Jofra Archer described the atmosphere in the England dressing room as "very welcoming" after making his much-anticipated debut against Ireland in Dublin on Friday. Archer, who only became eligible for England last month, picked up 1 for 40 on his first outing but said he was trying "not to set his heart" on winning a World Cup spot over the next few weeks.

The possibility of Archer forcing his way into the World Cup squad had brought guarded responses from a few of his prospective team-mates, notably David Willey, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes. Archer said that he had since spoken to all three and was not worried about how the situation had been portrayed.

"It's been very welcoming," Archer said. "I knew most of the guys before coming here but it's nice to come into a new team with some people you know. Sometimes the media can get things wrong and misquote people. Since I've been here I didn't feel any malice at all. It's a really welcoming bunch of lads. I'm happy.

"It's game by game, I'm not thinking too far ahead. If I do well here it will probably put my case forward. But I'm not focusing on the World Cup spot."

Archer, 24, initially came to England in 2016 expecting to go through a seven-year process to qualify for England and admitted that he had not envisaged himself being in contention to play at the forthcoming World Cup.

"It's done now. I'm here," he said. "It happened a bit quicker than I expected - I had my eyes set on 2023 and to be given the opportunity so early is really exciting. I'm here with a great team at a great time."

Archer said he had not slept much the night before and conceded to a few nerves in his opening over. He took the new ball alongside Willey, delivering a respectable first spell, before returning later in the innings to crank up the pace and claim his maiden international wicket with a 90mph that knocked out Mark Adair's off stump.

"I generally don't sleep too early," he said. "I probably was thinking about today a bit, but not too much.

"I didn't really have a chance to think about [the wicket]. The guy was starting to up the ante a bit, so I was just focused on getting him out, [although] obviously I was a bit excited."

Although Archer was left out of England's preliminary World Cup 15 when it was announced last month, he now has a T20I against Pakistan on Sunday followed by a five-match ODI series with the same opponents to push himself into contention. The process is out of his hands but he said he would understand the disappointment if he were to take the place of one of the more-senior members of the squad.

"Anyone would think about it. But [all I can do is] just play well here and hope, I guess. I'll try not to set my heart on it. Obviously the guys have been together a long time and they probably do deserve it so I won't feel too bad if I'm left out."

At one point, there was a chance that Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier might never walk again.

On Friday, Shazier walked Michelle Rodriguez down the aisle as they got married in Pittsburgh. And if that wasn't accomplishment enough, he even danced with his new bride.

That's @RyanShazier DANCING at his wedding! ? (via @Love_Ola_9) pic.twitter.com/4brfxrMEjo

— ESPN (@espn) May 4, 2019

Shazier was rushed to a University of Cincinnati hospital on Dec. 4, 2017 after a tackling attempt against the Cincinnati Bengals left him struggling to move. The two-time Pro Bowler underwent spinal stabilization surgery a few days after, and he didn't regain movement in his legs until the following February.

In the days, weeks and months that have followed, Shazier has tackled milestone after milestone in his ultimate goal of returning to the NFL. Where paralysis once was a concern in the days after the injury, Shazier has retaught himself to walk, drive a car, jog and lift weights.

And you can add walking down the aisle and dancing with his bride to that list of accomplishments.

Shazier will not play in 2019, and his contract tolled at a minimum salary, giving him one more year toward NFL pension. The team has kept him on the roster with the physically unable to perform (PUP) designation simply because, as coach Mike Tomlin has said, "it's Ryan Shazier."

ESPN's Jeremy Fowler contributed to this report.

PHILADELPHIA -- Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam suffered a right calf contusion, and has been listed as doubtful for Game 4 of the Raptors' conference semifinals series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

Siakam said on Saturday he hurt the calf in the Raptors' 116-95 loss at Philadelphia in Game 3 on Thursday, but couldn't recall precisely when the injury occurred.

"I don't know exactly when it happened, but after the game I was just like really sore," Siakam said. "I think it calmed down a little bit, then I felt worse."

Siakam hasn't been able to put the leg through much physical activity since Thursday. The calf has been undergoing treatment, including ice as well as light movement therapy, he said.

A favorite to win the NBA's Most Improved Player award, Siakam has emerged as one of the Raptors' most consistent offensive producers behind Kawhi Leonard this postseason. In eight postseason games this spring, Siakam has averaged 22.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists, with an effective field goal percentage of 56.9. Siakam is also a versatile defender who has guarded all five positions for the Raptors at various junctures over the past two postseasons.

