Chelsea clinched a 2-1 comeback win against West Ham United in dramatic fashion as Kai Havertz scored an 88th-minute winner, with a late equaliser from Maxwel Cornet ruled out by VAR.

Cornet smashed home after a mix-up at the back for Chelsea, but the goal was chalked off after Jarrod Bowen was deemed to have committed a foul in the build-up.

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That meant Thomas Tuchel's side secured a crucial victory to halt their indifferent start to the season.

Tuchel handed a Chelsea debut to Wesley Fofana after the defender's move from Leicester City while Mason Mount and Havertz were among the players dropped from the starting lineup after the shock defeat to Southampton in midweek.

Both sides made a slow start and the first genuine chance came in the 27th minute when Christian Pulisic had a shot blocked by West Ham's new signing Lucas Paqueta after a cross from Reece James was cleared out to the United States international.

The second half started more brightly, with Fofana trying his luck from range to no avail while Conor Gallagher halted Michail Antonio as the striker mounted a West Ham counter-attack.

Marc Cucurella was forced into a block from a Bowen effort in the 57th minute and the West Ham forward tested Mendy with a volley in the 62nd minute -- the game's first shot on target.

Mendy flapped at the resulting corner after it was flicked on by Paqueta, allowing Declan Rice to square for Antonio to slot home from close range.

Chelsea hauled themselves back into the game in the 76th minute when Ben Chilwell took advantage of a moment of madness from Lukasz Fabianski, poking through the keeper's legs after he hesitated following the left-back's flick-on from a long ball.

Substitute Havertz latched on to a cross from Chilwell to complete Chelsea's comeback with two minutes left of normal time, before Cornet responded almost instantly -- but Chelsea had the last laugh.

Everton boss Frank Lampard said Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk should have been sent off during the sides' 0-0 draw following the defender's studs-up challenge on Amadou Onana at Goodison Park.

Van Dijk was shown a yellow card by referee Anthony Taylor after the 76th-minute foul on Onana in which the Netherlands centre-back missed the ball and caught the Everton midfielder on the shin with his studs.

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VAR did not take further action after Taylor booked Van Dijk, but Lampard said the referee should have been told to review his decision by Video Assistant Referee Darren England, with television replays clearly showing the full extent of the challenge.

"I love Virgil van Dijk, as a player he is fantastic," Lampard said. "But sometimes you mistime tackles, it was up on Amadou's shin and his foot was on the ground.

"I'm surprised it hasn't gone to VAR and the ref [hasn't] gone to look at it and made the correct decision.

"It doesn't matter now, but for me it was a red and that changes the face of the last 20 minutes.

"There was some talk before this about bad tackles and the referee just has a job to do, and so does VAR, I just think they got that one wrong in my opinion."

Everton, meanwhile, confirmed that a supporter has been issued with a stadium ban after being identified throwing a plastic bottle following the VAR decision to disallow a Conor Coady goal for offside in the second half.

The object, a plastic bottle, narrowly missed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

"I didn't see at the time, but I've seen it now, because it's still at the crime scene," Klopp said. "I thought it was a glass bottle and that would have been really dangerous. It was not. It was plastic."

Organisers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalised a policy to serve beer with alcohol to soccer fans at stadiums and fan zones in the Muslim-majority country.

FIFA said Saturday fans will be allowed to buy Budweiser beer with alcohol within the eight stadium compounds -- though not at concourse concession stands -- before and after games, and during evenings only at the official "Fan Festival." That is being held in a downtown Doha park.

Game tickets promising access to champagne, wine, liquor and beer for hospitality clients at Qatari stadiums have been on sale since February 2021 as part of corporate packages offering "premium beverages."

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The beer policy affecting most fans was announced just 11 weeks before the first game and finally fulfills an expectation since Qatar campaigned 12 years ago to be the first World Cup host in the Middle East.

Budweiser has been the exclusive World Cup beer brand since 1986 and parent company AB InBev renewed its deal through 2022 with FIFA in a 2011 signing after Qatar was confirmed as host.

