Solo has shoulder replacement surgery
Suspended U.S. national team goalkeeper Hope Solo said she has had shoulder replacement surgery. Solo posted post-surgery photos of herself on her social media accounts Wednesday.
She had the procedure at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle on Monday.
In a fiercely competitive Champions League round on Wednesday, the 100% winning records of Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti with their new clubs came to an end.
Guardiola’s Manchester City trailed three times at Celtic, leveled each time and finished strongly to settle for a 3-3 draw. The coach’s winning streak to start the season ended at 10 matches.
Ancelotti had won his first eight games at Bayern Munich, but his team lost, 1-0, at Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona, missing the injured Lionel Messi, trailed at Borussia Moenchengladbach before scoring twice in a nine-minute period midway through the second half to secure a 2-1 win.
Here is how Wednesday’s action unfolded:
Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain both won to take control in the Group A standings.
Arsenal beat Basel, 2-0, and threatened a rout after Theo Walcott scored twice in the first 26 minutes.
PSG fell behind in Bulgaria when Ludogorets Razgrad scored in the 16th minute. But PSG came back and Edinson Cavani sealed the outcome, getting his second goal in the 60th for a 3-1 win.
Napoli extended its lead in the Group B standings by beating Benfica, 4-2. Besiktas got its second straight 1-1 draw after 18-year-old substitute Viktor Tsygankov earned Dynamo Kiev a point in the 65th minute in Istanbul.
In Group C, a pulsating Scotland vs. England clash ended up 3-3 as Celtic gave Manchester City its biggest scare of the Guardiola era.
In Group D, Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Carrasco scored in the 35th minute, aiming a shot on the run past Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer that went in off a post, and Atletico won, 1-0. PSV Eindhoven and Rostov played to a a 2-2 draw in Russia.
Sparks center Jantel Lavender has won the WNBA’s sixth woman award. She averaged 9.6 points and shot a career-high 53.8% from the field.