Siakam's absence would challenge the Raptors because the team is already without reserve forward OG Anunoby, who underwent an emergency appendectomy just prior to the start of the playoffs.

"With the OG out, it's not the ideal position for us," said Raptors coach Nick Nurse. "We're a little thin there."

Each scenario presents a different complication for Toronto. Nurse suggested Raptors backup guard Fred VanVleet as one option, noting the team had enjoyed success with pace and ball movement when VanVleet has played as part of a three-guard lineup. In 56 minutes on the floor with the starting backcourt and Leonard, lineups featuring VanVleet averaged 116.7 points per 100 possessions, with a net rating of plus-46.8.

Yet replacing Siakam with a perimeter player would put the Raptors at a greater size disadvantage against a Philadelphia team that features exceptional length and has hurt Toronto on the offensive glass.

"Size has been a problem," Nurse said. "We knew coming into the series that they would have size at a lot of positions."

The Raptors could also opt to start backup big man Serge Ibaka, who has struggled in the series. Nurse also suggested as another possibility 6-foot-7 swingman Patrick McCaw, who has seen limited time on the floor since returning from a right thumb injury. Introducing McCaw into the starting lineup would enable the Raptors to preserve their current rotation, Nurse said.

With the Raptors trailing 2-1 in the series and now potentially without their second-most prolific scorer, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said that it was imperative for the rest of the team to compensate in an effort to help leading scorer Kawhi Leonard.

"Kawhi has been unbelievable in the playoffs, Pascal's been unbelievable in the playoffs," Lowry said on Saturday. "As other players around those guys we need to step up in general, make some shots, be more aggressive, draw some more fouls, try to do some more things to help relieve the little bit of the scoring burden off of them."

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Luke Gregerson is rejoining the major league roster as he looks to pitch for the first time since July after being diagnosed with a right shoulder impingement.

The Cardinals activated Gregerson off the 10-day injured list ahead of Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs.

Gregerson was placed on the injured list three times in 2018, with the shoulder injury in July ending his season. He also missed two months earlier in 2018 with the same injury.

He has pitched just 12 2/3 innings since signing a two-year contract with the Cardinals in the 2018 offseason. The 34-year-old has a career ERA of 3.10 while playing for the San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros and Cardinals.

In a corresponding move, outfielder Tyler O'Neill was optioned to Triple-A Memphis. O'Neill was hitting .263 with one home run and 4 RBIs in 21 games this season.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Yankees starter James Paxton was placed on the 10-day injured list with left knee inflammation, the team announced Saturday.

The southpaw left Friday night's game against the Twins after three innings.

"It's just something that's nagging at me enough that I couldn't execute pitches," Paxton said after the game. "I'm not real worried it's going to be something long term. I'm hoping it's something that's just a quick fix."

It's the eighth time he's been placed on the DL in his seven-year career.

Paxton is the 14th Yankee currently on the IL.

The 30-year-old is 3-2 this season with a 3.11 ERA, 52 strikeouts and 13 walks.

New York called up right-hander Jake Barrett from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

ANDERSON, Ind. – Even before he laid a tire onto the race track for Friday’s Must See Racing Sprint Car Series practice night at Anderson Speedway, Tyler Roahrig was already all smiles.

It had been three years since he had strapped into a winged asphalt sprint car to go racing, but the feel came back right away for the 28-year-old from Mishawaka, Ind.

The joy didn’t go away, either, even if Roahrig was admittedly “still in non-winged mode” during his first run of hot laps at the quarter-mile, high-banked paved oval.

“Man, I forgot how much fun to drive these things are,” Roahrig said after climbing from the Wayne Stickney-owned No. 99. “It’s been three years, and this practice has already reminded me how much I missed these winged cars are, especially at this place. I’m already having a blast with these guys.”

Roahrig noted that there was a certain aggression factor in driving the winged car versus the non-winged car that he had to readjust to between the first and second sessions on Friday.

“I’ve been so used to running without the wing here the last few years that I forgot how hard you could really run these things with the wing on top,” Roahrig noted. “The first session, I was still a little bit out to lunch, I guess you’d say, but the second session we picked up three or four tenths … and that was pretty much all me as the driver running it harder.

“But I really did forget how much enjoyment there is in running these things,” he continued. “It’s been since 2016 that I’ve run a winged car in the (United) States, and I’m really enjoying being back.”

