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AC Milan's Malick Thiaw, Alvaro Morata and Tijjani Reijnders all got on the scoresheet in a surprise 3-1 win at holders Real Madrid in their Champions League clash on Tuesday.
Thiaw gave seven-times European champions Milan the lead with a header from a corner in the 12th minute but Vinicius Jr equalised with a penalty 11 minutes later.
Morata put the visitors back in front by netting from a rebound in the 39th and Reijnders fired home a Rafael Leao cross after a counter attack to wrap up Milan's statement win over the lacklustre title holders.
Real are languishing in 17th place in the 36-team Champions League table with six points, one spot ahead of Milan on goal difference after four games.
Cricket Australia's Code of Conduct Commission ruled that Warner's ban, which was handed down after the Newlands ball-tampering scandal in 2018 and prevented him holding any leadership position in Australian cricket, should no longer be in place. It opened up the route for Warner to captain Thunder with him available for the entire season.
"Captaining the Thunder again this season means a lot to me," Warner said. "I was part of the team from the start, and now to be back with that 'C' next to my name feels fantastic. I'm looking forward to leading from the front and sharing my experience with the young talent coming through.
"One of the most exciting parts of this role is the chance to give back to the younger players, to pass on some of the knowledge I've gathered over the years. I want to help them grow so that one day, one of these young guns can step up and lead the team when I'm done."
Trent Copeland, the Thunder general manager who had been heavily involved in the appeal process, said it would help Warner cement a legacy at the club.
"This is a huge moment for David and for our club," he said. "It's not only about his career; it's about the legacy he's creating, especially for his family and the next generation of players.
"For the fans in Western Sydney who've long recognised David as a Thunder legend, it's a special moment to now see him as their captain. This captaincy is about more than cricket; it's about community, legacy, and helping our younger players gain the skills they need to succeed."
Warner has previously led Thunder once back in 2011 when he made an unbeaten 102 against Melbourne Stars. He has been appointed ahead of Chris Green who was captain last season when the team finished bottom.
"I want to compliment the way Greeny led from the front," Warner said. "He's an exceptional talent with fantastic leadership qualities. Jason Sangha, too, before his injury. I gained great insight from both, and I know they're guys I can lean on this season."
Speaking when the ban was lifted, Copeland said it was about more than Warner being able to lead a cricket team again.
"This is far bigger than a cricket captaincy role. It's leadership in a lifelong context," he said. "This was about him, his daughters in particular, the legacy he wants to leave for his family. This is about Davey, his family and ultimately in our belief what is right at this point in time.
"If that's a lifelong ban, it's still over him when he's 50, 60. It just would never go away. It [what happened in 2018] may not ever go away, but I think at least this gives it a shot."
In their judgement, the review panel noted "the respectful and contrite tone of his [Warner's] responses, as well as the content impressed the Review Panel and led it to the unanimous view that he was sincere and genuine in acknowledging responsibility for the conduct and in his statement that he had extreme remorse for his conduct."
Since his CA ban, Warner has captained teams in the BPL, IPL, and ILT20. The last time he led an Australian team was when he captained the T20I side against New Zealand in 2018.
Thunder begin their BBL campaign against Adelaide Strikers in Canberra on December 17 before facing Sydney Sixers in the first derby clash at the Showground on December 21.
Andrew McGlashan is a deputy editor at ESPNcricinfo
McSweeney opens for Australia A as he firms for Test spot
"As flagged prior to the series the batting order was subject to adjustment throughout the two-match series," chair of selectors George Bailey said. "We will use the opportunity this week to gather our final information before the announcement of the Test squad for the Border-Gavaskar Series following the Australia A match."
Australia will name a 13-player squad for the first Test with two batting spots up for grabs as a reserve will also be carried.
McSweeney was the standout batting performer for in the first match against India A in Mackay, guiding the chase home with an unbeaten 88 having made 39 in the first innings.
