Carlo Ancelotti called the on-field spat between Real Madrid and Mallorca's players "unnecessary" after Madrid's 3-0 win in their Spanish Supercopa semifinal in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

Jude Bellingham put Madrid ahead in the 63rd minute in Jeddah before a late own goal by Mallorca defender Martin Valjent and a last-minute strike from Rodrygo Goes made sure of the team's progression to Sunday's final.

Both teams clashed on the field after Rodrygo's goal, with Mallorca defender Pablo Maffeo -- who had frequently sparred with Vinícius Júnior during the match -- confronted by Bellingham and then substitute Raúl Asencio as Ancelotti entered the field to try to keep the peace.

"I tried to calm things down a bit with Maffeo," Ancelotti told Movistar. "I went onto the pitch to help end the fight. The players were upset, but in the end nothing happened."

"The fight was unnecessary," Ancelotti added later in his post-match news conference. "The game was over. I don't blame my players or Mallorca's players, it was unnecessary for both teams."

"There's a Mallorca player [Maffeo] who we have problems with every game," midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni, who was withdrawn as a precaution after a clash of heads, told Movistar after the game.

"People got angry but the most important thing is winning. It isn't important. We don't want to talk about this guy because that's what he wants."

"I don't know, I was focused on the end of the match," Mallorca coach Jagoba Arrasate said. "I don't know what happened, our players were angry about the two goals, I think. I was a long way away."

Madrid will play Barcelona in Sunday's final after they beat Athletic Club 2-0 in Wednesday's first semifinal.

"Recently the Clásico has always been unpredictable," Ancelotti said. "It's hard to say what the next game will be like. It will be entertaining, there'll be a lot of quality on the pitch ...

"Right now the team is improving because Bellingham is more active, he's combining more with Vinícius and Rodrygo."

Bellingham -- who ended Thursday's game with some muscular discomfort -- has now scored nine goals in all competitions this season.

"Jude is a phenomenal player," Tchouameni said. "He helps us win games all the time."

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is "committed" to the team, his agent Drew Rosenhaus said, after Hill's recent postgame comments seemed to hint at a potential exit.

Hill voiced his displeasure after the Dolphins' season-ending loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, saying he had to do what is best for him and his family, "if that's here or wherever the case may be."

"I'm out, bruh," Hill said Sunday. "It was great playing here but at the end of the day, I have to do what's best for my career."

During an appearance Thursday on "The Pat McAfee Show," Rosenhaus dismissed Hill's comments as the emotional words of a frustrated competitor.

"I believe Tyreek is a great asset to the Dolphins and I think he's the least guy people should be worried about in this organization. They have many more worries -- Tyreek Hill's not one of them." Drew Rosenhaus

Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said Tuesday that he had a productive conversation with Hill, and the wide receiver did not ask him for a trade. Rosenhaus on Thursday noted Hill's "excellent" meeting with Grier and coach Mike McDaniel and said he believes Hill is committed to the team that traded for him back in 2022.

"What you see with Tyreek, it's very genuine. He wants to win -- it's not good enough for him not to make the playoffs," Rosenhaus said. "I think at the end of the day, he's committed to this Dolphins football team," he said. "I believe Tyreek is a great asset to the Dolphins and I think he's the last guy people should be worried about in this organization. They have many more worries -- Tyreek Hill's not one of them."

However, Rosenhaus stopped short of confirming that Hill wants to remain in Miami, as he has yet to speak with his client about the topic.

"Let me just say this -- I've got to have that conversation with Tyreek. I'm not going to speak for him," he said. "I'm not going to say, 'He does, he doesn't.' That's a discussion I'm going to have to have with him that I haven't had yet."

Hill turned in one of the worst statistical seasons of his career in 2024, with 81 catches for 959 yards and six touchdowns despite playing in all 17 games -- which was a feat in itself, according to his agent.

Rosenhaus told McAfee that Hill broke his wrist during a joint practice with the Washington Commanders in August and doctors recommended he undergo season-ending surgery.

"We have top wrist doctors saying to Tyreek, 'You need to get this operated on, you're going to miss the season,'" Rosenhaus said. "Tyreek says to me and the Dolphins, 'I'm not going to miss the season, I'm going to play. I want to be there for my team.'"

Rosenhaus said doctors told Hill that the issue may linger for the remainder of his career if he didn't get it surgically repaired quickly, but Hill opted to play through it. Hill confirmed to local reporters in November that surgery was "brought up," and that he'd be "in a good space" to decide on surgery during the offseason.