FIFA said Saturday that Budweiser with alcohol will be sold "within the stadium perimeter prior to kickoff and after the final whistle."

"Inside the stadium bowl ticket holders will have access to non-alcoholic Budweiser Zero," soccer's world body said. "At the FIFA Fan Festival, Budweiser will be available to purchase from 6.30 p.m."

Qatar's organising committee and AB InBev declined comment Saturday on the issue.

Alcohol is more available in Qatar than some Middle East states though it is served only in hotel restaurants and bars that have licenses. It is illegal to consume it elsewhere.

Still, Qatar has had to relax its regulation of alcohol for the 29-day tournament starting Nov. 20. It is expected to attract more than 1 million visitors, including fans from 31 other nations, to the tiny Emirate.

Qatar has tested its alcohol policies at soccer games including the 2019 Club World Cup that featured Europe's then-champion Liverpool, South American champion Flamengo and Mexican club Monterrey.

Qatar is not the first World Cup host to ease its stance on alcohol. Before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, pressure from FIFA led local lawmakers to pass a special bill exempting the tournament from a ban on selling alcohol at stadiums.

Qatar beat four rival bids, including the United States, to win a World Cup hosting contest where candidates were expected to respect FIFA's deals with commercial partners.

At the time of the FIFA hosting vote in 2010, those World Cup deals included MATCH Hospitality selling corporate packages and AB InBev. Both firms re-upped with FIFA one year later.

"It is important to remember," MATCH Hospitality executive chairman Jaime Byrom told The Associated Press in a recent interview, "that the entire bid process of the FIFA World Cup is designed to deliver the kind of World Cup experience that all fans from around the world have a reason to expect and to look forward to."

Organisers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalised a policy to serve beer with alcohol to soccer fans at stadiums and fan zones in the Muslim-majority country.

FIFA said Saturday fans will be allowed to buy Budweiser beer with alcohol within the eight stadium compounds -- though not at concourse concession stands -- before and after games, and during evenings only at the official "Fan Festival." That is being held in a downtown Doha park.

Game tickets promising access to champagne, wine, liquor and beer for hospitality clients at Qatari stadiums have been on sale since February 2021 as part of corporate packages offering "premium beverages."

- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.)
- World Cup finals bracket and fixtures schedule

The beer policy affecting most fans was announced just 11 weeks before the first game and finally fulfills an expectation since Qatar campaigned 12 years ago to be the first World Cup host in the Middle East.

Budweiser has been the exclusive World Cup beer brand since 1986 and parent company AB InBev renewed its deal through 2022 with FIFA in a 2011 signing after Qatar was confirmed as host.

FIFA said Saturday that Budweiser with alcohol will be sold "within the stadium perimeter prior to kickoff and after the final whistle."

"Inside the stadium bowl ticket holders will have access to non-alcoholic Budweiser Zero," soccer's world body said. "At the FIFA Fan Festival, Budweiser will be available to purchase from 6.30 p.m."

Qatar's organising committee and AB InBev declined comment Saturday on the issue.

Alcohol is more available in Qatar than some Middle East states though it is served only in hotel restaurants and bars that have licenses. It is illegal to consume it elsewhere.

Still, Qatar has had to relax its regulation of alcohol for the 29-day tournament starting Nov. 20. It is expected to attract more than 1 million visitors, including fans from 31 other nations, to the tiny Emirate.

Qatar has tested its alcohol policies at soccer games including the 2019 Club World Cup that featured Europe's then-champion Liverpool, South American champion Flamengo and Mexican club Monterrey.

Qatar is not the first World Cup host to ease its stance on alcohol. Before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, pressure from FIFA led local lawmakers to pass a special bill exempting the tournament from a ban on selling alcohol at stadiums.

Qatar beat four rival bids, including the United States, to win a World Cup hosting contest where candidates were expected to respect FIFA's deals with commercial partners.

At the time of the FIFA hosting vote in 2010, those World Cup deals included MATCH Hospitality selling corporate packages and AB InBev. Both firms re-upped with FIFA one year later.