Roahrig noted that his partnership with the Stickney Racing Team came in large part due to a race in his home state that never ended up happening because of a washout last fall.

“Wayne got ahold of me last year and wanted me to run a race in Fort Wayne at Baer Field (Motorsports Park), because I was going to be there anyways with my late model,” Roahrig recalled. “That race rained out, unfortunately, but we kept in touch over the winter and decided to come here for our first race of the season.

“I think we fit well together as a team, because these guys are serious racers, just like I am. They want to win, they work hard on their car and I know it’s a good piece,” he added. “A lot of good racers have not only driven this car, but won in it, and I hope I can be the next one to add my name to that list.”

Though he likely won’t contest the full Must See Racing Sprint Car Series schedule and contend for rookie-of-the-year honors due to a handful of late model conflicts, Roahrig does expect to race a good number of series events this season with Stickney’s team, including at least the first two events.

Roahrig also hopes to head east for the doubleheader weekend at Hillside Buffalo Speedway in Holland, N.Y., in late July, as well as hit the Border Wars doubleheader at Michigan’s Owosso Speedway and Ohio’s Sandusky Speedway in late August.

“I think we’ll definitely do a few more,” he noted. “It’ll kind of be on a week-to-week basis, but I’m really excited to race with these guys. Basically, I’m going to run the (No.) 99 car whenever I can. Whenever my schedule allows and their schedule allows is when you’ll see us.

“We could do anywhere around 10 races, I can’t really say for sure. We’ll see what happens.”

One thing was clear on Friday, though. Roahrig’s love for being back in a sprint car was virtually unmatched by any other force in the Anderson pit area, and he was quick to explain why, as well.

“Sprint cars are just a raw form of motorsports, in my opinion,” Roahrig noted. “They’re pretty simple and it’s just about whatever it takes to be fast, is how a sprint car is built … compared to a late model, anyways. My family actually started out in open-wheel cars, running in supermodifieds and sprints, so I’ve always been drawn to them. It has just taken me a while to be able to do it regularly.

“I love sprint car racing, though, and I have ever since I was a little kid. It’s good to be back.”

Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake scored a stoppage time winner to break nine-man Tottenham's resistance and earn a 1-0 victory on Saturday.

Tottenham saw Son Heung-Min and Juan Foyth shown red cards either side of half-time, but held out until stoppage time before conceding the game's only goal.

Mauricio Pochettino's men came into the match knowing three points would confirm their place in next season's Champions League -- and Lucas Moura came close to opening the scoring early on when his long-range effort almost caught rookie goalkeeper Mark Travers out of position, only to drift narrowly wide.

However, Travers then produced a succession of impressive saves to keep the visitors at bay before Spurs' game plan began to unravel.

Eric Dier was lucky not to pick up a second yellow card when he stopped a Bournemouth breakaway on 34 minutes only to see referee Craig Pawson wave play on.

And minutes later he almost gave away a penalty when he kicked Callum Wilson in the back of the leg but again Pawson said no.

Yet there was no escape for Son on 43 minutes when he was sent off for striking Jefferson Lerma in the face following a tussle with the Colombia international.

Pochettino wrung the changes at half-time as he withdrew Dier and Toby Alderweireld for Victor Wanyama and Foyth -- only to see the Argentina international dismissed two minutes and 13 seconds into the second half for a reckless tackle.

Bournemouth failed to create an openings for the majority of the game, before Ake scored a free header from a corner in stoppage time to secure all three points.

Tottenham will still be guaranteed a top four finish if Arsenal fail to beat Brighton at the Emirates on Sunday but a win for Chelsea against Watford would see them drop to fourth. Bournemouth move up to 12th.

The strangest thing about nine-man Tottenham's self-destruction in Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth was that it occurred in entirely unthreatening surroundings.

This was a lunchtime kick-off on a pleasant day at the Premier League's smallest ground, and Tottenham were up against a Bournemouth side with little to play for.

The home side were in poor form, spent the prematch period handing out end-of-season awards and named a debutant goalkeeper so unknown he didn't even have a Wikipedia page this morning. This should have been a stroll in the park.

Yet it was in this end-of-term spirit that Spurs completely lost their discipline and collapsed in a fashion that has become familiar to their fans at this stage of each season.

Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino said: "I think everyone saw the game, everyone can have their own opinion. It was live on TV, 12:30 p.m., I don't need to explain too much, everyone saw on TV, everyone here saw what happened. That's football.