"I'm really confident in my game. I'm progressing and I'm batting some of the best innings I've played," McSweeney told reporters in Mackay after the match. "Hopefully I can continue to learn and get better. If the opportunity comes, I feel like I'm ready.
"If it doesn't, I'll keep working hard and hope that one day I get that call-up. "All I can worry about is making sure my game is in good order. I've got to continue to try and punch out runs."
Between the three specialist openers in the XI, Harris' 36 in the second innings was the highest score they managed.
McSweeney has never opened in his first-class career but is now a realistic candidate to take the position for the first Test against India in Perth. Another option would be for him to bat at his usual No. 3 spot with Marnus Labuschagne moving up, something captain Pat Cummins did not rule out.
"You could do," Cummins said before the first ODI against Pakistan. "Maybe once we we kind of start discussing who's in the side, then you start looking at the batting order.
"Ronnie [coach Andrew McDonald] and I have said it quite a bit - where you bat isn't that important. You try and work out how the batting order as a whole is going to function best. I don't think anyone should be super protective around a certain spot on that."
Australia A XI 1 Marcus Harris, 2 Nathan McSweeney (capt), 3 Cameron Bancroft, 4 Sam Konstas, 5 Ollie Davies, 6 Beau Webster, 7 Jimmy Peirson (wk), 8 Michael Neser, 9 Nathan McAndrew, 10 Scott Boland, 11 Corey Rocchiccioli
Perth Scorchers 142 for 8 (Mooney 77) beat Brisbane Heat 114 (L Harris 40, King 5-16) by 28 runs
Mooney rescued her side after a mid innings collapse left them precariously placed at 106 for 6 in the 17th over.
But the end came quickly after King had Harris caught at long off. It was the first of three wicket in five balls, with just one run added, as Heat were dismissed for 114 with two overs left. King took all of the last four wickets as she returned her best WBBL figures.
Scorchers improved to 2-1 and Heat dropped to 2-2.
Scorchers were quite well placed at 81 for 2 in the 12th over, but lost 4 for 15 before Mooney boosted her side with some effective late hitting. She looked all at sea in the first over, playing and missing three times against impressive Indian quick Shikha Pandey.
Mooney put on 40 in an opening stand with Sophie Devine. Devine struck some handsome offside boundaries before being yorked by Nadine de Klerk.
Nicola Hancock induced two batters into mistiming a short ball and giving an easy catch.
Mooney struck just three fours in her first 40 runs of steady accumulation, but went through the gears and into overdrive in the last three overs. The prolific left-hander struck five of her nine fours in that period as the Heat piled up 34 runs off the last three, before she was bowled behind her legs by Hancock off the last ball of the innings.
Mooney appeared to injure a finger and handed the gloves over to England wicketkeeper Amy Jones halfway through Heat's innings.
Heat lost both openers in the powerplay and slumped to 38 for 3 in the sixth over, despite a typically belligerent start from opener Grace Harris.
They looked out of contention at 87 for 7 after 15 overs, but Laura Harris made them sweat before King's final over proved decisive.
Burrow: Sideline scowls part of being a leader
CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow didn't notice, but it seems many who watched last Sunday's game against the Las Vegas Raiders did.
During the Cincinnati Bengals' 41-24 win over Las Vegas last Sunday, Burrow was seen on broadcast cameras scowling and looking generally upset despite the positive performance. The Bengals won their first home game of the season after dropping the first four, and Burrow became the first player this season to throw five or more touchdowns in multiple games.
After the game, Burrow said that unless the team achieves perfection, there wasn't much to be happy about. Two days later, Burrow said he didn't see all the social media chatter about his disposition and said his demeanor could be better at times.
However, he noted the nonverbal expressions are part of his growth as a leader.
"Maybe I could have not let my emotions show quite as much, but it's also something that I've tried to do more and I know people in the locker room have wanted me to do a little more, whether good or bad," Burrow said. "But I can't show my emotion positively and then when things don't go well, not let that be known as well."
