Inter Milan's Belgium international Romelu Lukaku was subjected to racist abuse as he scored a second-half penalty to earn his new side a 2-1 victory at Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday.

The former Manchester United striker appeared to be the target of monkey chants from the home crowd at the Sardegna Arena as he prepared to take the decisive spot kick.

Former Juventus forward Moise Kean was also on the receiving end of racist abuse by Cagliari fans at the same stadium last season.

The 26-year-old Lukaku sent goalkeeper Robin Olsen the wrong way with 20 minutes remaining to mark his second goal in as many games for his new club before turning to glare at the home fans responsible for the taunts.

"I think that in Italy we must improve a lot and be more educated and respectful towards those doing their job," Inter coach Antonio Conte told a news conference.

"In other countries you support the team, you don't insult the opposition like this. There must be the maximum respect.

"Today I was treated well and wasn't insulted, other times it hasn't happened like that and it's not nice."

Lautaro Martinez had opened the scoring just before the half-hour only for the hosts to level through Joao Pedro soon after the break.

Inter lead Serie A after two rounds on six points along with Torino and champions Juventus, while Cagliari have yet to pick up a point.

The Milan club had got their season off to the perfect start with a 4-0 home win over promoted Lecce, but they struggled to find the same swagger against a Cagliari side featuring former Inter midfielder Radja Nainggolan.

"It was a different game to the win against Lecce, as I had warned everyone this would be tough," Conte added.

"Coming to Cagliari is never a walk in the park. Let it be known, I am very demanding and there is a lot we need to do in order to improve, but I also say we are glad to have won in a difficult arena."

Martinez headed the visitors in front after 27 minutes but his celebrations were cut short by a raised offside flag, although the goal was awarded after a lengthy Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review.

The Sardinian side levelled five minutes into the second half when Pedro powered a header home from a whipped Nahitan Nandez cross.

Stefano Sensi's free-kick rattled the bar for Inter on the hour mark and the midfielder then proved crucial in the winning goal as he was tripped by Fabio Pisacane to hand Lukaku the chance to convert from the penalty spot.

Conte's side welcome Udinese to San Siro in their next league fixture after the international break.

Gareth Bale twice came to Real Madrid's rescue to salvage a 2-2 draw at Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday but the Wales forward ended the night in despair as he was sent off in added time for receiving two yellow cards.

Real were severely weakened by six injuries to attacking players and fell behind in the 11th minute when captain Sergio Ramos lost the ball in his own half and Villarreal broke quickly, with Gerard Moreno scoring on the rebound.

Bale equalised in stoppage time of the first half by tapping in a cross from Dani Carvajal from close range but Villarreal restored their lead in the 74th minute through Moi Gomez, after Karim Benzema had a goal ruled out for offside.

Bale again pulled Madrid out of trouble with a powerful low strike in the 88th minute but somehow contrived to get himself sent off by earning two yellow cards for fouls in stoppage time.

Madrid have picked up five points from their opening three games, one more than champions Barcelona, but Zinedine Zidane's side are four points behind early leaders Atletico Madrid, who have won all three matches.

Zidane criticised his side for their lacklustre start but was pleased with how they reacted to going behind.

"We began the game without any intensity, we were barely in the game for the first 15 minutes, it's always important to make a strong start," he told a news conference.

"But we reacted well and we deserved to score more goals. We were up against a good opponent and we have to improve in defence because we know what we are capable of in attack.

"But I'm focusing on the positive things we did today, above all our reaction, because it was very important that we didn't lose today."

Josh Sargent scored a brilliant goal on his first Bundesliga start of the season and Yuya Osako grabbed two as Werder Bremen defeated 10-man Augsburg 3-2 on Sunday.

Ruben Vargas canceled Osako's sixth-minute opener in the 12th before Sargent scored a contender for goal of the month with his right foot in the 21st.

"It was a good goal, but also a super pass," Sargent said.

The 19-year-old American forward controlled Nuri Sahin's ball over the defense with his first touch and then lifted it over the Augsburg goalkeeper with his next, before tapping into the unguarded net - all without letting the ball touch the ground.

"That was outstanding," Bremen coach Florian Kohfeldt said.

Sargent is on the 26-man United States roster for exhibition games in September against Mexico and Uruguay after getting cut ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.

