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New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers, 8:08 p.m. ET

Pitching matchup: Gerrit Cole (8-5, 3.41 ERA) vs. Jack Flaherty (13-7 3.17 ERA)

Starting lineups:

Yankees

Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Juan Soto (L) RF
Aaron Judge (R) CF
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (L) 3B
Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
Anthony Volpe (R) SS
Austin Wells (L) C
Alex Verdugo (L) LF

Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani (L) DH
Mookie Betts (R) RF
Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
Max Muncy (L) 3B
Enrique Hernandez (R) CF
Will Smith (R) C
Gavin Lux (L) 2B
Tommy Edman (S) SS

Pep Guardiola has said there will not be a Manchester United-style collapse at Manchester City if he decides to quit as manager in the summer.

United haven't won the Premier League title since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down in 2013. City have won it in six of the last seven years and Guardiola is adamant the club will continue winning even after he leaves the Etihad Stadium.

"I don't know what happened [at United],"Guardiola said.

"It will be a bad sign for the club if after just one person leaves and everything is dragged down. Maybe they will make mistakes, but during the mistakes they will solve it.

"Then the mistakes will be solved immediately, that is for sure. The guys know exactly what they have to do."

Guardiola is under contract until the end of the season and has so far refused to be drawn on whether he will extend his deal.

Sources have told ESPN that City expect a decision between the November international break and the new year, although they have been conscious of not putting pressure on the 53-year-old to make up his mind.

Director of football Txiki Begiristain has already told the club he will leave at the end of the season and will be replaced by Hugo Viana from Sporting Lisbon.

"They [the club] will be patient, calm and know what they have to do," Guardiola said.

"Absolutely, I don't have doubts about that. With Txiki for 12 years and my case, it is normal that it looks like we cannot leave, but of course we can move on. Life moves on. The earth continues to go round.

"The club is well run and the structure is good. Solid clubs don't depend on one figure or another. When the club is strong it doesn't matter. Otherwise it would not be good."

Standing on the grass at Lower.com Field, Jorge Mas couldn't help but smile.

Inter Miami's managing owner had just watched his team clinch the Supporters' Shield with a win against the Columbus Crew. With a brace from Lionel Messi -- the man Mas worked so hard to bring to Miami in the first place -- and a goal from Messi's pal Luis Suárez, Miami's victory in Columbus was a fitting way to clinch the trophy.

And yet, it was goalkeeper Drake Callender -- whose homegrown rights were acquired in a trade with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2019 -- who made the biggest play of the game by stopping Cucho Hernández's potential game-tying penalty kick in the 84th minute.

Miami's Supporters' Shield victory, and the win that made it official, wasn't solely about the stars. It was about the whole team.

"It's the sacrifice and the work of a whole team," said Mas after witnessing his team win the Shield. "Obviously, you saw the magic of Messi and Suárez tonight, the superstars, but this is a team. For a multitude of reasons, we've gone through most of the season without some of our stars. We're top of the table."

For all of his goal contributions, Messi missed a ton of time between international duty with Argentina and an injury suffered in the Copa América final. He only started 15 regular season games and played just 1,489 minutes. Of course, this historic season for Inter Miami was still about Messi, who managed to lead the league in non-penalty goal contributions, with 30, and was rewarded (along with Luis Suárez) with a spot on the MVP shortlist, which was announced Thursday.

But it wasn't just about Messi. It was also about the players who kept Miami at a record points-per-game pace even without the legendary Argentine. It's high time we give the supporting cast some love.

The Barca boys

Don't worry, there will be plenty of spotlight left for more unheralded names, but it would be wrong to start the recognition train anywhere outside of Messi's former Barcelona teammates.

With 20 goals and nine assists, Luis Suárez was a truly elite striker for Miami in 2024. He finished tied for first in MLS in non-penalty goals and second in the league in non-penalty goal contributions. Suárez didn't just produce on the back of Messi's playmaking -- he scored nine of his 20 regular-season goals when Messi wasn't on the field at all. Managing 45% of your goals without the best chance creator this sport has ever seen playing next to you? That's how you keep a Supporters' Shield and single-season points record fire going.