Hill told ESPN's Lisa Salters in November that an MRI showed a torn ligament in his wrist, and that the injury was exacerbated during his detainment by Miami-Dade Police Department officers outside of Hard Rock Stadium before the team's regular-season opener in September.

If Sunday's loss was Hill's last game in a Dolphins uniform, it would mark an unceremonious end to a statistically significant start to his Dolphins tenure. Hill removed himself from Sunday's game, with McDaniel saying he was alerted in the fourth quarter that Hill "was not available."

During their exit interview this week, McDaniel said he and Hill cleared the air about his decision to pull himself from the game -- and that it would never be tolerated again.

"I think the competitive spirit of his can represent postgame, especially in a season or a game that nobody likes, it can allude to a relationship being one way," McDaniel said. "I was very direct with him. He was very honest, and it was great terms that we were discussing. Discussed multiple things including, without wavering, that it's not acceptable to leave a game and won't be tolerated in the future, and he embraced accountability. I wouldn't say there's anything necessarily to fix as much as we had to clear the air in a rough and tumultuous situation."

Hill has two years remaining on the extension he signed with the Dolphins in 2022. He agreed to a restructured contract this past offseason that brought the full guaranteed money total on his contract to $106.5 million -- the most fully guaranteed money for a wide receiver in NFL history.

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.

Beck had declared for the NFL draft on Dec. 28 but is now reversing course and will explore a transfer.

Sources told ESPN that Miami looms as the favorite for Beck and the timeline for his decision is expected to play out within a week.

While Miami is the favorite for Beck, a source said Beck's camp intends to listen to all potential suitors for the best situation: "It's a strategic thing, not an emotional thing," the source said.

Beck, a two-year starter at Georgia, is currently recovering from surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow after suffering the injury during the Bulldogs' SEC championship victory over Texas.

Beck will not be able to throw until March, sources told ESPN, which would have complicated his NFL draft process and will likely force him to miss spring practice at his next school. Sources said the variety of feedback he got from the draft process led to this decision, as he changed his mind in the past 24 hours. He received advice that if he could return and wanted to, he should probably return and play another season in college.

A source said Beck received feedback that he could end up anywhere between the first and third round, with much of that uncertainty due to the fact that he would not be able to throw for a team in predraft workouts.

Despite that injury setback, Beck will immediately become the most coveted quarterback available as a late entry to the transfer market. While Miami looms as the favorite, there are other big brand teams that could jump out as suitors including Texas Tech and Notre Dame.

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound senior went 24-3 as the Bulldogs' starter and was viewed as a potential No. 1 draft pick entering the 2024 season. He threw for 3,485 yards with 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season and led Georgia back to the SEC title game.

Beck injured his elbow on the final play of the first half against Texas on Dec. 7. Renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache performed Beck's surgery on Dec. 23 in Los Angeles.

"He wants to win," said the source close to Beck. "He didn't come back to get knocked out at halftime of a conference championship."

Entering his fifth college season, Beck was viewed as a potential top-10 draft pick. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. currently considers Beck the No. 5 quarterback in his draft rankings.

Miami has not added a transfer quarterback this offseason to succeed Cam Ward, the potential No. 1 pick. They've quietly been canvassing the transfer market in recent weeks, per sources, as they have been set on bringing in a front-line starter who can produce immediately, much like Ward did.

Ward made a similar decision last January, initially declaring for the NFL draft but changing his mind and transferring to join the Hurricanes after he was unsatisfied with his draft feedback. Ward finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting in his lone season in the program after producing 4,313 passing yards and 43 total touchdowns.

On3 first reported Beck's intentions to enter the portal.

HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Tom Telesco after one season, the team announced Thursday.

The move comes two days after the team fired coach Antonio Pierce after his first full season as the team's coach.

"We appreciate [Telesco's] efforts in helping build a foundation for the future. We wish Tom and his family all the best," the team said in a statement.

The Raiders finished 4-13 this season, hampered by an unsettled quarterback situation. Telesco signed Gardner Minshew, giving him a two-year, $25 million contract with $15 million guaranteed. Minshew began the season as the starter but was benched in favor of Aidan O'Connell after five games. Both Minshew and O'Connell dealt with injuries during the season, forcing the team to also start Desmond Ridder.

The Raiders hired Telesco, 52, last January, doing so less than six weeks after he and coach Brandon Staley were fired by the Los Angeles Chargers following a 63-21 loss to Las Vegas.