"It is important to remember," MATCH Hospitality executive chairman Jaime Byrom told The Associated Press in a recent interview, "that the entire bid process of the FIFA World Cup is designed to deliver the kind of World Cup experience that all fans from around the world have a reason to expect and to look forward to."

HERNING, Denmark -- Amanda Kessel scored a hat trick and the United States kept alive its streak of reaching the final at every women's ice hockey world championship after beating the Czech Republic 10-1 in the semifinals on Saturday.

Taylor Heise had two goals and three assists, while Hilary Knight scored twice to extend her own all-time tournament records to 89 points and 53 goals.

The Americans will face Canada or Switzerland, who play later.

Since the inaugural women's worlds in 1990, the U.S. and Canada have faced each other every final except 2019, when the Americans beat Finland for the title.

Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in overtime in last year's final in Calgary, which ended a run of five straight titles by the Americans.

Against the Czechs, the U.S. led 6-0 after the first period and added two more goals in each of the second and third periods. Klara Hymlarova made it 7-1 midway through the second.

No. 23 Cincinnati is starting redshirt senior Ben Bryant at quarterback today at No. 19 Arkansas, sources told ESPN.

The game is at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Bryant began his career at Cincinnati, where he backed up Desmond Ridder for three seasons. He then transferred to Eastern Michigan, where he starred last year, and then transferred back to Cincinnati to compete for the starting job this season.

Bryant beat out Evan Prater, a redshirt sophomore who is one of the highest-regarded recruits in Cincinnati history. Prater was an ESPN 300 recruit in the class of 2020.

The choice of Bryant, who is 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, also projects a new style for Cincinnati. Offensive coordinator Gino Guidugli, who is in his second year as the Bearcats' playcaller, will be directing a game with a quarterback who is more of a true pocket passer.

Bryant threw for 3,121 yards at Eastern Michigan last year. He isn't a dual-threat quarterback, so the notion of designed run plays will essentially be removed from the Bearcat offense.

Expect the Bearcats to lean more into a smashmouth identity, which should include more 12 personnel. Cincinnati has one of the country's top tight end tandems in 6-7 Josh Whyle and 255-pound Leonard Taylor.

The Bearcats take a 20-game regular-season winning streak to Arkansas; the matchup looms as one of the most intriguing games, as the Bearcats had a school-record nine players drafted to the NFL in April.

Silvia Rueda’s exclusive interview with the President of the Spanish Athletics Federation, Raúl Chapado

It was Spain’s best performance at the European Athletics Championships since 2002. Can Munich 2022 be the catalyst for Spanish athletics in the future?

I don’t think so. I think that, in the end, if we look at Berlin [2018], the numbers were very similar and the same goes for Barcelona [2010]. It’s true that we had one more finalist, but we were at home and that’s easier! I don’t think you can analyse the European Championships on its own, in isolation. We must look at what has happened in the last four or five years in other World Championships. In Belgrade we were the first European power and finished fourth.

We also performed well at the World Championships in Eugene and although we only had one medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, we had 11 finalists. That was the highest number of finalists we have ever had in the history of any competition, even more than Barcelona.

European champion ?

A first ever European gold for Spain in the 110m hurdles and Asier Martínez could not have wonit more closely ?

Asier Martínez: 13.14 (.137)
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde: 13.14 (.138)#Munich2022 pic.twitter.com/EMH9UlF1ok

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) August 17, 2022

You’ve also got to look at what the U18, U20 and U23 teams are doing at international levels and the results they are achieving.

All of this is the result of what is happening down below. If you don’t work on these lower generations, it’s difficult for great athletes to appear or emerge if they haven’t had that kind of performance.

I think that Spanish athletics has been showing a competitive capacity in accordance with its sporting reality for the last four or five years. Spanish athletics has recovered the levels of yesteryear. I think that right now, above all, it is very important what the team transmits in each competition. No matter the discipline, if that’s trail running, cross country, track and field.

We are always very close to what we understand to be a great result, and, above all, we are, as a team, transmitting that the athletes are leaving at any competition everything they have. We can’t choose the circumstances that surround us, but what we can choose is our attitude.

What have all the medals and results obtained this season meant for the Federation?