And it's not just about the goals for Suárez. Just ask head coach Gerardo Martino, also formerly of Barcelona.

"Luis Suárez has probably been the best player on the pitch, but I don't want to focus on the goals, I focus more on the game and everything he gives us," Martino said in August.

The 37-year-old ended the regular season among the top 10 strikers in expected assists and key passes, according to American Soccer Analysis. Suárez's diverse attacking skillset made life so much easier for his teammates, even in games without Messi.

Moving into the midfield, Sergio Busquets shined on the ball for Inter Miami, just as we've all come to expect from his nearly two decades as a pro. According to American Soccer Analysis' goals added metric, which measures the value of a player's on-ball actions, Busquets added more value with his passing than all but 14 players in MLS this season.

More than just breaking defensive structures with his distribution from midfield or the center-back spot, Busquets thrived as an innings-eater for Inter Miami this year. No outfield player in South Florida played more than the Spaniard's 2,484 minutes. Talk about reliable and productive.

Finally, Jordi Alba carved open his share of defenses from left-back this year. According to FBref, the 35-year-old landed in the 94th percentile in non-penalty expected goals plus expected assisted goals per 90 minutes among MLS full-backs in 2024.

With his silky left-footed playmaking and sharp off-ball movement, Alba delivered plenty of creation for teammates and was downright elite in his position. On Inter Miami's roster, only Suárez and Messi ended the season with more goal contributions than Alba.

The clean-up crew

Playing for Inter Miami is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you're signing up to play with a group of legends that includes the greatest player of all time. On the other, you're signing up to do all the defensive dirty work those legends don't want to do anymore.

Diego Gómez did a bunch of the hard running for this Miami team. It's Gómez's engine, mixed with his developing skill on the ball, that seems to have him heading across the Atlantic to play for Brighton & Hove Albion next year.

"Surely Diego will leave us and we accompany this situation with gratitude," Martino said. "In just a year and a half, he showed all the good things he had already shown at Libertad and pre-Olympic tournaments. He has improved and gotten the attention of Premier League teams."

Often used as either a No. 8 or as a narrow winger, the 21-year-old Paraguayan landed in the 95th percentile in tackles per 90 minutes among MLS midfielders, according to FBref. He also landed in the 91st percentile in aerials won among that same group of players.

Toss in Gómez's six goal contributions, sharp late-arrivals in the box and strong progressive carrying into the equation and you have a dynamic presence to help offset the static elder statesmen.

Still, if there's one Miami player who's felt the pressure to defend like his livelihood depended on it, it's Julian Gressel. The former Atlanta United right-sider reunited with Martino in the offseason and has been used in a Rodrigo De Paul-esque role at times in 2024. For Argentina, De Paul often plays as a hybrid right midfielder/central midfielder, shifting between the two roles to accommodate Messi's movement (or lack thereof).

Even while adjusting to a complex role, Gressel put up elite chance-creation numbers. According to American Soccer Analysis, he finished ninth among wingers in key passes and 11th in expected assists.

Gressel's ability to build his game around Messi and to carry some of the playmaking burden in his absence was a major asset for Miami. Like Gómez and Gressel, Drake Callender was asked to clean up more than his fair share of messes in 2024.

Tasked with holding things down between the posts as opposing attackers ran through Miami's ragged defensive shape, the 27-year-old goalkeeper put together the best shot-stopping season of his career. Callender saved 3.6 goals more than expected, according to FBref, good for eighth in all of MLS.

"He's a goalkeeper that saves games like he did tonight and did a lot last season," Martino said after Callender made a trio of saves in Miami's narrow 1-0 win over D.C. United in May. "He left us in the game, and that's how we were able to win it."

Without his penalty save in Columbus, Miami would've had to wait to clinch the Shield. Without an entire season's worth of excellence, Miami might never have clinched the Shield at all.

The unexpected additions

When Yannick Bright began his NCAA career at the University of New Hampshire, few would've predicted he'd be playing for a star-studded Inter Miami team just four years later. But for Bright, who was drafted by Miami in December, that's exactly what happened.