Telesco, hired in part for his success in drafting, nailed the Raiders' top three picks last spring.

He went with the best player available, rather than picking to fill a need, with the No. 13 pick and selected tight end Brock Bowers, who set an NFL rookie single-season receiving record with 112 catches and was named to the Pro Bowl.

In the second round, Telesco drafted offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson, who started games at left guard and at center.

And in the third round, Telesco took DJ Glaze, who settled into a starting role at right tackle, which had been the Raiders' top position of need entering the draft.

Injuries wreaked havoc with the Raiders' roster this season as, per the team, 31.8% of Las Vegas' Week 1 starters spent time on injured reserve (tied for the highest percentage in the league) and, with the second-youngest roster in the NFL (average age was 25 years, 344 days), 37.6% of the snaps played were by first- or second-year players (the third-highest mark in the league).

The Raiders, under Telesco and Pierce, endured a 10-game losing streak, their longest skid since opening the 2014 season 0-10.

Las Vegas also went 0-6 against the AFC West for the first time since 2006.

The new GM-coach combo will inherit the No. 6 pick as well as an additional third-round draft choice from the New York Jets as part of the Davante Adams trade.

The new GM and coach will presumably work with new Raiders minority owners Tom Brady and Richard Seymour, both of whom bought into the franchise, owned by Mark Davis, in the fall.

Also, the Raiders' new GM is projected to have $107.3 million in salary cap space and a slew of decisions to make on in-house free agents, including edge rushers K'Lavon Chaisson and Malcolm Koonce, linebackers Robert Spillane and Divine Deablo, cornerback Nate Hobbs, safeties Marcus Epps and Tre'von Moehrig, and running backs Alexander Mattison and Ameer Abdullah.

There's no sugarcoating it: As Penn State's coach, James Franklin owns an abysmal 4-19 record against opponents ranked in the Associated Press top 10 -- and is just 3-10 in such games when his team is also in the top 10.

It's a mark that saw a small but significant boost with Penn State's resounding 31-14 College Football Playoff quarterfinal win against No. 8-ranked Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, but with each step forward in the CFP bracket comes a greater opportunity -- and louder doubters about Franklin's ability to beat the best.

As the Big Ten runner-up and No. 6 seed in the College Football Playoff, the narrative surrounding Penn State was that they had arguably the easiest path to the national title -- a home game against overmatched No. 11 seed SMU, followed by a matchup against Mountain West Conference champion and No. 3 seed Boise State. The Nittany Lions outscored their first two playoff opponents by a combined 69-24.

Now Franklin is two wins away from the school's first national championship since the 1986 season, but in order to win it, he has to do something that has eluded him during most of his career: beat a top-5 team. He is 1-14 at Penn State against AP top-5 teams, with the lone win coming in 2016 against No. 2 Ohio State. By comparison, former coach Nick Saban (24-11 at Alabama), former coach Urban Meyer (6-2 at Ohio State) and Georgia coach Kirby Smart (11-7) all have winning records against AP top-5 opponents, according to ESPN Research. Ohio State coach Ryan Day, though, is 5-6 against them, and former Penn State coach Joe Paterno was 3-12 in his first 15 games against AP top-5 teams at Penn State.

Franklin is also 0-5 against teams ranked in the top five by the CFP selection committee, and he has lost those games by an average of 20.4 points according to ESPN Research. The Nittany Lions will face Notre Dame (No. 3 AP/No. 5 CFP) on Thursday in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) in what is undoubtedly the biggest game of Franklin's career.

Franklin "understands" fans' frustration. He declined to comment for this story but said this following a 20-13 loss to No. 4 Ohio State on Nov. 2: "Nobody is looking in the mirror harder than I am. I've said this before, but 99% of the programs across college football would die to do what we've been able to do in our time here."

Despite his struggles against top teams, Franklin enters the Orange Bowl with a record of 101-41 and is 64-33 in the Big Ten over the past decade in State College. That includes five top-10 finishes, a Big Ten title (2016) and regular appearances in New Year's Six bowl games. Under Franklin, Penn State joins Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State as the only programs that have ranked in the selection committee's final top 12 at least seven of the past nine seasons.

He has six years left on his contract and the support of his administration.

"I'm not going to give credence to the criticism, because I see it differently," said Penn State athletic director Patrick Kraft, who was hired at Penn State on July 1, 2022, after serving two years as the athletic director at Boston College. "When I got here, I was really surprised where just the infrastructure and how everything was set up, how behind we really were. Yes, wins and losses are what we are all judged on, but I will tell you, the culture of that building and the young men he brings in and graduates are second to none.

