals, it cannot be part of our game if we want to be at the highest level in this country," Arteta said. "The rest, what else can I ask the team to do against a really good side?"

Arteta will hope the scans on Saliba show no serious injury as the statistics suggest he is vital to Arsenal.

With Saliba in the team Arsenal have a 72% win rate while in the games he has missed since joining that dips to 38%.

Second-placed Arsenal's draw left them six points behind Liverpool who also have a game in hand and Arteta hinted at movement in the January transfer window.

"You look at the performances, I don't know how many teams are playing at this level in the league," he said. "When you look at the bench, probably you say I think we are very short."

Real Betis are closing in on a loan deal for Manchester United winger Antony, a source has told ESPN.

A number of clubs have expressed an interest in signing the Brazil international in January. Real Betis are leading the race and although an agreement has not yet been reached, the LaLiga side are growing increasingly confident.

The deal, should it be agreed, is likely to be a loan until the end of the season with United paying at least a portion of the 24-year-old's wages.

Antony has struggled to justify United's decision to spend more than 80 million ($97.3m) to sign him from Ajax in 2022. He remains the second most expensive incoming transfer in the club's history behind Paul Pogba.

He's made 95 appearances -- most of them under former manager Erik ten Hag who he also worked with at Ajax -- and has scored 12 goals. Antony hasn't started a Premier League game since May and has started just three games in all competitions this season.

He's under contract at Old Trafford until 2027 with the option to extend by an additional year until 2028.

Head coach Ruben Amorim was non-committal about Antony's future following the 3-1 win over Southampton on Thursday, saying only that "we'll see" when asked whether he could leave this month.

Meanwhile, United are still looking for a club to take Marcus Rashford in January.

Borussia Dortmund have moved ahead of AC Milan in the hunt for his signature after the Italian side decided to explore the possibility of signing Kyle Walker from Manchester City.

Serie A rules mean Milan can only sign one English player in January and will have to choose between Rashford and Walker.