The rookie began 2024 without any real expectations -- he didn't even sign a first-team contract until after the season had begun. Eventually, though, Bright's ball winning became too hard to overlook. Since June 19, the 23-year-old from Italy has started 12 of a possible 15 regular-season games for Miami and appeared off the bench in the other three. He's been a defensive monster.

According to American Soccer Analysis, Bright has added more value with his interrupting -- think tackles, interceptions and blocks -- on a per-90-minute basis than all but eight players with at least 1,000 minutes this year.

Although Federico Redondo had a much higher profile than Bright before arriving in Miami, he wouldn't have expected to be suiting up in pink, either. Redondo signed in late February as a season-ending-injury replacement for Facundo Farías. Since then, the Argentina youth international has shown real potential. With his big frame, Redondo can glide across midfield to cover ground, progress the ball and arrive in the box at just the right moment to fire off a shot.

According to FBref, he's in the 80th percentile or higher among MLS midfielders in non-penalty goals per 90, successful take-ons per 90, carries per 90, through balls per 90, tackles per 90 and aerial win percentage. One of the most well-rounded young No. 8s in MLS, Redondo has put his minutes to good use.

While Matías Rojas has played the fewest minutes of any player on this list -- just 802 in the regular season -- his midseason arrival from Brazil's Corinthians gave Miami another attacking weapon to cover for Messi's various absences. Rojas started five of Miami's Messi-less games this year and has been effective off the bench, too.

Based on FBref's data, the Paraguayan sits in the 83rd percentile in non-penalty expected goals plus expected assisted goals per 90 minutes, among MLS midfielders.

With his first touch and vision, Rojas would be an every-game starter for half of the league. That he's been a role player for Miami illustrates their depth.

Between the other Barca boys, the clean-up crew and the unexpected arrivals, Inter Miami's 2024 season really has been about more than Messi. Mas said it best: "This is a team."

Francis Ngannou is tired of listening to UFC CEO Dana White and wants to set the record straight.

Ngannou, 38, successfully returned to MMA after a two-year detour in boxing -- and the death of his 15-month-old son -- by defeating PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira in the main event of PFL Super Fights in Abu Dhabi.

While most of the MMA world celebrated Ngannou's return, White took aim at his former champion at a news conference ahead of UFC 308 by saying that he considered cutting Ngannou before he became champion and that "The Predator" actively ducked a fight with current UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones.

Ngannou reacted to White on Sirius XM Fight Nation's MMA Today.

"I think Dana's trying to make things up to buy good faith in the position he has lost," Ngannou said on Friday. "Dana has lost in this situation... and he cannot stand it. Bro, I won everything: I left. It's been almost two years, and the guy is still out there, he can't live without hounding me. Regardless of everything that happened, I'm not about him.

"The guy can't stand me. I don't know what his problem is. He can make everything up. That is his problem. I think he needs to make peace with himself because this situation is kind of weird."

White suggested that Ngannou would have made more money had he decided to stay with the UFC rather than sign with the PFL. Ngannou left the UFC in January 2023 and signed with the PFL in May 2023. While being signed with the PFL, he had the freedom to pursue opportunities outside the promotion and took on then-undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in boxing followed by a massive fight with former unified champion Anthony Joshua. Although he lost both, Ngannou reportedly made $20 million for both fights and raised his profile before heading back to MMA last weekend.

White shrugged off Ngannou's success away from the UFC and suggested he would have made more money if he stayed.

"Francis left because he knew that if he fought Jon Jones and didn't win, it would hurt his chances of making the money that he wanted to make," White said. "But realistically, his deal was bigger here. His deal was bigger here if he stayed in the UFC. They can deny it all they want, why the f--- would I lie? Why do I care? It doesn't matter to me one way or the other... he would have made more money if he stayed in the UFC.""

For Ngannou, there is more to the story, including money that he says the UFC still owes him.

"Which money is he talking about? The money that he owes me?," Ngannou said. "Remember, all of this ended with [them] saying, 'Oh, we'll backpay you from the money that we owe you for the Stipe [Miocic] and Ciryl Gane fight,' all of that. They never backpaid me. Now I have made more money than I have ever made in the UFC -- I would say twice the money that I could have ever made in my entire UFC career if I had continued in the UFC.