The franchise quarterback who is in the midst of his best season to date said it was an honest depiction of his feelings in the moment as the Bengals (4-5) continue to try to climb out of an early season hole. Cincinnati began the year with three straight losses, the worst start to a season since the Bengals drafted Burrow with the No. 1 overall pick in 2020.
On Tuesday, two days before the Bengals face the Baltimore Ravens (6-3) in a primetime AFC North showdown, Burrow said his comfort level with being more demonstrative this season has been a give-and-take process.
"I know that people feed off of my emotion in a positive way," Burrow said. "It's tough for me as a quarterback," Burrow. "I play my best when ... I'm not up and down and pissed and then happy and all that."
"Maybe I could have not let my emotions show quite as much, but it's also something that I've tried to do more, and I know people in the locker room have wanted me to do a little more, whether good or bad. But I can't show my emotion positively and then when things don't go well, not let that be known as well." Joe Burrow
Burrow enters Thursday's game ranked second in Total QBR at 76.3, the highest mark in his career. He trails only Baltimore's Lamar Jackson, who has a 77.3 Total QBR, according to ESPN Research.
Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, who is second in the league in total receiving yards, said Burrow's leadership approach is needed given the Bengals' need to have a near-flawless second half of the season in order to confidently make the postseason.
"But that's always been him," Chase said. "He's always been that type of guy to hold himself to a standard. He's just doing it more vocally now."
The Ravens, last year's AFC North champions, are looking to sweep the Bengals in this year's season series. Cincinnati had won the division in 2021 and 2022 and reached the Super Bowl and AFC Championship Game in each of those respective seasons.
Last year's title hopes were derailed when Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury against Baltimore in Week 11, which was also a Thursday night game. Burrow joked that the league likes to put a star player back into a similar position a year after they suffer a serious injury, citing New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers opening the year on "Monday Night Football" after he suffered an Achilles injury in primetime of Week 1 the year before.
But for Burrow, any added significance comes from simply the team on the schedule.
"Divisional opponents always mean a lot," Burrow said. "Especially where we are right now, [the] point of the year, playing Baltimore is a big game."
Hornets' Richards out with rib cartilage fracture
An MRI revealed that Charlotte Hornets center Nick Richards has a right first rib cartilage fracture, the team announced Tuesday.
Richards sustained the injury in the first half of Friday's loss to the Boston Celtics. He will be evaluated on "an every-other-week basis," and the Hornets said his status will be updated after the team's Nov. 17 road trip.
The loss of Richards is another blow to the Hornets, who were already without starting center Mark Williams. Williams has not played this season because of a foot injury.
Richards, a fifth-year veteran, is averaging 11.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in five games this season.
Embiid suspended 3 games for shoving columnist
Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid will be suspended for three games without pay for shoving Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes after Saturday's loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA announced on Tuesday.
"Mutual respect is paramount to the relationship between players and media in the NBA," Joe Dumars, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations, said in a statement announcing the suspension. "While we understand Joel was offended by the personal nature of the original version of the reporter's column, interactions must remain professional on both sides and can never turn physical."
The incident took place Saturday night, and came in reaction to Embiid taking issue with a recent column by Hayes that mentioned Embiid's son and late brother -- both named Arthur -- while questioning Embiid's professionalism and effort to stay in shape.
After shouting at Hayes during an exchange of words, Embiid shoved the columnist.
Embiid has yet to play this season because of ongoing issues with his left knee, which he had surgery on last season and limited his play during a first-round loss to the New York Knicks in the postseason. He is on Philadelphia's current West Coast road trip, which the 76ers opened Monday with a 118-116 loss to the Phoenix Suns in what was Paul George's debut with the franchise.
Embiid will lose $1,063,778 in pay during the suspension, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks, and the suspension will begin whenever Embiid is deemed ready to return to the court.
That could come as soon as Wednesday's game against the LA Clippers -- George's former team -- at the newly opened Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Philadelphia has yet to release its injury report for the game as of 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, and Embiid could potentially be upgraded to a return to play.
