Real Madrid’s worrying away problem exposed by dramatic 57% drop in goals – report

Real Madrid find themselves in a less-than-ideal situation in La Liga, sitting six points behind league leaders Barcelona at a very early stage of the season.

Los Blancos have lost two games so far, to Real Betis and Atletico Madrid, and Mourinho has some work to do with his squad during the international break.

The team have looked capable of overwhelming opponents at the Santiago Bernabeu this season. Take Mourinho’s side away from home, however, and the transformation has been alarming.

Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) runs the ball in the third quarter of the Longhorns’ game against the UTSA Roadrunners at Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin, Sept. 19, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman)

Texas football is just 24 hours from the beginning of SEC play. Two undefeated teams will clash Saturday and battle of top 15 teams.
The Longhorns (3-0) beat UTSA in Austin last week and stayed atop the AP poll for the second straight week.

Cy-Falls Kaden McCarty (9) and Kaiden Jones (8) celebrate McCarty’s fumble recovery against Cy-Fair at Pridgeon Stadium in Houston on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle)

The Week 5 Houston-area and statewide Texas high school football scores from Thursday’s games as compiled by the Associated Press.

There are three games remaining in the 2026 regular season, and somehow the Astros control their own destiny in the American League West.
The Astros have won two of three games this week despite not having a starting pitcher complete three innings. Hunter Brown will start Friday’s game in West Sacramento, with Hayden Wesneski likely to follow Saturday. But what about Sunday?
This would’ve been Cristian Javier’s turn in the rotation, but Javier was placed on the injured list Wednesday after leaving Tuesday’s start with a groin injury.

SS Avery Powell was a major source of takeaways in 2025 with three fumble recoveries and one interception. | Getty Images
Welcome to one of the most interesting Fridays of the college football season.
May I interest you in happy hour college football? The five-game Friday slate starts with an American Conference double-header on ESPN, featuring both service academies in conference matchups.
At 4 p.m. ET — yes, 4 p.m. ET — Temple travels north to face Army in the earliest regular season Friday kickoff time since Dec. 2, 2022 when Buffalo and Akron scheduled a postponed game for 1 p.m.

Running back Adam Mohammed and Cal will host Clemson at 7:30 p.m. Friday. (ESPN) (Stephen Lam/S.F. Chronicle)

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7p L.A. Dodgers at Giants NBCSBA (680, 104.5)
7p Arizona at San Diego, joined in progress MLB Net
10p Japan: Seibu vs.

SEATTLE (AP) — Christian Moore hit a two-run double and had three RBIs, Bryce Teodosio drove in two runs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4 on Thursday night.
Moore’s RBI single in the second gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead, and Teodosio’s one-run groundout pulled the Angels within 3-2 in the fifth before Zach Neto drove in the tying run.
Moore plated two more runs in the sixth with a double to put Los Angeles back on top for good, 5-4. Teodosio capped the scoring with an RBI single in the eighth.

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The Seattle Seahawks received a major boost ahead of their Week 3 clash against the Washington Commanders, but a sudden defensive injury threatens to cloud that momentum.
Starting quarterback Sam Darnold upgraded to full participation at Thursday’s practice after missing last week’s 31-7 victory against the Arizona Cardinals with a glute injury.

A first career homer is an unforgettable moment for an MLB rookie. Lucas Spence tripled that magic on Thursday, to the benefit of the Houston Astros.
Facing the Athletics in Sacramento, the 23-year-old center fielder hit his first career homer in the second inning, his second career homer in the seventh inning and his third career homer in the ninth inning. The Astros won 7-5, allowing them to stay tied atop the AL West with the Texas Rangers.
They came at the Athletics’ temporary home of Sutter Health Park, in front of a crowd of 9,367.

Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love completed 28 of his 53 pass attempts for 312 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in Week 3 against the Atlanta Falcons.
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Why It Matters: Once again, the offensive line was a major issue for the Packers, who couldn’t run the ball and routinely allowed rushers to get in Love’s face. It did lead to Love throwing for 300-plus yards — many of which came during extended garbage time — and a couple of scores, but the question is whether he can continue to absorb this level of punishment week after week.

Bijan Robinson and Drake London couldn’t be stopped, as Atlanta ended Green Bay’s streak of 13 straight home-opening wins.

Sep 24, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles the ball against the Minnesota Lynx in the second half at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever officially concluded their regular season on Thursday night, but it’s fair to say the night went far differently than Clark or the team had hoped.
Not only did the Fever suffer a lopsided defeat against the Minnesota Lynx, but Clark also endured the worst performance of her career, setting career lows across several statistical categories.

