Even without a pre-season, Luis Enrique suggested PSG's early competitive outings would serve as preparation, and the champions did enough to see off Nantes in their Ligue 1 opener. Although not at peak sharpness, the Parisians controlled the 1-0 victory, restricting the Canaries to just five attempts - none of which hit the target - while creating 18 of their own. Clear chances were scarce, but the Club World Cup runners-up were never seriously threatened
The injuries came as fast as the goals. One, two, three Chicago Stars players were down and out by the 55th minute of Monday's match against the Seattle Reign. That moment felt like a low point in what's already been a dire season for Chicago: second-to-last in the table, a sad succession of head coaches and interims, and now a three-goal deficit to match the number of key players injured for who-knows-how-long.
The Atlanta Braves had a busy Tuesday and announced a series of moves before the evening contest with the Chicago White Sox. Up first, the club announced the promotion of right-handers Dane Dunning and Connor Seabold, followed by the demotion of righties Daysbel Hernández and Hunter Stratton. Dunning appeared in Tuesday's game, where he threw a scoreless inning and struck out two. Seabold also made an appearance, logging 1.1 innings, giving up two runs.
Carolina Panthers second-round pick Nic Scourton is week-to-week after suffering a collapsed lung in Thursday's joint practice against the Texans in Houston. The edge rusher out of Texas A&M originally was diagnosed with heat-related symptoms following the session. Coach Dave Canales revealed after Saturday's 20-3 preseason loss to the Texans that the 20-year-old was taken to Memorial Hermann Medical Center in Houston for observations, where it was determined he had suffered the collapsed lung.
Roki Sasaki will start a rehab assignment on Thursday with Oklahoma City, per Dave Roberts. Sasaki made just eight starts to begin his MLB career before landing on the injured list with a shoulder impingement in May.
Filippo Baroncini, a rider for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, was involved in a severe crash on stage 3 of the Tour de Pologne resulting in multiple injuries, including facial and clavicular fractures.