THE HOT CORNER

1 MEN’S SOCCER: Canada beat the United States for just the second time in 37 years, a 2-0 victory Sunday on goals by Cyle Larin and Sam Adekugbe to take another big step toward reaching the World Cup for the first time since 1986. The U.S. stumbled on the road for the fourth time in five qualifiers but remains on track to return to the World Cup if it wins its remaining two home games, the first an encounter with El Salvador on Wednesday in what could be sub-zero temperatures at St. Paul, Minnesota.

MEN’S SOCCER: Manchester

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United forward Mason Greenwood will not play or practice with the club until further notice after being accused of sexual assault by a woman, with Manchester police also looking into the incident. A statement from the Premier League club was issued Sunday in response to allegations being posted within videos, photographs and an audio recording that are no longer visible on a woman’s Instagram account.

MEN’S SOCCER: The biggest

3 stars of African soccer are on course to meet in their continent’s biggest game. Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and Sadio Mané’s Senegal reached the African Cup of Nations semifinals. One more win for both teams will see the Liverpool pair meet in the final.

WOMEN’S SKIING: Austria’s

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Cornelia Huetter and Italy’s Federica Brignone tied for first place in a World Cup super-g in Germany, in the final race before the Olympics. With the Olympics looming, several top contenders skipped the races, including Mikaela Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova and Lara Gut-behrami.

PRO FOOTBALL: C.J. Uzomah 5 twisted his left knee as a pass bounced off his hands late in the first quarter of the AFC championship game against the Chiefs on Sunday, leaving the Bengals without their talented tight end the rest of the way.