Billy Seymour rushed for three touchdowns, including the 53-yard game winner, in New Britain’s 21-20 CCC Tier 1 football victory over Maloney at Veterans Stadium in New Britain on Thursday night, Sept. 24, 2026. (Bryant Carpenter/Hearst Connecticut Media)

NEW BRITAIN – We’ve seen enough New Britain-Maloney high school football in recent years to know that whenever these CCC rivals meet, there’s going to be drama, no lead is safe and no one should go anywhere before the final horn sounds.
Or, in the case of games at Veterans Stadium, the final cannon.

Southington’s Nick Andrews rushed for two touchdowns and added a 46-yard receiving score in a 35-6 victory over host Windsor on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (Jared Tofil/For Hearst Connecticut Media)

WINDSOR – After Windsor scored first Thursday night, the No. 5 Southington football team used a 21-point second quarter to pull away in a 35-6 victory at Windsor High School.
Blue Knights senior Nick Andrews scored twice in the second quarter and added a third score in the second half as Southington improved to 3-0.

Patriots’ Drake Maye Reveals What He Must Change Amid Slow Start originally appeared on NESN.
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It’s been a very lackluster start to the season for the New England Patriots, a team that made the Super Bowl a year ago and had high hopes entering this year. 
For a Patriots team expected to be above average, there’s a lot that needs to be fixed over the next couple of weeks. The Patriots haven’t played well, and some of that falls on quarterback Drake Maye.

Sep. 24—JAMESTOWN — There is no longer an undefeated volleyball team in the Western Dakota Association.
Bismarck Century defeated Jamestown 22-25, 25-20, 30-28, 25-5 on Thursday evening. The now 7-1 Jays will play their next game on Sept. 29. Jamestown is set to host Mandan beginning at 7 p.m.
An ace by Adisyn Yunck got the Jays a 17-15 advantage and while there was a Jamestown error on the next point, the home team managed to extend their lead to 20-16 due to three straight attack errors by the Patriots.

With the Green Bay Packers down 27-7 in the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Falcons, the Packers cut Atlanta’s lead to 13 points with a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jordan Love to receiver Matthew Golden.  It was Golden’s first NFL touchdown after not scoring a touchdown as a rookie last year.
Here is a look at the touchdown, courtesy of the NFL’s official social media:

Matthew Golden hauls in the @packers TD!@ATLvsGB on Prime VideoStream on @NFLPluspic.twitter.

Phillies give positive update on Luis Arraez following injury scare originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Philadelphia Phillies are in the midst of a playoff push, hunting for one of the remaining wild card spots in the National League. With FanGraphs putting them at a 91.9 percent chance of making a wild-card spot, it’s just a matter of time. But with the playoff expectations there, Philadelphia needs all hands on deck, which has been an issue as of late.

Sean Ryan covers the forecast for Wildcat stadium, where Copperas Cove and Temple go head to head.
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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is out for the regular season due to injury, and ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter has a trade candidate for them on the Arizona Cardinals.

“There are some interesting candidates out there.”@AdamSchefter dives into the possible QB1 pursuit by the Giants ✍️ pic.twitter.com/HtykN5iIAi
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) September 24, 2026
“There are some interesting candidates out there,” Schefter began. “Gardner Minshew is in Arizona. The Cardinals have Jacoby Brissett, they have Carson Beck.

With the Yankees set to host a best-of-three AL Wild Card series on Tuesday, Sep. 29, it’s time to take a detailed look at their most likely opponent – who also happen to be their most hated rivals.
In fact, unless the Boston Red Sox (85-74), Cleveland Guardians (83-76), and Chicago White Sox (82-77) all finish the regular season with identical 85-77 records, the Yankees will face the Red Sox in that playoff series.

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Rob Pelinka said Thursday that the Lakers remain thankful for their time with LeBron James.

Steve Alford is ending a 36-year coaching career that also included stops at Iowa, New Mexico and UCLA.

The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk $14,926 on Thursday for “engaging in offensive demonstrations.

The White Sox became the first team to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons by reaching the playoffs, clinching at least an AL Wild Card berth with win No. 82 this year.

DETROIT – One more preseason game and the Red Wings skate into the regular season.
They’ll take another outcome like Thursday’s, on September 24.
Alex DeBrincat’s power play goal at 33 seconds of overtime gave the WIngs a 3-2 victory over Buffalo. DeBrincat one-timed a pass from Lucas Raymond, giving the Wings their second victory in three preseason games (2-0-1).
The Wings end the preseason Saturday, hosting Columbus (7 p.m./DSN/97.1).

MINNEAPOLIS — Indiana Fever backup point guard Tyasha Harris exited Thursday’s game vs. the Minnesota Lynx with a left ankle injury and did not return.
Harris was driving to the basket with 3:30 left in the third quarter. She took one dribble, then planted on her left foot in the lane and went up for the right-handed layup. Nia Brodie slid over to defend Harris as she neared the basket. The two collided in the lane and Harris landed awkwardly on her left ankle. She fell to the ground immediately and began reaching at her ankle in pain.

