The Morning Call (Sunday)

Panthers QB tears ligament in foot

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Panthers rookie quarterbac­k Matt Corral has a torn ligament in his left foot and is expected to miss significan­t time, according to coach Matt Rhule.

Rhule said Corral tore his Lisfranc ligament in the Panthers’ 20-10 preseason loss to the Patriots on Friday night after his foot got stepped on.

Rhule would not say if the injury is season-ending, but did say the team is viewing it as a long-term injury. Corral is expected to need surgery to fix the tear.

The Panthers traded up in the third round of the NFL draft this year to get Corral.

With Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold battling for the starting spot at quarterbac­k this year, the Panthers viewed this as a developmen­tal year for Corral. Now he will have to develop by studying the playbook and watching others as they go though plays in practice and in games.

“We will do the best we can to help him make the gains that he needs to make,” Rhule said.

Rhule had said the Panthers had intended to keep three quarterbac­ks on the roster, but said the Corral injury could mean the

team keeps only two if the rookie is placed on injured reserve.

“I hate it for him,” Rhule said. “I thought he was playing well too.”

Godwin Igwebuike’s tiebreakin­g 2-yard run with 4:03 left led the Lions to a 27-26 win over the Colts. The Colts could have won it with a 2-point conversion but Jack Coan’s pass fell incomplete with 38 seconds

left. Lions quarterbac­ks David Blough and Tim Boyle split the snaps as Jared Goff took the day off following two joint practices against the Colts earlier this week. Blough and Boyle each threw a TD pass. Coan, an undrafted rookie, closed it out with the

26-yard scoring pass to Samson Nacua but couldn’t convert on the Colts’ final play . ...

Josh Allen needed just six plays to lead the Bills 70 yards for an opening-drive touchdown before taking a seat in his preseason debut, and the Bills routed the Broncos’ backups 42-15. Allen completed all three

attempts for 45 yards, capped by a 28-yard touchdown to Gabe Davis in showing he

and new offensive coordinato­r Ken Dorsey are on the same page. Backup Case Keenum continued the onslaught by closing out the first half overseeing three touchdown

drives.

Chelsea banned a season-ticket holder indefinite­ly for alleged racist abuse directed at Son Heung-min during the match against Tottenham in the Premier League, the club said Saturday. Son, the South Korea forward, was subjected to abuse from a member of the crowd at Stamford Bridge in the 2-2 draw last Sunday. Chelsea has concluded an investigat­ion by issuing a ban. The back of every seat at Stamford Bridge now has instructio­ns on how to report incidents of abuse, either

by text message or by barcode on a smartphone . ... Arsenal made it three straight wins to open the Premier League season by beating Bournemout­h 3-0, with Martin Odegaard setting the team on its way with two goals inside 11 minutes on Saturday.

Soccer:

WNBA: Kahleah Copper scored 20 points and Courtney Vandersloo­t added 16 to help the Sky in a rout of the Liberty 100-62, tying the first-round playoffs series on Saturday and forcing a decisive Game 3.

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