"It's impossible to manage everything. It's cruel to fight in the second half with nine players, to concede a goal in the second half like that is cruel, but we need to move on."

The collapse, courtesy of Nathan Ake's injury time winner, brings to mind the end of the 2015-16 campaign. Spurs were in with a chance of pipping Leicester to the Premier League title before falling to a draw at home to West Brom, infamously blowing a 2-0 lead away at Chelsea to mathematically end their title hopes -- in a game featuring even more wild tackles than this one -- then losing 2-1 at home to Southampton.

Then, finally, they were thrashed 5-1 by an already-relegated Newcastle side down to 10 men. Eventually, they suffered the ignominy of finishing behind rivals Arsenal.

Spurs have, in fairness, finished the last two campaigns relatively strongly, but this late-season slump feels familiar, and will inevitably be on their minds if they are challenging in the final weeks this time next season.

Tottenham are physically exhausted, still competing in two competitions with a threadbare squad and Harry Kane out injured. But this performance -- and a third successive defeat to stretch their dismal run to one win in six -- suggested a psychological frailty too.

Things started when Eric Dier, who has endured a dreadful period over the past year, got booked after just 10 minutes for fouling Ryan Fraser. Toby Alderweireld followed him into the book shortly after for cynically bringing down Josh King with a challenge that wasn't so much wild, more deliberate -- ensuring at least one of his legs made contact to halt a counter-attack.

Players on a yellow card generally show restraint and make fewer tackles, but not Dier. He stopped a Bournemouth break with a completely unnecessary lunge on King in the centre circle, which looked so obviously like a bookable offence that Bournemouth fans chanted "Off! Off! Off!' for 10 seconds before realising referee Craig Pawson hadn't even awarded a foul. Replays suggest Dier may have got his toe on the ball, but it was a remarkably risky tackle.

Dier was subsequently fortunate not to concede a penalty when his wild swipe inside the six-yard box missed the ball completely and flattened Callum Wilson, while Moussa Sissoko was beaten to a second ball by Ake and responded by bringing him down to become the third player in the book.

And then, shortly before half-time, Spurs were reduced to 10 when Son Heung-min -- perhaps the last player you'd expect to be dismissed for violent conduct -- responded to an altercation with Jefferson Lerma with a bit of a stamp and shove, and marched down the tunnel a minute before his teammates.

Pochettino couldn't risk going down to nine. Therefore, he removed booked pair Dier and Alderweireld, which made sense. On came Victor Wanyama and Juan Foyth.

The problem, though, was that it took Foyth just two minutes before he launched into an absolutely ludicrous challenge on Jack Simpson -- among stiff competition, the most obvious foul of the match.

For all Pochettino's praise of his young compatriot, this was the second bizarrely ill-disciplined match of Foyth's Premier League campaign: two penalties conceded at Wolves, and now a two-minute red card at Bournemouth.

"We needed fresh legs, and we needed to avoid another yellow card. But after three minutes, the plan didn't work," Pochettino said.

At nine against 11, the Spurs coach reshaped into a formation that is probably best expressed as a back four and a diamond midfield. They spent much of the second half simply chasing Bournemouth, who worked the ball from side to side without creating many goal-scoring chances.

For long periods it seemed Spurs would hold on to a clean sheet and the nine remaining players would be hailed as heroes but the physical exertions weren't ideal preparation for their Champions League semifinal second leg away at Ajax on Wednesday, with the side 1-0 down on aggregate.

Things got even worse for Spurs as the game ticked into stoppage time, when Fraser's in-swinging corner was powered home by Ake. It was another blow to Spurs' chances of finishing in the top four, even if things will be in their own hands for the home clash with Everton next Sunday.

The real hero, though, was debutant goalkeeper Mark Travers, who would have been completely unfamiliar to many Bournemouth supporters on the morning of game but ended the game enjoying a lengthy ovation having been named the sponsors' man of the match.

He made a series of fine saves -- from a long-range Dele Alli effort he parried away, a smart top over when Lucas got in behind, and then a positive low stop when the Brazilian broke through for a one-on-one. There was also some smart sweeping as Spurs lofted balls in behind the Bournemouth defence.

"In the first half we dominated, we were so good on the pitch. When you look a the game, we played for 45 minutes with two players less than Bournemouth, and then at the end of the match, the man of the match was the keeper. When you think a little about that, you realise [that we played well]," Pochettino added.