The Federation provides part of the ecosystem, but the important thing is the work done by the coaches and the athletes. The first thing to focus on is that it has probably been the most complex season in history. There have been so many international competitions. Not only the European and World Championships: we have had the Iberic-American Games in Spain and the Mediterranean Games.

We’ve had the World Championships in Cali! We’ve had everything so it was really difficult. It was a challenge for coaches and athletes to be able to perform in all the competitions. We have seen some countries that had a great performance and in Eugene, they didn’t perform as well as they did in Munich. For example, Germany did not perform well at the World Championships, and three weeks later they were at the top of the medal table at the European Championships together with the UK.

In the end, you must consider the context that surrounds you. Two years of a pandemic, a crisis, a very complex season, and we have come through it. We have not only survived but we have come out stronger from a season like this.

The athletes, coaches, clubs, and the whole team have done an exceptional job. And the Federation always works to create. I always say that we are like wine growers. There are people who work the land, others who harvest the grapes and then there are  others who prepare it. In the end, we, the Federation, market it at the big fairs. If there isn’t a good harvest, it’s hard for us to make it.

How can you attract more people to athletics in Spain when football or basketball are the main sports? 

We have been working on it for the last six years. It was one of our strategic objectives: to make athletics more visible. To make it more attractive for the agents around it, not only for spectators, but also for the media. And, how to make a better staging.

At RTVE [Spanish TV broadcaster], they have broadcasted 14 or 15 international and national competitions, with more than 15 hours of footage. We have produced more than 70 hours of streaming. Today in Spain it is possible to watch practically all the national championships of any age, of any discipline in high quality, with results management, with good commentators. I believe that this increases visibility.

It is true that, in high competition, we have direct rivalry with other sports, but I believe that our reference will never be football. We must try to improve the attractiveness of athletics and understand what the world is like. Today the world is moving faster than we can control and the new technologies make sports more accessible to people.

Before, information was only available from a couple of television stations and the press, and now you can practically have information from millions of people who are talking about your sport, athletes and competitions. What also must be considered as it is having an impact. We are going to break the record this year for historical licences. We have never broken the record of 100,000 licences in Spain and we are going to break it this year.

This means that we are spreading our sport better. The participation of men and women has been balanced in all competitions. There are age groups where the number of licences is still more male than female, but the perception is either that participation is equal or that there are even more women. For example, the audience figures that Munich has had on Teledeporte (the sports TV Channel from RTVE) are fantastic for a channel that has a share of less than 1%, with audience peaks that exceeded one million people.

You can see that the normal public, the public in the street, is beginning to understand what athletics is?

You know, you also must analyse it in a global way. I mean, athletics is much more than it was before. There is trail running, where we now have a lot of races, natural environments, with people enjoying themselves. There is also cross-country running – at the Cross de Itálica in Seville, 15,000 people came to watch it in situ. I don’t remember in this modern era that there were 15,000 people watching that race.

The important thing is that I think our athletes are much better known in society today. It is difficult to go out in the street and ask for Asier Martínez, Ana Peleteiro, Mohamed Katir or even Miguel Ángel López or whoever and people don’t know them. A few years ago, this was difficult for us. Ruth Beitia and few other names were familiar to people.

But there are also great athletics promises, such as María Vicente. I think that’s important because in the end that’s what we must measure. Even so, we still have a lot of work to do, and we have a challenge as an organisation, which is how to adapt quickly to the new trends. We must try to attract that generation of young people.

What are the Federation’s plans after this 2022 season?

Our vision is set in our long-term vision. We want to position Spain as a leader in the future. But we must work on the goals day by day on the sporting side.

Right now, we are working on the next objectives we have. But we have also been working for almost four years on a model of innovation and technological transformation that we are developing with companies such as IBM and Telefónica. The goal is not only to provide better services, but also to know who consumes our product, how they consume it, how old they are, how we can improve our services and our information for them.

We have taken this step at a time of crisis, but we believe it is the path to digital transformation. We are working on projects with schools, with the development of women’s athletics, in all areas. We are also working on issues of solidarity and sustainability. I believe that an organisation should have a more global vision, more than just sporting results.