"You don't see behind the curtain as a fan or just someone watching," Kraft said, "and when you get behind the curtain, the thing that oozes out for me is culture and family. That's really how it's built, but the infrastructure behind it wasn't matching that culture and we still have a ways to go. So yes, we want to win every single game -- that's the expectation for every program, but to see what he has done and that consistency is what's remarkable to me."

As a former Big Ten head coach who spent seven seasons leading Indiana, first-year Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen has studied the Nittany Lions from the inside out. He has game-planned against Franklin, and now he's trying to help Franklin win his first national title. Allen heard Franklin's critics when he was at Indiana, and he has heard them again as a member of Franklin's staff.

"Now that I'm here and I see the behind-the-scenes and the day-to-day and see how much of a bulldog he is -- that's the word I use -- he's a bulldog for the details and the little things and just being on top of everything," Allen said. "To me, those criticisms, they're not fair, but until you win those big games, they're going to be there. And I think we all as coaches understand that."

What Franklin has accomplished so far is often overshadowed by what he hasn't. According to ESPN Research, when Franklin won his 100th game at Penn State in the first round against SMU, he became the fourth FBS coach to win 100 games at a single school since he headed to State College in 2014. The career milestone put him in elite company, joining Dabo Swinney at Clemson (129 since 2014), Nick Saban at Alabama (127 from 2014-23) and Kirby Smart at Georgia (105 since 2016).

There's one thing separating Franklin from the rest of the group, though -- multiple national titles.

"We don't run away from the expectation," Kraft said. "Being the head coach of Penn State, there's so much scrutiny on him and he handles it really well internally. He and I are partners in this."

One current Big Ten head coach said the expectations of Franklin should mirror the resources he has to work with.

"Ryan Day has been in championships, Clemson has been in championships, Bama has won them, Michigan has won them," he said. "If the Penn State expectation is they should have at least played for championships in 10 years of his tenure, then no, he's not successful, right? If their expectation is, 'Hey, we only have resourced him to be a 10-win team, Jan. 1 bowl team, right at the bottom of the blue bloods from a resource standpoint -- which I don't know -- then yeah, he matches the expectations of a 10-win guy. If you're a blue blood, are you being resourced like Clemson, like Michigan, like Ohio State, like the people we're comparing them to, because it's not fair to have that expectation if he hasn't had the resources."

Kraft said so much of Penn State's growth under Franklin has come behind the scenes with things like working to build the budget for NIL, salaries for assistant coaches, stadium renovations and improvements for Penn State's student-athletes in all sports in areas such as mental health, nutrition and travel -- all things that ultimately contribute to winning a national title but happen off the field.

"You have to build the infrastructure in-house," Kraft said. "That is what I think has really improved is allowing him -- and all of our sports -- to go and do the things they need to do internally to get to the championship level."

A second Big Ten head coach said the most noticeable improvements with Penn State and Franklin this year are twofold: the hire of two proven coordinators in Allen and offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki, and Franklin's overall growth as a head coach in certain situations.

"James has surrounded himself, in my opinion, with maybe the best coordinator combo in our league," the source said. "Now James has been able to manage games and do the things he's good at for the first time. He's at a different level as a head coach.

"I get it, I get the narrative," the coach said, "but that's probably based on more of the past than the present. Even him having a better understanding of how you've got to use your players. He's been at Penn State so long, he's always been the favorite, so when he gets in these games where he's the underdog, you've got to not only play different, you've got to strategize different. And when he ran that fake punt against Minnesota ... I don't think he's ever had to do that before, and he's kind of realizing, this is what I've got to do to win this game. I can't just win it on my talent alone. And there's a learning curve for that."

Kotelnicki said Franklin doesn't get enough credit for being as consistently good as he has. From 2016 to 2019, Franklin led Penn State to 42 wins, the most in program history for the Big Ten era, and a school-record 28 conference wins.

"It's really hard to win, and to do it over a decade like he has as a head football coach here, it's really hard," Kotelnicki said in the Nittany Lions' locker room following their win against Boise State. "I've had the opportunity in my life to work with some pretty good head coaches. He's in elite company for sure. So I don't know if [beating Boise State] is going to silence the critics -- probably not. ... But I hope it does [calm down] a little bit for his sake. He deserves a little, 'All right, OK, I guess he's OK.'"

