Disgruntled Bryant to transfer
Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant feels he didn’t get a fair shot to keep his job and has decided to transfer after highly touted freshman Trevor Lawrence was named the starter for the third-ranked Tigers.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney announced the senior’s intention to transfer yesterday, two days after it was announced that Lawrence would start this week against Syracuse.
Bryant had started the past 18 games for the Tigers, going 16-2. He missed the past two days of practice after what Swinney said was an emotional conversation between the two on Monday.
Bryant’s demotion did not sit well with the graduate student, who led Clemson to a 12-2 mark last year, a third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship and College Football Playoff berth.
Liverpool beaten
In a formidable display of skill and speed, Eden Hazard slalomed past Liverpool players before scoring the goal that sealed Chelsea’s progress in the League Cup.
The winger’s sixth goal in seven appearances ended Liverpool’s perfect start to the season with a 2-1 victory at Anfield. The two play each other in the English Premier League in London on Saturday.
Dele Alli sealed a 4-2 penalty shootout for Tottenham over Watford after a lively finish saw the game end 2-2 after 90 minutes, with extra time not being played in the competition.
Arsenal cruised with a 3-1 victory over second-tier side Brentford with a double from Danny Welbeck and Alexandre Lacazette netting in stoppage time . . . .
Both Spanish league leaders were stunned, with Barcelona losing 2-1 at lastplace Leganes and Madrid falling 3-0 at Sevilla.
Barcelona’s loss came as Lionel Messi made his 700th appearance with the club, including 55 unofficial games. The Spanish powerhouses have 13 points each after six rounds, two points in front of Atletico Madrid.
Oscar Rodriguez got the winner for Leganes in the 53rd minute, after Nabil El Zhar had scored the host’s first goal a minute earlier to offset Philippe Coutinho’s first-half opener for Barcelona.
At Sevilla, Andre Silva scored in the 17th and 21st minutes to take his league tally to six goals, and Wissam Ben Yedder added another in the 39th to leave the hosts in control . . . .
Paulo Dybala scored the opener to set Juventus on its way to a 2-0 win over Bologna in Italy’s Serie A. Star Cristiano Ronaldo, who has netted three goals in his past two league matches, didn’t get on the scoresheet but did set up Blaise Matuidi for Juve’s second in the 16th minute . . . .
Conceding first was little setback for Paris Saint-Germain, which beat Reims 4-1 to record a seventh straight win and move eight points clear at the top of the French league. Striker Edinson Cavani scored twice and earned a penalty that Neymar converted . . . .
Mauro Manotas scored twice off assists by Alberth Ellis in the first 25 minutes led the Houston Dynamo to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Union to capture the club’s first U.S. Open Cup title . . . .
In MLS play, Alexander Ring and David Villa scored four minutes apart in the second half and host New York City FC beat the Chicago Fire, 2-0, to clinch a playoff spot.
Woz, Kerber fall
Second-ranked Caroline Wozniacki and third-ranked Angelique Kerber both lost in the third round of the Wuhan Open in Wuhan, China.
Wozniacki lost to Olympic champion Monica Puig 7-6 (10), 7-5, while Wimbledon champion Kerber was upset by Ashleigh Barty 7-5, 6-1.
Barty will next face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who upset two-time champion Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Also, Dominika Cibulkova defeated 13th-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-6 (3) . . . .
Rohan Dennis won the men’s time trial at the road cycling world championships in Innsbruck, Austria.
The Australian rider dominated the 52.5-kilometer race, beating last year’s winner Tom Dumoulin by 1 minute, 21.09 seconds. Victor Campenaerts, who won the European title in Glasgow last month, was 0.53 seconds behind in third.