Aleksey Miranchuk scored late to give Atlanta a 2-2 Major League Soccer draw against Inter Miami on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi unable to conjure any magic as a late substitute for the visitors.A minute later Russia's Miranchuk, signed by Atlanta from Europa League winners Atalanta at the end of July, produced a sensational left-footed shot from outside the area.
James Slipper is poised to become the most capped Wallaby ever after being named on the bench Thursday for Australia's crunch Bledisloe Cup clash against the All Blacks.New Zealand have owned the Bledisloe Cup since 2003 and have lost just one of their last 12 Tests against Australia, but head into the match on the back of consecutive defeats to South Africa.
Tadej Pogacar heads into the cycling world championships, which get underway in Zurich this weekend, with the chance to emulate former luminaries Stephen Roche and Eddy Merckx as a triple crown champion in a single season. - Triple crown - Pogacar's bid for the road race title, contested over seven laps of Zurich, is the main atraction at these worlds.