A Stockholm soccer derby that could potentially decide the Swedish league's title race was suspended in the second half Sunday after Djurgarden supporters threw multiple fireworks onto the field.

The game between Hammarby and Djurgarden is set to resume Monday afternoon without fans after police ruled that the game organizers could not guarantee public safety if play was restarted.

Hammarby is second in the league table and was leading 2-0 in a game where a draw would hand rival Malmo the title with three rounds to spare. Djurgarden is tied on points with Hammarby, and a win would give either team a mathematical chance to overtake Malmo.

Djurgarden supporters set off multiple pyrotechnics with about 15 minutes left to play and the teams were taken off the field for about 50 minutes before a decision was made to finish the game without fans in the stands. But some supporters refused to leave, and police later announced that the game would have to be completed on Monday instead.

In contrast to most of Europe, Sweden's Allsvenskan soccer league starts in the spring and ends in the fall.

Arne Slot has suggested referee John Brooks wanted to prove he would not be intimidated by the Anfield crowd during Liverpool's 2-1 win over Chelsea.

Sunday's game featured several VAR checks including an incident in the sixth minute where Tosin Adarabioyo was shown a yellow card for pulling back Diogo Jota, who threatened to burst through the Chelsea defence just past the halfway line.

Liverpool took the lead after Mohamed Salah converted a 29th-minute penalty, awarded for Levi Colwill's challenge on Curtis Jones but they were denied a second spot-kick on the stroke of half-time.

Brooks initially pointed to the spot after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez collided with Jones in the box but was sent to review the decision by VAR official Michael Oliver and subsequently decided no penalty should be given.

Nicolas Jackson equalised for Chelsea on 48 minutes -- a goal that was deemed offside on the field but overturned on VAR review -- before Salah crossed for Jones to score the winner on 51 minutes.

Liverpool hung on to secure a victory which returned them to the top of the Premier League but Slot suggested they may have enjoyed a more comfortable afternoon had the officials adopted a different approach.

Asked about the Anfield atmosphere, the ex-Feyenoord boss said: "The fans were really important for us. I don't know if this is something people say in England but they said at my former club, which was also an impressive stadium, that 'yeah, the referees are a bit impressed by the crowd and that's why you get the easy decisions in your favour.'

"But today showed no matter how loud the fans were, the referee just wanted to show that he was able not to give the decisions he had to make. So it didn't help us with the referee but it definitely helped our players because they had to work so hard.

"If every time they cheer so hard for you if you make a block tackle, or Darwin [Núñez] sprinted back, or all these moments, that definitely helps you mentally. They were really important for the players but unfortunately, it didn't happen what all people always think that Anfield always gives you easy penalties.

"Is that true or not? Today, it showed again that it wasn't."

Slot described Sunday's win over Chelsea as the most difficult of his tenure to date.

"Many other games were hard but this might have been the hardest maybe because of the amount of quality players they have and the structure they have," the Dutchman said. "We had to fight really hard to get this one over the line."

LONDON -- New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo didn't mince words to describe his team's sixth straight defeat -- a 32-16 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

"We're a soft football team across the board," Mayo said. "We talk about what makes a tough football team, and that's being able to run the ball, being able to stop the run and that's being able to cover kicks. We did none of those."

The Patriots opened a 10-0 lead and then fell apart. They totaled 38 rushing yards, allowed 171 rushing yards as Jacksonville at one point ran 16 straight times, and surrendered a 96-yard punt return for a touchdown late in the second quarter.

Entering Sunday, the Patriots had won 59 consecutive games -- since 2017 -- when leading by 10 points or more, according to ESPN Research.

Some players said after the game that Mayo's critique wasn't a surprise, as he told them the same in the locker room after the game.

"Coach Mayo is not going to come in here and say something to you guys that he didn't say to us in the locker room," said rookie quarterback Drake Maye, who was one of the team's bright spots after finishing 26 of 37 for 276 yards and two touchdowns. "He's always preaching being tough. I think he does a great relaying the message to us and the guys know."

Maye relayed that nine-year veteran cornerback Jonathan Jones also shared a message with players in the locker room, saying they all needed to "find something" and "man up" because "what we're doing is not good enough."

Veteran linebacker Jahlani Tavai agreed with Mayo's assessment.

"He said it well and we got to look in the mirror and understand what he's saying," Tavai said. "If we're OK being soft, then some people will fall off, and the rest of us who want to prove that wrong will step up and make sure this doesn't happen."