If he is deemed ready to play Wednesday, he would miss that game, Friday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers and Sunday's game back in Philadelphia against the Charlotte Hornets. That would make his first game of the year come next Tuesday in Philadelphia against the Knicks in the 76ers' opening game of NBA Cup action.
If his suspension doesn't begin until Friday, then Embiid's first game back would be next Wednesday, also at home, against the currently undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers.
Lightning's Point (lower body) out against Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning top-line forward Brayden Point has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the host St. Louis Blues due to a lower-body injury.
Point sustained his injury during the first period of Tampa Bay's 7-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
Anthony Cirelli likely will be elevated to the top line to play alongside former Hart Trophy recipient Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel.
Point, 28, has 13 points (eight goals, five assists) and a club-best five power-play goals in 12 games this season.
He has 566 points (272 goals, 294 assists) in 592 career games since being selected by the Lightning in the third round of the 2014 NHL Draft.
Also on Tuesday, the Lightning recalled forward Gage Goncalves from Syracuse of the American Hockey League.
Goncalves, 23, has four assists in four games with the Crunch this season.
Saka: Arsenal's title hopes are 'not delusional'
Bukayo Saka has said it is "not delusional" to think Arsenal can still win the Premier League.
Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Newcastle saw the Gunners drop to fifth place in the table, seven points behind leaders Liverpool and five adrift of defending champions Manchester City.
Arsenal have not won the title since 2004 and finished runners-up to City in each of the past two seasons.
Saka has previously claimed that "this is the year" the Gunners finally end their wait and asked whether he still had faith in that view ahead of a daunting midweek Champions League trip to Inter Milan, the 23-year-old said: "For me I always live by the quote, 'it's not what you see, it's what you believe.'
"But at the same time it's important to not be delusional and in this case I don't think it's delusional to believe. If you look at our squad, the quality we have, the players we have and at the same time we're only in November so I don't think I've lost any belief. I don't think anyone in the changing room has either."
Saka has worn the armband on multiple occasions in the absence of regular skipper Martin Ødegaard through injury and is likely to do so on Wednesday evening when Arsenal face Inter in the Champions League league phase.
Pushed on whether he felt the need to address the group after a tricky run of two wins from their last five games, Saka said: "I think I would if I felt I needed to but I think it's important not to overreact as well.
"Obviously there's a lot of noise around the club and we lost two games and drew another one.
"But at the same time I think it's important to stay calm and doing all of these things can at the same time create more calm but they can also create a bit more panic and chaos and I don't think we need that right now.
"So I'm just doing my best to help the team in every way I can and if I need to do that I'll do that for sure."
Source: Colts QB Richardson off-limits in trades
INDIANAPOLIS -- Multiple teams inquired about the availability of Colts second-year quarterback Anthony Richardson ahead of the NFL trade deadline, but the team maintained that Richardson was off-limits, a source told ESPN.
Richardson was benched last week for veteran Joe Flacco, creating doubt about the future of the 2023 fourth overall draft pick. Colts coach Shane Steichen said he made the decision to make Flacco the starter "going forward" because he determined that Flacco gave the team a better chance to win.
The Colts struggled Sunday night in a loss to Minnesota, producing one of their worst offensive performances of the season. Steichen said Monday that he plans to start Flacco again for Sunday's home game against Buffalo Bills.
Richardson's struggles this season have been well documented, including his league-low 44.4% completion rate and seven interceptions. But there was significant interest around the league in Richardson leading up to the 2023 draft, and his tantalizing physical traits likely still make him appealing.
For the Colts, trading Richardson would have been stunning. Although the team's long-term commitment to the player has been questioned since his benching, the Colts don't have an obvious path to another starter quarterback beyond Flacco, who is 39 and playing on a one-year contract. Entertaining a trade would fly in the face of what the Colts said after making the quarterback change, including Steichen saying the team was "not giving up on him by any means."
Internally, the Colts have maintained that they still consider Richardson their future and hope to reinstate him as their starter at some point, whether this season or next.
"We're not losing faith in him," Steichen said.
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