How important will the Paris 2024 Olympic Games be for Spanish athletes and fans?

For us it is very important. First, because of the proximity to the French culture. Then the time zone is perfect. And the weather conditions are very similar to what we have here. We don’t have to adapt. So, the athlete sees it in a very optimistic way, with great enthusiasm. Having said that, when you analyse global athletics, I see it as getting more and more complex. It is more global. It is becoming more and more difficult to win a medal. Not only for us, but also for Europe compared to the rest of the world. In the past, Europe used to win 70 or 80 medals, but now we are struggling to win 35 medals.

As a team, we must go to Paris 2024 with the idea of improving our performance and improving on the results we had in Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016, or London 2012. We will work to be in those medal options, but it will depend on the work of coaches and athletes.

At the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham during the Commonwealth Games they had up to 30,000 fans and at the Olympic Stadium in Munich there were up to 60,000 fans in the stadium. How do you keep those fans and keep them growing?

I think the key is promotion. Not only in the promotion through your social networks.

When we do a meeting or host a championships here, everyone thinks that our social networks, our sphere of action, is what it is, and it’s not. You must go to the neighbourhood where it is held and promote it there, because there are a lot of people who don’t use your networks, don’t use your website, don’t know anything about your news. So, if you are in the Vallehermoso Stadium (Madrid) you must go to the Chamberí neighbourhood, you have to go to the downtown area and put-up posters and do street marketing… And that’s how you attract people.

Three major championships in just under six weeks ?

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?? Birmingham (Commonwealths)
?? Munich (Europeans)

We'll never forget the summer of 2022! pic.twitter.com/Ifna3QfaDy

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) August 22, 2022

On an international level it’s the same thing. You must do a big promotional campaign. That’s probably the key that there may be a lot of people or a few people who are interested in seeing it. And then you must have heroes. National heroes are very important, because if you don’t have a chance of winning, it’s very difficult to attract an audience. I think it’s very important both to promote and to have these national heroes and heroines that attract more people. Especially young people.

Is it necessary for a superstar athlete to break a world record for Spanish athletics to go to the next level? Or is it more about teamwork? 

A: Let’s be honest, the superstar in the end doesn’t depend on you. In the end, they are spontaneous generations that emerge. What does depend on the collective work of clubs, facilities, coaches, and athletes is that level. For example, in the last five years, around 750 or 760 national records have been broken in all categories. That means that the level is increasing. Obviously other things like new running shoe technology have had an influence, but we are averaging 120 to 130 new records every year.

Increasing the competitiveness within your competitions is key. If you don’t create that internal competitiveness, it’s very difficult to be competitive externally.

Tthen there are the superstars. When Jordan Diaz gets the transfer, he will probably be in a position in the future to break a world record. It’s a talent that is unique and every country has one from time to time and you must take advantage of it. Obviously, when you have a talent of that level you must use it, in quotation marks, to promote your sport. But you can’t just stick to the idea that Jordan can break the world record. We must try to make Jordan an inspirational role model for the new generations.

The last time Spain hosted a European Championship was in 2010, an Olympic Games in 1992, and a World Championship in 1999. Can you imagine Spain hosting another championships in the next two decades?

I’m a bit more pessimistic here, much to my regret. I would love it to be like that, because the competitions not only serve to increase the number of fans, but they also serve to develop sport, to make exchanges, to get to know international organisations, to let the world know about your city, your country and to spread the word about it. This sport is exceptional. Athletics is the most global sport, it is worldwide.

But when one looks inwards and sees its current reality, I am afraid I must be pessimistic. We have two stadiums that could host this, but it doesn’t look possible right now. One is disabled and is going to focus only on football, which is the Olympic Stadium of Montjuic (Barcelona). The other is the stadium in Seville – the La Cartuja Stadium – which now there are no plans by the public administration that manages the facility to even renovate the track to be able to host major championships.

No, it is not the time. But my job is to try to convince at some point, the sooner the better, so that we can once again become a reference point. Athletics that only has results, but does not participate in the international organisation, tends to impoverish itself and tends to lose the legacy it has built up over the years.