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First, the good news, the Cleveland Guardians are headed back to the MLB playoffs.
However, a lot is riding on the Cleveland Guardians’ final three games of the regular season. If the season ended today, the team would earn a first-round bye directly to the American League Division Series as the No. 2 seed, but as it stands, they could easily fall to the wild card as the team holds a single game lead on the Chicago White Sox. Regardless, playoff baseball will feature the Guardians and tickets are available now.

The Atlanta Falcons offense was not able to do much on their first two drives.  However, quarterback Michael Penix has gotten settled in his first game back after suffering a torn ACL last season and just threw his first touchdown pass of the season to tight end Austin Hooper.
Hooper’s touchdown capped off an eight-play, 63-yard drive that took under three minutes off the clock to give the Falcons the 17-7 lead with under a minute left until halftime.  This was also Hooper’s first touchdown with Atlanta since 2019.

The U.S. eked out a 3-2 session win over the International team as the 2026 Presidents Cup got underway with fourball matches at Medinah Golf Club on Thursday.
This is the closest the Cup has been after session one since the International team took a 4-1 lead after the opening day in 2019 (the U.S. would go on to win 16-14 with Tiger Woods as captain). The U.S. is looking for its 11th consecutive Presidents Cup win while the Internationals are looking for their second.
“A session win is a session win; we’re going to take it any way we can get it,” 2026 U.S.

Here is everything Houston Texans offensive coordinator Nick Caley said ahead of their Week 3 game against the Indianapolis Colts, including his thoughts on the red zone execution against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2, the chemistry between quarterback C.J. Stroud and wide receiver Jaylin Noel and his process for making in-game adjustments.

Question: On how he maximizes tight end use in situations
Nick Caley: “I think each week we have a plan for the usage of each player, so tight ends are no different.

It is coming down to the wire in the MLB regular season and playoff positioning could not be tighter. That is especially true for Thursday’s game between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Sep 23, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) flies out in the seventh inning against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
How to Watch Padres vs Dodgers

When: Thursday, September 2, 2026
Time: 10:00 PM ET
TV Channel: MLB.

Costa Rica begins its fourth consecutive CONCACAF Nations League campaign at home to Curaçao on Thursday.

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How to watch Costa Rica vs Curaçao

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 10:00 PM ET
Channel: FOX Sports 2
Stream: Fubo (try for free)

Curaçao announces its return to CONCACAF Nations League A with a trip to Costa Rica on Thursday.

MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Capsules from the fourballs matches Thursday in the Presidents Cup:
Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, United States, def. Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im, International, 1 up
Scheffler made a 15-foot birdie putt on the opening hole and the Americans started with four birdies in a row. Lee and Im kept right with them with four straight birdies to square the match through five. Each team has five birdies on the front nine. The Internationals had birdie chances from 10 feet on three straight holes and failed to convert.

After going three-and-out on their first drive of the game, the Green Bay Packers get on the board first with a four-yard touchdown from wide receiver Christian Watson to give them a 7-0 lead over the Atlanta Falcons.  It was his fourth touchdown of the season.
Here is a look at the touchdown, courtesy of the NFL’s official social media:

Christian Watson’s 4th TD of the season 🧀 pic.twitter.com/BgPLrCKT2o
— NFL (@NFL) September 25, 2026
On their first two drives with quarterback Michael Penix Jr, Atlanta was not able to do much.

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SOUTH BEND, IN – SEPTEMBER 19: Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback CJ Carr (13) exits the field after the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on September 19, 2026 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
With the game against the Fighting Irish fast approaching Patrick Sullivan from One Foot Down stopped by to answer my questions, some serious and some not so serious, about Saturday’s game.

NFL Legend Rob Gronkowski joins Baker Machado of Front Office Sports to discuss:

Becoming the official game day wingman for Bounty paper towels
His dream concession stand menu at Gillette Stadium
What it takes for an athlete to succeed in brand partnerships
Betting on games and yelling at his TV like a real fan
His reaction to Tom Brady swearing live on television

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The Seattle Seahawks may very well have Sam Darnold ready to return to action after just one game missed.
Seattle’s starting quarterback was a full participant in Thursday’s practice, plus he had media availability, which is typically a positive sign toward playing for anyone who’s iffy due to injury.

The 2026 Presidents Cup got off to a tense start and the U.S. and International teams will begin Day 2 of the competition on Friday, Sept. 25 looking to assert an advantage.
The Americans grabbed a 3-2 lead after Thursday’s four-ball session, but this next phase presents different challenges. There are five foursomes matches on the docket, with each player taking alternate shots as opposed to playing their own ball. Both teams have made key changes to their lineup in the wake of Thursday’s results.
Here’s a breakdown of the Presidents Cup foursomes matches for Friday, Sept.