"Josh is on the right path. He has no problem with speed, as he showed today. That's not something you can learn," Kohfeldt said. "How he scored the goal, that's just unbelievable."

Augsburg was dealt another blow in the 34th when Stephan Lichtsteiner was sent off with a second yellow card for bringing down Niclas Füllkrug. It looked a harsh call.

Vargas scored his second just after the break to put Augsburg level, but Osako's second goal in the 67th was enough for Bremen's first points of the season.

Augsburg remains with one point from the first three games.

LONDON -- Results mean everything in football. Managers will always talk up the importance of performances, but supporters are more interested in the cold reality of the final score, which is why Arsenal head coach Unai Emery will have left the Emirates feeling like the big winner of Sunday's pulsating North London derby against Tottenham.

Emery spends most games wearing a pained expression in the technical area, but the Spaniard allowed himself to smile in the closing stages of this one, perhaps because deep down, he knew that he and his team got away with it against Mauricio Pochettino's side by claiming a 2-2 draw after falling 2-0 behind in the first half. "I'm pretty proud of our work," Emery said. "We played with our heart, sometimes more than our head and we need the balance. We need to be clearer in our mind."

That, in a nutshell, is the problem that Emery has to solve at Arsenal. Their football is too chaotic, but right now it is exciting chaos, and that is helping the former Paris Saint-Germain coach win the PR battle, if nothing else. On the pitch there was no victor, with Arsenal and Spurs taking a point each from a game that saw the home side trail 2-1 at half-time before salvaging a draw with a stirring second-half fightback.

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In the first half, we saw the Arsenal that we usually see against a "Big Six" rival: outplayed, outfought, out-thought and defensively naïve. Since Emery replaced Arsene Wenger as manager in the summer of 2018, Arsenal have played 15 games against the "Big Six" in league and cup and won just three of them, while losing eight. The old failings of the final years of the Wenger era always seem to be triggered by an encounter with a well-resourced rival and, in the first 45 minutes of this game, it was the same old story.

A week after surrendering their 100 percent winning start to the season with a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool, the Gunners appeared to be going the same way against their neighbours. Yet the second-half was a different story. Determination replaced disarray where Arsenal were concerned, with Alexandre Lacazette's goal in first-half stoppage time providing the platform for the second-half performance, in which Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang earned the draw with a 71st minute equaliser.

Spurs helped their neighbours, by giving them the freedom to chase to the game, but Aubameyang's strike was a big goal for so many reasons.

First of all, it ensured that Arsenal did not lose this game. Ahead of an international break, it would have almost signalled a mini-crisis at the Emirates had they gone into it on the back of defeats against Liverpool and Spurs, with their top four ambitions under fierce scrutiny. Staving off that kind of knee-jerk inquest was another upside from Aubameyang's equaliser, but for Emery, the goal and the draw also ensured that he could push on with his Arsenal rebuild with this result in the bank.

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Supporters will always offer more patience towards a manager and a team when they see their players produce the kind of fightback which leads to a positive result from a seemingly lost cause. Sending supporters away from a game with smile on their face and spring in their step is crucial at any time, but especially so when a club is in a state of transition and the rebuilding process is not without its difficulties.

Against Spurs, Emery's unsuccessful track record against the "Big Six" began to look like a growing problem during the first half, when Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane (the latter from the penalty spot) put Spurs 2-0 ahead. All of those questions about Emery's tactical nous were beginning to rear their heads once again, especially after his disastrous ploy of using a diamond formation against Anfield that allowed Liverpool full-backs Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold to wreak havoc down both flanks.

Even though Arsenal's defending was typically shambolic at times against Spurs, Emery's bold second-half substitutions, when he introduced Dani Ceballos and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in an effort to pose Tottenham more questions in their defensive third, led to the home side throwing everything forward and being rewarded for their adventure.

Fortune favours the brave and that certainly applied to Emery and Arsenal, and if the second-half fightback ensures that the supporters spend less time worrying about their defending, the Gunners coach will be certainly happy about that. But he will also know that he cannot allow Granit Xhaka to defend so recklessly in future -- the Arsenal captain conceded a penalty for a ridiculous challenge on Son Heung-Min -- and he needs to find a way to get David Luiz fully focused on defending.