Many things were organised here and organised well decades ago. We are practically an organising nation that has stopped organising, so that is my job, to try to convince an administration or a group of administrations to support athletics at a time when the sporting return would also be guaranteed. But it is complicated.

Celtic went five points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership table on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Rangers in the Old Firm derby as Israeli winger Liel Abada scored twice in the first half.

Abada put champions Celtic ahead in the eighth minute with a low shot from the penalty area into the bottom corner following a cross from Matt O'Riley.

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Rangers wasted a chance to equalise in the 23rd minute and it proved to be costly as winger Jota doubled Celtic's lead, lifting the ball over the goalkeeper and into the far corner in the 32nd minute following a brilliant pass from O'Riley.

Abada completed his double in the 40th minute when his low strike whizzed through the legs of Rangers goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin, sending the fans at Celtic Park into a frenzy.

David Turnbull finished the job with a 78th-minute goal, thanks to an error from keeper McLaughlin after he passed the ball straight to the Celtic midfielder, who easily rolled it into the net.

It was a big victory for Celtic, who lost top scorer Kyogo Furuhashi inside four minutes after the Japan international appeared to pick up a shoulder injury.

Celtic, who have won all six Premiership games this season, will next host Champions League holders Real Madrid in their first group stage match on Tuesday.

Liverpool endured a frustrating visit to the blue half of Merseyside as they were held to a goalless draw by Everton to stunt their early-season progress in the Premier League.

It could have been worse for Jurgen Klopp's side as Conor Coady looked to have put Everton ahead from close range in the 69th minute, but his effort was ruled out for offside.

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Liverpool hit the woodwork twice in the space of a few first-half seconds, but an inspired Jordan Pickford stood firm to earn Frank Lampard's team a valuable point at Goodison Park -- although Mohamed Salah almost gave his side a remarkable win in stoppage time when his left-footed shot hit the post via a fingertip save from Pickford.

"It was a real derby, super intense and full of really spectacular moments," Klopp said.

"I think we hit the post three times and there were a few unbelievable saves from Pickford -- wow, what can you do?

"In this game, easy and free-flowing is not possible. You have to dig deep, that's what we did. A 0-0 draw sounds strange, but that's it."

Darwin Nunez made an immediate return to Liverpool's starting lineup after his red card against Crystal Palace, while Fabio Carvalho also slotted in to Klopp's XI after his stoppage-time heroics against Newcastle United.

Liverpool started slowly, however, and Everton almost took advantage in the 32nd minute when Tom Davies hit the post with an outside-of-the-boot effort from inside the box after the ball fell kindly for him.

The visitors responded with two chances in the 43rd minute. First Pickford tipped Nunez's right-footed volley onto the bar in acrobatic fashion, before Luis Diaz cut onto his right boot and fired a curling shot against the post.

Klopp made an attacking change after the break when he took off Carvalho for Roberto Firmino and Liverpool started the second half brightly, getting forward well on a number of occasions.

Everton were indebted to Pickford three times in the 64th minute as he turned away a stinging right-footed shot from Firmino and the striker's header from the resulting corner, before getting down well to keep out a low shot from Fabinho.

And Frank Lampard's side had a golden chance to go ahead moments later in the 65th minute when they surged forward and worked the ball to summer signing Neal Maupay, whose shot was straight at Alisson.

Maupay looked to have made up for that miss in the 69th minute when he fired a low shot across goal which Coady turned home, but it was chalked off after a VAR review.

Everton kept pushing and Alisson had to be alert to tip over a deflected shot from Dwight McNeil in the 84th minute after the winger cut in from the right.

And Firmino was foiled by Pickford again in the 87th minute when he got on the end of a Salah pass and saw his shot palmed away by the Everton keeper.

"I thought we were brilliant," Lampard said. "It's one of the best 0-0s you're likely to see.

"Pickford made some great saves, you need your keeper to be on it in games like this. It was a real game of two teams going for it. I can't fault the players and the spirit. We played well, we're getting better."

Information from Reuters contributed to this report.