BASKETBALL
Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Murray helped lead the Nuggets to the franchise’s first NBA title in 2023, making a remarkable return from a torn ACL that sidelined him for all of the 2021-22 season.
That was followed by an injury-filled regular season and truncated playoff run this past season, which preceded a disappointing performance by the Canadians in the Paris Olympics, where he often came off the bench.
The franchise’s all-time leader in 3-pointers, Murray averaged a career-best 21.2 points and 6.5 assists last season.
SOCCER
U.S. MEN: Jacob Shaffelburg and Jonathan David scored off defensive misplays, and Canada beat the United States 2-1 in a friendly in Kansas City, Kansas, for its first win over the Americans on U.S. soil since 1957.
Coming off defeats to Panama and Uruguay at the Copa America, the U.S. has lost three straight games for the first time since 2015 against Brazil, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Shaffelburg put Canada ahead in the 17th minute after Tim Ream’s pass bounced away from Johnny Cardoso. David added his 29th international goal in the 58th when Ream turned over the ball in front of his own goal.
Luca de la Torre scored his first international goal for the U.S. in the 66th minute off a pass from Aidan Morris, who entered with de la Torre four minutes earlier.
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE: In its first game since the departure of Gareth Southgate as manager, England won 2-0 at Ireland on first-half goals from Declan Rice and Jack Grealish.
• Germany had five goal scorers in a 5-0 rout against Hungary in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Niclas Füllkrug struck in the first half before Germany went on a scoring spree after the break, with goals from Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Kai Havertz.
AUTO RACING
XFINITY: Austin Hill earned his second Xfinity Series win this season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track, as the Georgia native continued to excel since the venue’s reconfiguration.
It was the third victory of the season for Hill, who has won three of the last five Xfinity races at Atlanta.
Parker Kligerman finished second, and AJ Allmendinger was third in a podium sweep for Chevrolet.
PARALYMPICS
PARIS GAMES: France defeated Argentina 3-2 on penalties under the lights of the Eiffel Tower for the gold medal in blind soccer.
Frederic Villeroux scored the decisive penalty kick after the teams played to a 1-1 draw.
France is the first team other than Brazil to win blind soccer at a Paralympics. Brazil had won all five previous golds since the sport was introduced at the 2004 Athens Games.
• Jake Williams scored 26 points as the U.S. men won the wheelchair basketball gold by beating Britain, 73-69.
• The U.S. sitting women’s volleyball team made it three golds straight by defeating China, 3-1.