EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Anthony Davis said he is cleared to play in the Los Angeles Lakers' next game against the Memphis Grizzlies after exiting Sunday's win over the Toronto Raptors early with a left eye injury.

"A couple scratches in my eye," Davis said, his eye still appearing red and clouded, after practice Tuesday. "But as far as the medical term and everything all that, I'm not 100% sure. But I am cleared to play."

He visited an ophthalmologist Monday as a "precautionary" measure, sources told ESPN, after being poked in the eye by Toronto center Jakob Poeltl midway through the third quarter.

It was the second left eye injury Davis has suffered since the spring -- he was diagnosed with a corneal abrasion in March.

Davis tested protective goggles during practice Tuesday -- "He looked great," quipped Lakers coach JJ Redick -- but the All-Star big man does not plan to wear them against Memphis.

Davis said he tried goggles out before, during the 2020 NBA bubble when recovering from an eye injury, but abandoned them after "20 seconds of a game."

For Davis, it is simply a matter of preference.

"I wore goggles for three years when I was younger," Davis said, alluding to his bespectacled high school look. "I just don't want to [now], to be honest. Obviously, the doctors said I didn't have to. ... If it gets to that point where my eye doctor tells me that I need to wear them, then of course I will. But I've been cleared to go out and play without them."

Davis is averaging 31.2 points on 57.7% shooting, 10.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.3 steals per game this season.

While L.A. will welcome Davis back against Memphis, it continues to wait for backup big man Christian Wood to return.

Wood, who underwent an arthroscopic surgical procedure on his left knee in September after missing the last two months of last season with an injury to the same knee, experienced soreness during his ramp-up process.

"We're going to scale him back," Redick said of Wood on Tuesday. "We'll have an update in about four weeks."

The Winnipeg Jets reclaimed goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen off waivers from the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

The Jets sent Kahkonen, 28, to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.

Kahkonen had spent the preseason with the Jets before being selected by Colorado off waivers on Oct. 11.

He played one game for the Avalanche, stopping 16 of 20 shots in a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 30.

Kahkonen is 49-68-15 with a 3.34 goals-against average, .898 save percentage and four shutouts in 140 games with the Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils and Avalanche.

Winnipeg also placed defenseman Logan Stanley on injured reserve, retroactive to Saturday. Stanley, 26, has one goal and two assists in 11 games this season, his fifth with the Jets.

Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga, who broke the single-season NWSL scoring record with 20 goals this campaign, headlines a group of five finalists for the league's MVP award.

Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda and midfielder Marta join United States internationals Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith, forwards for the Washington Spirit and Portland Thorns, respectively.

Chawinga and Kansas City face off with Banda, Marta and Orlando in a highly anticipated NWSL semifinal on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC).

Banda and Chawinga, who are both in their first year in the league, were locked into a heated race for the Golden Boot throughout most of the season until Chawinga went on a record scoring run after the Olympics, scoring in seven of eight games. Banda finished the regular season with 13 goals.

Chawinga has scored in every regular-season game since June, except for the Current's scoreless draw in Orlando in September. That run includes scoring the lone goal in Saturday's 1-0 win over the North Carolina Courage in the quarterfinal.

Smith finished third in the league in scoring with 12 goals despite missing significant time after the Olympics due to an ankle injury. Rodman, who was also a central figure on the USWNT's Olympic gold-medal winning team, scored eight goals and added six assists for the Pride.

Marta, who turns 39 in February, enjoyed her best year as a pro since joining the Pride in 2017. She registered nine goals and an assist this year.

Eighteen of the 24 finalists for awards are from the top four teams in the league, mirroring a season in which all four top seeds advanced to the semifinals this past weekend, and fourth and fifth place were separated by 16 points in the regular season.

The Orlando Pride lead all teams with seven nominations across the six awards. Marta is also nominated for the newly created Midfielder of the Year award, and Orlando head coach Seb Hines is the favorite to win Coach of the Year after the Pride set a new points record (60) while going unbeaten through the first 23 games of the season and winning the Shield.

Washington Spirit midfielder Croix Bethune leads the Rookie of the Year chase after tying Tobin Heath's single-season assist record. Bethune registered 10 assists before sustaining a season-ending meniscus tear while throwing out a first pitch a Washington Nationals game. She was participating in the ceremony after earning an Olympic gold medal with the USWNT.

The final round of voting uses a weighted scale of players (40%), owners/GMs/coaches (25%), media (25%) and fans (10%).

2024 NWSL awards finalists

Most Valuable Player: Barbra Banda (ORL), Temwa Chawinga (KC), Marta (ORL), Trinity Rodman (WAS), Sophia Smith (POR)

Defender of the Year: Naomi Girma (SD), Kaleigh Kurtz (NC), Tara McKeown (WAS), Emily Sams (ORL), Kylie Strom (ORL)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Ann-Katrin Berger (GFC), Mandy Haught (UTA), Anna Moorhouse (ORL)

Midfielder of the Year:Croix Bethune (WAS), Vanessa DiBernardo (KC), Lo'eau LaBonta (KC), Marta (ORL), Ashley Sanchez (NC)

Rookie of the Year:Croix Bethune (WAS), Claire Hutton (KC), Ally Sentnor (UTA)

Coach of the Year: Juan Carlos Amorós (GFC), Vlatko Andonovski (KC), Seb Hines (ORL)

Bev Priestman will not return as head coach of the Canadian women's soccer team following an independent report into the use of drones to spy on an opponent at this year's Paris Olympics, Canada Soccer said on Tuesday.