Travers was the only Bournemouth player that can feel particularly proud of his efforts, as the home side were alarmingly feeble when attempting to break down Spurs' nine men.

But Bournemouth collected the three points, while Spurs stumbled to another loss. Their only success since reaching the Champions League semifinals following that chaotic 4-3 defeat at Manchester City was the unconvincing late 1-0 win over Brighton, courtesy of Christian Eriksen's last-minute winner.

Spurs are still likely to re-qualify for the Champions League, but this is a squad running on empty and the extra energy exerted here because of the self-inflicted numerical disadvantage means a midweek comeback in Amsterdam will be even tougher.

Big picture

How did it come down to this for Kings XI Punjab (again)? After winning four out of their first six matches in IPL 2019, they managed just two wins in their next nine games to be ousted from the playoffs contention. They now run into Chennai Super Kings, who had knocked them out last season. Super Kings were the first to qualify for the playoffs this year, and they now have a chance to finish No. 1 and firm up their place in the first qualifier at their fortress Chepauk.

A two-two finish would still be within Super Kings' grasp even if they lose (by a slender margin) in Mohali on Sunday. However, they wouldn't want to let net run-rate decide their fate. While Dhoni is in stellar form and Suresh Raina returned to form against Delhi Capitals, there are still questions over Kedar Jadhav and Ambati Rayudu.

Shane Watson has had one match-winning innings at the top, but he should relish this Mohali track, where the bounce is largely consistent and the ball slides onto the bat. Kings XI's middle order is rickety as well, but that's partly down to mismanagement of resources. David Miller got 10 matches, but has scored only 213 runs at a strike rate of 129.87. Nicholas Pooran, a more versatile performer and an excellent player of spin, who deftly tackled sluggish surfaces in the Caribbean Premier League, has got only five innings this IPL, making 132 runs at greater strike rate of 155.29. Pooran v Super Kings' spinners could well turn out to be a mouth-watering contest.

In the news

Super Kings released their reserve wicketkeeper-batsman N Jagadeesan to turn out for his club Vijay CC in Chennai. Dhoni has been bothered by a back niggle and illness through this season, so should the team management rest him again, part-timer Rayudu will take over the wicketkeeping gloves.

Previous meeting

R Ashwin unleashed his bag of tricks in his first IPL match as part of the opposition in Chennai, but New Zealand quick Scott Kuggeleijn adjusted to the slower-than-usual Chepauk pitch and muzzled Kings XI's middle order, defending 160.

Likely XIs

Kings XI Punjab (probable): 1 Chris Gayle, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Sam Curran, 7 R Ashwin (capt.), 8 M Ashwin, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mujeeb Ur Rahman/AJ Tye

Chennai Super Kings (probable) 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Kedar Jadhav, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Ambati Rayudu, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Dwayne Bravo, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Harbhajan Singh, 11 Imran Tahir

Strategy punt

• Pooran's release shot against spinners is the big loft over long-off. After mastering it in the CPL, he has also shown glimpses of the loft in IPL 2019. Super Kings could try to counter that by placing a straightish long-off - like they did back in the day against Mumbai Indians' Kieron Pollard.

• R Ashwin has had Rayudu's number in the IPL. He has dismissed Rayudu four times in 11 innings, while conceding 65 runs off 59 balls. So, there's a case for Ashwin to save himself for Rayudu in the middle overs.

• Harbhajan Singh v Chris Gayle is the more obvious match-up. The offspinner has got Gayle four times in 10 IPL innings. All told, Gayle has managed only 97 off 97 balls from Harbhajan in the IPL.

Stats that matter

• Mayank Agarwal has got to eight 20-plus scores this IPL, but he has been able to convert only two of them into half-centuries. And he has been dismissed seven times by spin in 12 matches.

• Kings XI's overseas seamers - Sam Curran, Andrew Tye and Hardus Viljoen - all have an economy rate of over 10 in the end overs. Among them, they have leaked 284 runs in 25 overs at the death.

• Dhoni's strike rate of 216 in IPL 2019 is his best since IPL 2015.

• Dhoni fancies batting against Kings XI. He has struck five fifties against them - his most against any opposition in the IPL.

• If Super Kings win on Sunday, it will be their 100th IPL victory. They will be the second team to get there after Mumbai Indians.

• Imran Tahir needs two scalps to reach 300 T20 wickets. Shahid Afridi, Sunil Narine, and Shakib Al Hasan are the only other spinners to have achieved this milestone before.