"Either way, if I had made less money, if I'm not making enough money that I could've made in the UFC, that's my problem. Why is he so pissed about me not making that much money? Like, c'mon man, live your life."

As for the Jon Jones fight, Ngannou is still very much interested in it and believes that Jones would like the fight as well. Jones is set to face former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic on Nov. 16. Should Jones win, Ngannou would welcome a cross-promotion fight, which would be one of the largest in MMA history. Whether it could happen is another question.

"The only guy standing in the way of that fight is Dana White," Ngannou said. "I want the Jon Jones fight. I'm down for the fight. Jones is down for the fight. But this is a new narrative. I was down for a Jon Jones fight three years ago and I am down for it now."

One person who could bring the fight to fruition is the Chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh and his Riyadh Season events. Riyadh Season was a title sponsor for Noche UFC and Alalshikh was instrumental in financing Ngannou's fights with Fury and Joshua. If anybody has the pull to make it happen, it would be Alalshikh.

While Ngannou holds on to a sliver of optimism that a fight with Jones could materialize, it would require White to check his ego at the door.

"For that to happen, Dana has to let this beef go," Ngannou said. "He has to let it go."

Former England scrum-half Leanne Infante said it "hurt" when she was frozen out by the national side as she announced her retirement from professional rugby.

The 31-year-old Saracens player won three Six Nations titles with the Red Roses but has not been selected since the World Cup in 2022.

In an exclusive interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Infante said she had not had any conversations with selectors.

"They've made it pretty clear I'm not part of their future plans so I kind of let go of that a long time ago," Infante, nee Riley, said.

In an 11-year career, Infante won the Women's Premiership with Aylesbury Bulls in 2017, before the club was taken over by Harlequins, and then won the Premier 15s with Quins in 2021.

Infante made her international debut against South Africa in 2013 and went on to earn 57 caps.

"The reality is professional sport is cruel, there's not many people who get to retire on their own terms internationally," Infante said.

"It hurt for a while and there were peaks and troughs between that time period.

"I thought I was over it and then I'd take a backward step, but that's all probably far in the past now and I can talk about it openly and non-emotionally."

England head coach Steve Borthwick has named a group of 17 players that will receive English rugbys first Enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts.

Fly-halves George Ford, Marcus Smith and Fin Smith have been given one of the deals but there are no tighthead props in the group.

Baths Sam Underhill is a surprise omission having started all of Englands eight Test matches in 2024.

The contracts - the first of their kind - allow Borthwick to have the final say on all sports science and medical matters in relation to the players, handing the England boss unprecedented influence compared to his predecessors.

"I am confident that these contracts, and our strong relationship with the Premiership clubs, will play a significant role in England Rugbys continued development," he said.

Northamptons Alex Mitchell is the only scrum-half in the 17, with Ellis Genge the only loosehead prop, while Sale flanker Tom Curry has been handed an Enhanced Contract despite his long injury lay-off.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has capped off a breakthrough year by being included in the group, while Henry Slade has also been given a contract despite not making the 2023 Rugby World Cup squad.

Flanker Chandler Cunningham-South started Englands three Test matches on their summer tour, but has been left out of the 17.

Bristol: Lane; Bates, Ravouvou, Janse van Rensburg, Ibitoye; MacGinty, Marmion; Woolmore, Oghre, Lahiff, Dun, Batley, Luatua, B. Grondona, Harding (c).

Replacements: Thacker, Thomas, Kloska, Owen, Heenan, Wolstenholme, Worsley, Elizalde.

Northampton: Hendy; Ramm, Litchfield, Hutchinson, Seabrook; Makepeace-Cubitt, James; West, Langdon, Millar Mills, Mayanavanua, Coles (c), Kemeny, Pearson, Pollock.

Replacements: Wright, Iyogun, Green, Thornbury, Scott-Young, McParland, Savala, Garside.

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

Mikel Arteta has said Arsenal "won't feel sorry for ourselves" despite facing a mounting injury crisis ahead of Sunday's clash with Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Arsenal will be without William Saliba through suspension while Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Riccardo Calafiori (knee) and Jurriën Timber (muscular problem) were all unable to take part in training on Friday.