Priestman and two other team officials were banned from any soccer-related activity for one year by FIFA after New Zealand complained that Canadian staff flew drones over their training sessions before their opening match in Paris.

But following an independent review commissioned by Canada Soccer, the national governing body said Priestman and the other two individuals currently suspended by FIFA would not return and a search for a new head coach would commence shortly.

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks hired Brian Kaplan on Tuesday to be the team's pitching coach.

Kaplan has spent the past three seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies as an assistant pitching coach and director of pitching. The Phillies had one of the best starting rotations in the big leagues last season with Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Cristopher Sanchez and Ranger Suarez.

He was also a consultant for the Phillies from 2019-21.

Kaplan replaced Brent Strom, who was fired after the D-backs finished last season with a 4.62 ERA, which ranked 27th among the 30 teams. Arizona missed the playoffs despite scoring the most runs in baseball.

Kaplan is also a co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, a training facility used by stars like Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Corey Kluber and Devin Williams.

The Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday continued their aggressive move-making early in free agency, agreeing to a two-year, $12 million contract with catcher Travis d'Arnaud, sources told ESPN.

The Atlanta Braves declined to pick up a one-year, $8 million option on d'Arnaud last week, and the Angels struck with a multiyear offer for the veteran catcher, who will be 36 on Opening Day.

In a market thin on catching, d'Arnaud was one of the best players available at the position. He'll serve as the backup to Logan O'Hoppe, the 24-year-old who hit 20 home runs and looked like a foundational piece for Los Angeles going forward.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will face charges of illegal use and possession of a firearm related to his arrest in an armed altercation in the Dominican Republic countryside, public prosecutors said Tuesday.

Franco, 23, was arrested in San Juan de la Maguana, 116 miles west of Santo Domingo after what police said was an altercation Sunday in the parking lot of an apartment complex in which guns were drawn. He had been held for questioning by police but is expected to be granted provisional release Tuesday, with terms of his bail yet to be defined.

Prosecutors said a Glock with its magazine and 15 rounds of ammunition but no registration papers was found in Franco's black Mercedes-Benz at the time of the altercation.

Police said the firearm was registered to Branly Fernando Lugo Rodríguez, who Franco said was his uncle.

The armed altercation occurred Sunday between Franco, another man and the father of that man over Franco's relationship with a woman prosecutors said lived in the apartment complex. The dispute took place in the parking lot of the apartment complex after Franco arrived there.

There were no injuries, and the involved parties agreed they will not press charges.

No court date has yet been set for Franco's arraignment. The use and possession of illegal firearms carries a maximum sentence of three to five years plus a fine.

Franco, who was placed on indefinite administrative leave from Major League Baseball on Aug. 22, 2023, is due to stand trial in the Dominican Republic on Dec. 12 in a separate case involving charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation against a minor and human trafficking that could result in a sentence of up to 20 years.

Franco was placed on MLB's restricted list in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic accused him of having a sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl.

He is also under an MLB investigation under its domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy until the case is resolved.

The court summoned Franco and the mother of the girl for the trial after an investigation that opened in 2022. The case will be heard by a panel of three or five judges.

Franco cannot leave the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement as he awaits the trial, but he is free to travel within the country, police confirmed.

The Rays gave Franco an 11-year, $182 million extension in 2021, just 70 games into his major league career.

He made the All-Star team for the first time in 2023.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

"I think we've taken a lot of learnings from that period, learnings from the Six Nations. We've grown the group, we're evolving the whole time. We feel we are getting closer.

"We have all the components. We just need to find a way of, once we've worked for 60 minutes, to keep ourselves in there, we need to find a way of getting over that last hurdle.

"If it was easy, everybody would be doing it. I definitely feel in the last few Tests we've fronted up and we're sure we can be competitive away from home or at home against the top teams."

After facing Portugal, Scotland round off their Autumn Nations Series against an Australia side who stunned England at Twickenham last time out.

Dalziel wants his team to emerge from the campaign with three wins from four and says that, while there will be changes to the team for the match against Portugal, there will be no complacency against the team ranked 15th in the world.

"We've got to pay ultimate respect to Portugal," Dalziel said. "They're coming to play against a Six Nations side away from home for the first time, 55,000 people at Murrayfield.

"They've got a game that can rival anybody, we've seen that at the World Cup. Their defeat against Fiji, they were very competitive.

"They should have done better against Wales where they had opportunities to win that game. We'll give them the full respect.

"There will be a couple of players I'd imagine freshening up, but we'll pick a strong Test team to win this weekend. We want to finish with three wins."

He added: "It is a huge part of their DNA from a young schoolboy which is what they cherish, and it also helps that they have 150kg human beings.

"Everyone needs to roll their sleeves up and be absolutely invested, then we will have it out.

"Credit where credit is due, they have a great set piece, but I am not just going to roll over and let them have it."

Despite that challenge for the England pack, Genge says preparation remains the same.

"You can wear boys out by doing too many scrums, you could do 100 scrums this week and it isn't going to change the outcome on Saturday," Genge said.

"You have got to stick to our process, I think our scrum has been good over the last two weeks."

England have narrowly lost their last two games against Australia and New Zealand, with both coming down to the final play.

"It is tough when you are up against it and you need to shake that negative energy I guess and move on," the Bristol Bears prop added.

"A week like South Africa at Twickenham is probably the best week to do so.

"Everyone thinks they are amazing, myself included, I think they are a great team. I'd love to get after the best."