Added veteran tight end Hunter Henry: "That wasn't what we want to be at all. That was not the identity we want to be."

The Patriots (1-6), who return home to face the New York Jets next Sunday, have slipped since opening the regular season with a 16-10 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

Mayo said he's "not sure" what has led to the Patriots becoming a "soft" team.

"That's something I have to think about," Mayo said. "We have a long flight back. It's not like all of a sudden we did something different and now we're a soft football team. It's just the mentality that we have to get back in the guys."

The Patriots have had seven different starting units on the offensive line -- a result of injuries and ineffective play -- which has perhaps contributed to some of their struggles running the ball.

Defensively, they've been without defensive tackle Christian Barmore (blood clots), linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley (torn pectoral muscle) and safety Jabrill Peppers (commissioner exempt list), but players say that isn't an excuse for their disappointing play against the run.

And this is the second straight week that special teams let them down, after Houston successfully challenged them on six kickoff returns last week.

"We have to take that personal," said Tavai, who plays on the punt coverage unit. "That can't happen. That's unacceptable."

Mayo, in his first year after taking over for Bill Belichick, acknowledged that having a "soft team" reflects on him and his staff.

"First, it starts with me," Mayo said. "It's about just the mentality of going back to having a tough football team. I just have to do a better job."

CLEVELAND -- Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a right Achilles injury toward the end of the first half of Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Watson's leg appeared to hyperextend on the noncontact play as he tried to carry the ball on the first play after the two-minute warning. Watson immediately gave himself up and fell to the ground.

Shortly thereafter, a cart came onto the field and carried off an emotional Watson. The entire Browns sideline came onto the field as he was placed on the cart.

Watson was ruled out shortly afterward.

The Browns had made Jameis Winston inactive as the emergency third quarterback, so Dorian Thompson-Robinson entered the game to replace Watson.

Watson, in his third season in Cleveland, has struggled, posting the lowest QBR of all qualified passers. He was 15-of-17 for 128 yards Sunday before the injury.

SAN ANTONIO -- Former NBA coach of the year Monty Williams will take his skill-set to the high school level as coach of TMI Episcopal prep school in San Antonio, where he will coach his sons, Elijah and Micah.

TMI Episcopal announced the Williams hire Sunday on its Instagram account.

"Coach Williams brings extensive coaching experience, including his most recent roles in the NBA as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns," the post read. "He and his wife, Lisa, recently moved to San Antonio and are TMI parents to Elijah, class of '26 and Micah, class of '29. We are thrilled to welcome coach Williams to this position and look forward to the future of our basketball program under his leadership."

Williams most recently served as the Pistons, which fired him after one season back in June with $65 million remaining on his contract. Williams arrived in Detroit after he was fired in 2023 from the Phoenix Suns. The coach originally planned to sit out the 2023-24 season after his wife was diagnosed with cancer, but the Pistons lured him in with a six-year $78 million contract. Williams finished his lone season in Detroit with a record of 14-68.

In Phoenix, Williams played an instrumental role in resurrecting the franchise. Williams won NBA Coach of the Year for 2021-22 and ended his tenure with the Suns owning a regular season record of 194-115 (.628) in the regular season and 27-19 in the postseason with one NBA Finals appearance (2021).

Previous coaching stops as an assistant coach for Williams include San Antonio, Portland, Oklahoma City, and Philadelphia.

Williams served in 2016 as the Spurs' vice-president of basketball operations.

New York Knicks big man Precious Achiuwa has suffered a strained left hamstring and will be reevaluated in two to four weeks, the team announced Sunday.

It's unclear when Achiuwa, who has played in all five of the Knicks' preseason games, injured the hamstring.

The Knicks are already without center Mitchell Robinson to start the season as he rehabs from two ankle procedures over the past year. The Knicks are targeting January for a possible return date for Robinson, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.

With center Isaiah Hartenstein departing in free agency, newly acquired Karl-Anthony Towns and Jericho Sims will be the only healthy centers on guaranteed deals left on New York's roster when they open the regular season Tuesday against the Boston Celtics.

Leicester: Steward; Bassett, Kelly, Woodward, Hassell-Collins; Pollard, Van Poortvliet; Smith, Montoya, Heyes, Wells, Chessum, Liebenberg, Reffell, Cracknell.