Captain Martin Ødegaard (ankle) and defender Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) -- who has performed well marking Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah in previous meetings -- are both ruled out and Arteta admitted at a Friday press conference he was still unsure of his starting line-up.

"Until tomorrow, no [I don't know my team]," Arteta said. [There will be] a lot of drawing. A lot of possibilities, a lot of ifs. Probably the team that we start won't be the team that finishes the game.

"It happens every week. I have to prepare for the scenarios: What happens if, what contexts the game throws at you and how prepared we are after to make the changes we need to do. Who's available to play 90 minutes, who is not? That's always the case.

"Obviously we didn't want to be in that situation, but we are really lucky as well to have the squad that we have, to have the players that we have, to have the attitude that we have.

"When it comes down to reacting against a difficult situation, we don't feel sorry for ourselves -- face it. We are a team that we know how good we are as well and how difficult we can be for the opponents. And having that ruthless mentality is something that I love.

"I love watching individuals and teams react to that. It is a [down] look? I hate it. I haven't seen it in the staff, I haven't seen it upstairs, I haven't seen anyone talk about it.

"Get on with it. Get on with it. Show your teeth. Show how much you want it. This means opportunities for other people, opportunities for us as a team to rebel against certain situations. We need the crowd more, on Sunday even more. Let's keep going."

Arteta does have Jakub Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko available as he considers how to reshuffle his defence but the Spaniard could turn to teenage academy graduates Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri as they seek to end Arne Slot's strong start as Liverpool boss, winning 11 out of his first 12 games.

"They are in contention," he said. "They always give us the option and the possibility to start the game.

"Myles came on the other night [against Shakhtar Donetsk] and he did really well. Ethan the same. They are first-team players. They are with us and we treat them and value the same way as any other player.

"They don't feel much -- especially those two -- and that is something really positive. It brings the crowd together as well, it creates energy in the team, that's something really good. It is about throwing them in the best moment with the right players around them, which is something really important as well."

Meanwhile, James King is set to re-join Arsenal as director of football operations.

King left the club in 2022 to join the Professional Footballers' Association but will leave the role vacated by Richard Garlick, who was promoted to managing director earlier this year following Vinai Venkatesham's departure.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has said he has chosen to "deny" and "ignore" his team's 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham because the red card shown to Bruno Fernandes during the game was subsequently rescinded.

Spurs dominated United at Old Trafford on Sept. 29 as goals from Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke served to increase the pressure on Ten Hag following his team's stuttering start to the season.

With Spurs 1-0 up in the first half, United captain Fernandes was shown a straight red card for a challenge on James Maddison near the halfway line. Speaking after the match, Ten Hag said the decision "changed the game," while Fernandes was incensed by the decision and claimed Maddison himself said it wasn't a sending off.

United appealed against the red card, with the Football Association confirming they had overturned the decision on Oct. 1.

"I deny that game, ignore that game against Spurs because we were downsized to 10 with a 1-0 losing position ... And then the red card was overturned. So I totally ignore that game," Ten Hag told a news conference on Thursday following the team's draw with Fenerbahce.

"That is not a fair assessment of the team to take this into consideration because we didn't have the chance to bounce back.

"But you see this team is resilient, this team is determined. Against Brentford, two tough away games now in Europe -- Porto and today again [against Fenerbahce] -- this team has character and this team showed fighting spirit and determination to win games."

Ten Hag also pointed to the number of injuries suffered by his squad as a reason for some of United's inconsistent results this season.

Defenders Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro and Tyrell Malacia have not yet made an appearance for the club this season, while Mason Mount is in his second spell out of action since the start of the campaign.

"It holds us back in our levels and also in our position in the league because when you don't have the players available, you can't line up the best team," Ten Hag said.

"That is what's holding us back in this moment and we need more players often available and then we have to work all together on this point. That is the players, the coaching staff, all the other staff. We have to do better ... To get more available players because we know when we have them we are a really tough team to play and when we have them we can be really successful. That is what we have showed over the last couple of months."

United travel to east London to face West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.