Striker Folarin Balogun equalized deep into stoppage time as Reims earned a 1-1 draw at French league leader Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, keeping PSG three points ahead of second-place Lens.

Balogun, who began his career at Premier League team Arsenal and stood out throughout the game with his movement, latched onto a long pass in the sixth minute of injury time. He easily beat veteran defender Sergio Ramos for pace before confidently shooting past goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

AC Milan's woeful start to the year went from bad to worse on Sunday, potentially putting title-winning coach Stefano Pioli's job at risk.

Milan was humiliated 5-2 at San Siro by Sassuolo to leave the defending champion without a win in its last six matches. Next up is the Serie A derby against fierce rival Inter Milan next Sunday.

Novak Djokovic's Australian Open championship returned him to a rather familiar spot on Monday: No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

His four-place rise from No. 5 to replace Carlos Alcaraz at No. 1 is the largest jump to the top spot in the 50-year history of the computerized rankings for men's tennis.

It wasn't so long ago that Mikel Arteta was widely considered a Manchester City manager-in-waiting.

Now Pep Guardiola's former assistant has emerged as the greatest threat to his mentor's Premier League dominance after deciding to go it alone at Arsenal.

Novak Djokovic put aside some shaky play in the early going and took over his Australian Open semifinal against unseeded American Tommy Paul on Friday, winning 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 to close in on a 10th championship at Melbourne Park and 22nd Grand Slam title overall.

Djokovic's parents and brother are in town for the tournament for the first time since he claimed major trophy No. 1 there back in 2008, but his father stayed away from this match after getting caught up in a flap connected to spectators who brought banned Russian flags on site earlier in the week.

Novak Djokovic's father decided to stay away from the 21-time Grand Slam champion's semifinal after getting embroiled in a flap involving spectators who brought banned Russian flags to Melbourne Park, Tennis Australia said Friday.

In a release e-mailed to reporters about 2 1/2 hours before Djokovic was scheduled to face Tommy Paul for a berth in the men's singles final, tournament organizers said Srdjan Djokovic "has issued a statement confirming that he will not attend" the match.

European clubs looking for last-minute deals in the January transfer window could find some future stars among Brazil's current crop of young soccer talents.

The focus on Brazilian players is always big during transfer periods and the spotlight only intensified after Real Madrid's signing of teenage sensation Endrick on a deal reportedly worth nearly 60 million euros ($65.3 million).

The days of Barcelona fans jeering Ousmane Dembélé are long gone.

There were only cheers from the crowd at the Camp Nou after the France forward led the hosts to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.

Real Sociedad, a football team based near the French border in northern city of San Sebastian, has been one of the revelations of the Spanish league season.

A revelation that has been building for some time.

Newcastle is close to reaching a first cup final since being bought by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

Joelinton scored a 73rd-minute winner as Newcastle beat Southampton 1-0 away in the first leg of the English League Cup semifinals on Tuesday.