FOOTBALL

The NFL’s aggressive international growth plan could include holding a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday.

Goodell has shot down the idea in the past, but he told a fan forum in London that it’s a possibility.

“We’ve always traditionally tried to play a Super Bowl in an NFL city — that was always sort of a reward for the cities that have NFL franchises,” he said in response to a question about moving the neutral-site game internationally. “But things change. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that happens one day.”

Goodell floated the idea as he outlined a plan that could include playing 16 international games every year if the regular season expands to 18 games.

• Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Evan Engram is likely to play Sunday against the Chicago Bears in what would be a boost for a team that arrived late to England because of Hurricane Milton.

The two-time Pro Bowl tight end – a favorite target of quarterback Trevor Lawrence – hasn’t played since the season opener because of a hamstring injury.

• Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver will miss a second week with a hamstring injury after Coach Sean McDermott ruled out the starter from playing at the New York Jets on Monday night.

• Aaron Rodgers is off the New York Jets’ injury report and will be back under center Monday night against the Buffalo Bills.

The quarterback was a full participant Saturday after being limited Thursday and Friday while dealing with a sprained ankle. Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said earlier in the week Rodgers also had an issue with a hamstring.

• Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers was downgraded to doubtful because of an ankle injury, further weakening a thin position as Las Vegas prepares to host the Pittsburgh Steelers.

If Meyers doesn’t play Sunday, the Raiders will be without their top two receivers against Pittsburgh. No. 1 receiver Davante Adams will miss his third game in a row because of a hamstring injury.

TENNIS

SHANGHAI MASTERS: Novak Djokovic overcame physical discomfort to beat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 7-6 (6) and move closer to a 100th career title and a record-extending fifth at the Shanghai Masters.

By also reaching the final, top-ranked Jannik Sinner ensured he will be the ATP year-end No. 1 and the first Italian to achieve that feat.

Top-ranked Sinner will chase his seventh ATP title of the year after beating Tomas Machac 6-4, 7-5.

WUHAN OPEN: Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka rallied from a slow start to beat an in-form Coco Gauff 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals to advance to her third straight Wuhan final and preserve her perfect record at the tournament.

Sabalenka will face seventh-ranked Zheng Qinwen in the final. The Paris Olympics champion beat No. 51-ranked Wang Xinyu 6-3, 6-4. Sabalenka will be bidding for her fourth title of the season, which includes the Australian Open and U.S. Open.

BOXING

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: Artur Beterbiev beat Dmitry Bivol by a points decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to become the first undisputed light-heavyweight champion in the division for more than 20 years.

The 39-year-old Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) had won all 20 of his previous fights by knockout but was forced the distance by his fellow Russian rival in Riyadh in the early hours of Sunday morning in a fight that had several swings of momentum and was almost too close to call.

In the end, two judges scored it 115-113, 116-112 for Beterbiev, with a third judge scoring it as a 114-114 draw.

HOCKEY

NHL: The San Jose Sharks placed rookie Macklin Celebrini on the injured reserve list with a lower-body injury.

The move came two days after Celebrini made an impressive debut by recording a goal and an assist in an overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday.

The 18-year-old Celebrini was picked first overall in June and is being counted on to help spark a rebuild in San Jose. He was hampered in the preseason with a lower-body injury. Coach Ryan Warsofsky said Celebrini is week to week.

• Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov will miss two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, Coach Paul Maurice said.

Maurice said he’s optimistic Barkov will return in time for – if not sooner than – the Panthers’ two NHL Global Series games against the Dallas Stars on Nov. 1- 2, which are being held in the center’s hometown of Tampere, Finland.

Barkov was hurt with 70 seconds left in a 3-1 loss at Ottawa on Thursday, when he was attempting to prevent Tim Stutzle from scoring an empty-net goal. He and the Senators forward got tangled up, with Barkov crashing feet first into the end boards.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR CUP SERIES: Shane Van Gisbergen completed a qualifying sweep by winning the pole for both the Xfinity Series and Cup Series races in Concord, North Carolina.

Van Gisbergen is racing for the Xfinity Series title but will run his 10th Cup Series race of the season Sunday when he competes on the hybrid road course/oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The New Zealander is not one of the 12 drivers trying to advance in the Cup Series championship race. But he beat all the contenders in a Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing to take the top starting spot for Sunday’s playoff elimination race.

Tyler Reddick, the regular season champion and a title contender, qualified second in a Toyota for 23XI Racing. AJ Allmendinger, who is the reigning winner of The Roval Cup race and a perfect 4 for 4 at the track in the Xfinity Series, qualified third for Kaulig.

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: Sam Mayer won on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concorn, North Carolina, in a controversial overtime finish that allowed Mayer to advance in the playoffs.

It came at the expense of Parker Kligerman, who not only was denied his first career Xfinity Series victory in regulation by a NASCAR scoring call, but also was eliminated from the playoff field.

Kligerman was leading headed toward the white flag that would have signified the final lap of the race when Leland Honeyman ran into the tire barrier. NASCAR could have thrown the caution immediately – that’s how deep into the tire barrier Honeyman was – but the yellow inexplicably didn’t flash until the split second Kligerman was about to cross under the white flag that would have made the race official.