Replacements: Clare, Cronin, Cole, Manz, Ilione, Youngs, Shillcock, Wand.

Gloucester: Carreras; Hathaway, Llewellyn, S Atkinson, Jones; C Atkinson, Williams; Knight, Singleton, Gotovtsev, Clark, Thomas, Clement, Ludlow, Mercer.

Replacements: Blake, Ruskin, Fasogbon, Alemanno, Tuisue, Taylor, Englefield, Hillman-Cooper.

Referee: Hamish Smales

Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface was involved in a car accident following the club's 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, German media reported on Sunday.

Boniface, who scored a 72nd-minute winner in Saturday's match, on Sunday shared pictures and a video of a smashed car in since-deleted posts on Instagram, as well as what appeared to be a picture of his hand covered in blood.

A club source told Reuters that Boniface was doing well after incident.

German tabloid Bild reported that the Nigeria international was a passenger in the car enroute to Frankfurt airport and suffered minor hand injuries before being taken to hospital.

In a post on X, Boniface wrote: "God is the greatest."

The Hessen state police website said the accident occurred on Sunday morning.

"A 28-year-old was driving a Mercedes in the middle of three lanes in the direction of Frankfurt when, according to his own account, he lost control of the vehicle due to fatigue and collided sideways with a truck that was driving in the right lane next to the Mercedes," the report said.

Leverkusen and Boniface's management agency did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment from Reuters.

The 23-year-old Boniface has scored seven goals in 10 appearances for Leverkusen across all competitions this season.

German champions Leverkusen, who are fourth in the Bundesliga standings with 14 points from seven games, face French side Brest in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Atlético Madrid forward Alexander Sørloth scored twice in the second half as they fought back to earn a 3-1 victory against visitors Leganes in LaLiga on Sunday.

Winless in their previous three games in all competitions with a series of lacklustre performances, Atlético had to recover from a goal down after Cameroon midfielder Yvan Neyou gave Leganes the lead in the 34th minute with a superb strike into the top corner.

Sørloth equalised with a cheeky back-heel in the 69th minute before Antoine Griezmann cleverly chipped a cross past the goalkeeper into the back of the net 11 minutes later, with Sørloth wrapping up the win with a close-range strike from a rebound deep in added time.

Atlético climbed to third in the standings on 20 points, four behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, who have a game in hand and will host Sevilla later on Sunday. 

Manchester City's contentious last-minute winner against Wolves in the Premier League on Sunday was both correctly ruled and deserved reward for his players' patience, manager Pep Guardiola said.

With City seemingly heading to a frustrating 1-1 draw at Molineux despite their dominance of possession, John Stones headed a 95th-minute corner past Wolves goalkeeper José Sá.

Referee Chris Kavanagh first disallowed the goal as City midfielder Bernardo Silva was close to Sa, but the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) deemed he was not blocking the line of vision and Kavanagh rescinded his decision.

"Bernardo isn't disturbing the position ... Sá had the perfect vision. The taker from Phil [Foden] and the header were magnificent," said Guardiola, who wildly celebrated the 2-1 win that briefly put City top of the league until Liverpool earned a 2-1 win against Chelsea.

"We are not used to winning games at the end, like [former manager] Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool where it happened many times. It is a good flavour for us," Guardiola added.

City had 78% possession against a Wolves side fighting for their lives at the bottom of the table and desperate to hang on once they had taken an early lead.

"With 11 players in the penalty spot, literally it is so difficult," Guardiola said, recalling that his team had lost at Molineux last season. "But we were patient ... We are who we are and that is so nice."

He was, however, sympathetic to his opponents.

"We have been in that position, when you lose at the end. But this is the game," Guardiola said. "We played the way we want to play and it is a joy to be here, to score in the last 50 seconds and go top of the league."

With Sparta Prague up next in the Champions League on Wednesday, Guardiola said he did not think injured defender Kyle Walker or midfielder Kevin de Bruyne would be ready.

"We have a few days' training, but don't think so," he said.

Match-winner Stones, who also scored a crucial last-minute equaliser against Arsenal last month, was thrilled with his headed goal from a corner and said the team had been working hard on set pieces.

"Hopefully this is the start of many more. It is a vital part of the game at both ends of the pitch and really pleasing for me personally to get the winner after such a difficult game," he said.

"I thought it had been chalked off. I tried to speak to the ref but he had a lot of people around him. For me it is the right call. Obviously I am going to be biased but I thought it should stand."