U.S. beats Sweden for coach’s first win

Carli Lloyd scored twice, Christen Press added a goal and the United States held off Sweden 3-2 in Columbus, Ohio, giving Vlatko Andonovski a victory in his first match as head coach. The U.S. is 191-3 in 2019 and has a 22-match unbeaten streak . ... Manchester United, Celtic, Basel, Sevilla and Espanyol all reached the knockout stages of the Europa League, the latter with a 6-0 rout of nine-man Ludogorets . ... Two Celtic fans were stabbed by Lazio supporters and hospitalized ahead of the teams’ match.

A key American delegate at the World Anti-Doping Agency meetings in Katowice, Poland, lashed out at the agency’s director for using government money in hopes of reshaping U.S. legislation designed to fight drugs in sports. Kendel Ehrlich of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy called out efforts by WADA and the IOC to lobby for substantive changes to the bill known as the Rodchenkov Act . ... Organizers said 3.57 million tickets have already been awarded to Japan residents in two lotteries for next year’s Olympics in Tokyo. Residents will get another shot at attending the Olympics when more than 1-million tickets are put into the latest lottery Friday . ... The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said opera legend Placido Domingo has said he won’t perform at pre-Olympics cultural events in Japan.

UConn freshman guard James Bouknight received a three-game suspension over allegations he fled after crashing a car into a street sign near campus on Sept. 27. Police said he left the scene but later turned himself in.

Top-seeded Alex de Minaur, second-seeded Frances Tiafoe and Miomir Kecmanovic all advanced to the semifinals of the Next Gen Finals in Milan with straight-set wins.