Penn State's defense was more than OK in the Fiesta Bowl win against Boise State, and it will have to play at a championship-caliber level for Franklin to improve his record and advance against the Irish. According to ESPN Research, the defense is at the heart of Penn State's problem in previous top-10 matchups. The Nittany Lions have allowed 31 points per game in those matchups and 422 total yards. The defense has also allowed 190 rushing yards per game under Franklin in top-10 matchups.

Against Boise State and Ashton Jeanty, the Heisman runner-up was held to a season-low 104 rushing yards. That trend will need to continue: Notre Dame has relied on its running game this season, ranking in the top five in yards per rush and rushing touchdowns.

Penn State will be playing its third AP top-5 matchup of the season, losing the previous two games against Ohio State and Oregon. The program's woes run deeper than Franklin, too: The Nittany Lions haven't won a top-five matchup since 1999 against No. 4 Arizona.

"You just have to do a great job of blocking that out, but also not being afraid to dig and find ways to create change," Allen said. "That's what I see him doing, is, 'Hey, what can we do?' and there's this constant evaluation of how we practice, the game plans if something doesn't go a certain way. I see him just being so relentless in that as the leader of our program. So to me, I just think it's a matter of time."

The Dallas Mavericks moved up their start time for Thursday's home game against the Portland Trail Blazers one hour to 6:30 p.m. CT because of "inclement weather."

The Dallas area is under a winter storm warning Thursday that includes a mixture of sleet and snow throughout the day, according to The Weather Channel. Light to moderate snow is in the forecast after 7 p.m. local time.

The Mavericks are coming off a 118-97 home victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday while playing without Luka Doncic (calf) and Kyrie Irving (back).

The Trail Blazers have lost three of their past five games but are coming off a 119-100 victory at New Orleans on Wednesday.

"He's a talented athlete and is still making breaks. But it's also his diligent work ethic behind the scenes, his understanding of the game and the fundamentals of the set-piece.

"It's just about us looking after him, keeping him fit and playing. It's great to have him back, but we can't just think that's great and play him every game. That's not good for him or anyone."

Gatland has been without Faletau for the entire 12-Test losing streak since that Georgia win in France.

Now aged 34, Faletau is likely to be the oldest member of the squad and among only four of the 20 forwards who won the 2021 Six Nations title in the running to start in Paris on Friday, 31 January.

But Sherratt believes age means little and added: "Just as we say with the younger players that they're old enough if they're good enough.

"Well the same applies to the older guys. If they're still good enough then they're young enough.

"He only has to look at [Cardiff centre] Ray Lee-Lo who is still going at 39 and playing some of his best ever rugby. So there's still plenty to come from Taulupe."

Asked if Morgan could lead Wales once again, Jones said: "Without a doubt. He did a phenomenal job of leading Wales before.

"Dewi has picked the baton up in Jac's absence and made it his own while Jac has been coming back into the squad.

"We're really fortunate here [at Ospreys] to have two recent Welsh captains sitting in our midst. They are quality, whichever player is chosen at anytime will do a fantastic job, the boys are incredible."

Wales are still hopeful of getting Lake back to play some part of the tournament.

The worse case diagnosis was 12-weeks out from December, which could still see him return for the last two games.

"My understanding is that it [Lake's rehabilitation] is going really well," added Jones.

"He's working hard and the feedback from the Welsh Rugby Union and our own camp is that he's progressing well and we're just playing that be ear now.

"It's all positive at the moment."

Rugby referee Chris Busby is set to retire from officiating following critical comments made by Mack Hansen which resulted in a ban for the Ireland international.

Busby was appointed an assistant referee for France v Wales and Italy v France in this year's Six Nations, but BBC Sport NI has learned that Sunday's Investec Champions Cup match between Bath and Clermont is expected to be his last as an official in the professional game.

Ireland wing Hansen will be suspended for three matches after criticising Busby and his officiating team in Connacht's loss to Leinster in the United Rugby Championship last month.

Hansen received a six-week suspension, three of which are suspended, meaning he will be available for Ireland's Six Nations campaign.

Hansen said the refereeing in the Aviva Stadium match on 21 December made it feel like Connacht were playing against "16 men".

As part of his sanction, Australia-born Hansen - for whom a lengthier ban would have impacted his availability for the Six Nations - must apologise to referee Busby and undertake "an appropriate course related to match officiating".

While personal reasons are thought to be at the forefront of Busby's decision, it is believed the Hansen episode was a factor.