This isn’t exactly an expansion draft, but Justin Thomas is the first player to join one of the six teams in the new TGL League. Thomas, a two-time PGA champion, is the first of four players to join Atlanta Drive Golf Club.

HALIFAX — A sold-out crowd of 6,421 soccer fans braved close to freezing temperatures Tuesday night to watch Canada beat Brazil 2-0 in women’s soccer action at outdoors Halifax stadium the Wanderers Grounds.

ZURICH (AP) — Spain defender Irene Paredes was kept from making her 100th appearance with the women’s national team on Tuesday because of a computer glitch.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — While Premier League giants Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal do not yet know if they will advance to the quarterfinals of the English League Cup, third-division Port Vale has already secured its place in the next ro

NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended four games by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

PHOENIX (AP) — For Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, it pays to let pitcher Nathan Eovaldi cover the bag on ground balls to the right side of the infield. Quite literally.

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Wednesday: ENGLAND Manchester United hosts Newcastle in a repeat of last season’s League Cup final, with Erik ten Hag needing to turn his team’s season around.

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig coach Marco Rose mourned the end of a “great journey” as the team’s two-year reign as holder of the German Cup ended in the second round Tuesday in a 1-0 loss at Wolfsburg.

Derrick Henry, Davante Adams and everyone on the Denver Broncos stayed put. Chase Young, Montez Sweat and Joshua Dobbs are on the move.

NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for repeatedly making an obscene gesture during the 76ers’ victory against the Portland Trail Blazers.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers got some needed help for their struggling defense, acquiring edge rusher Chase Young from the Washington Commanders for a third-round draft pick.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s Salem Al-Dawsari was named the men’s player of the year by the Asian Football Confederation on Tuesday and Sam Kerr of Australia won the women’s prize.

Under new ownership , the Washington Commanders are heading in the direction of a rebuild after selling at the NFL trade deadline.

MONTREAL — Danny Maciocia’s quality of life has been a lot better this season than in years past with the Montreal Alouettes.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors find themselves in what forward Pascal Siakam calls a “must-win” situation early in the NBA season.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns did nothing at the NFL trade deadline to help them this season. Their troubling quarterback situation remains status quo.

PHOENIX (AP) — Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was still angry hours later with umpire Alfonso Márquez over a 3-1 pitch to Gabriel Moreno that was called a strike despite being well outside in the ninth inning of the Diamondbacks’ 3-1 loss to the