With the attacking talent in their ranks, Arsenal will always pose opponents problems going forward, but their defensive frailties will also lead to more occasions when they have to chase games. As he embarks on his second full season in charge, Emery still has plenty of work to do, but days like this will only help buy him the time to see the job through.

New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the ongoing T20 series against Sri Lanka with a fractured thumb. Ferguson sustained the injury at training on Friday, while fielding. X-rays revealed a "small fracture to the middle joint", according to an official release.

"It's a shame for Lockie to have to miss this series, especially coming off the back of such an impressive World Cup campaign in England," said head coach Gary Stead. Ferguson had been the second-highest wicket-taker in the series, with 21 dismissals.

"The thumb has been put in a splint and is expected to take four to six weeks to recover; so we're optimistic he'll be available for the five-game T20 series against England, which starts on November 1."

While New Zealand don't have a spare fast bowler on tour - Tim Southee, Seth Rance and Scott Kuggeleijn the only frontline quicks in the 14-man squad - the team will not name a replacement for Ferguson, Stead said.

New Zealand play three T20s against Sri Lanka in all, on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. There are no ODIs on this tour.

Wriddhiman Saha, Kuldeep Yadav and Umesh Yadav will slot back in with the India A squad following their tour of the Caribbean with the national side. Saha will lead in the second four-day fixture against South Africa A in Mysore.

Shubman Gill will lead in the first four-dayer starting on September 10 in Wayanad. The game will also feature the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ammolpreet Singh, K Gowtham, Shahbaz Nadeem and Mohammed Siraj, all of whom were part of the India A squad that toured the West Indies last month.

Vijay Shankar, who was ruled out of the ongoing one-day series because of a thumb injury, has also been included subject to clearance from the medical team. Ruturaj, who will feature in the first four-dayer, was part of only the limited-overs squad in the West Indies and is currently part of the India A one-day team playing South Africa A in Thiruvananthapuram.

The selection committee picked two different squads as a number of India A regulars like Priyank Panchal and Abhimanyu Easwaran will be involved in the Duleep Trophy final in Bengaluru starting on September 4.

Ishan Kishan, who is currently part of the India A one-day team, will rejoin India Red for that Duleep Trophy final, while Rahul Chahar will be replaced by Mayank Markande in the India Green side. Kishan's inclusion in this game is perhaps a sign of the selectors perhaps being satisfied with his white-ball credentials and wanting to give him enough exposure in the red-ball format.

Meanwhile, Karun Nair was rewarded for his Duleep Trophy form with a return to the India A fold for the first time since November last year. Nair made scores of 99, 166 not out and 90 in his first two first-class outings this season. Nair is on a comeback trail of sorts after being controversially left out of the India Test squad midway through the England tour last year.

With South Africa due to tour India for a full tour, the four-dayers are seen as a shadow tour for a number of their Test aspirants like Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Zubayr Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Muthusamy and Anrich Nortje.

India A squad for 1st four-dayer: Shubman Gill (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Anmolpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, Ankeet Bawne, KS Bharat (wk), K Gowtham, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar

India A squad for 2nd four-dayer: Priyank Panchal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Anmolpreet Singh, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (Capt, wk), K Gowtham, Kuldeep Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan

Stumps West Indies 117 and 45 for 2 (Bravo 18*, Brooks 4*) need 423 to beat India 416 and 168 for 4 dec. (Rahane 64*, Vihari 53*, Roach 3-28)

India swiftly ended West Indies' innings, went 299 ahead, decided to bat again, collapsed against Kemar Roach, and still ended the day comfortably ahead of West Indies. Setting them 468 to draw the series, India dismissed both openers to reduce West Indies to 45 for 2 at stumps.

For the first time in three innings, West Indies' top-order batsmen looked like they played with some comfort against India's fast bowlers, although much of that was down to a lack of swing in the evening. Left-handers John Campbell and Darren Bravo nailed the timing on many of their favourite front-foot strokes, scoring rapidly after Kraigg Brathwaite edged behind off a straightening Ishant Sharma delivery. But shortly after he was dropped at first slip by Hanuma Vihari, Campbell threw his hands at a wide delivery from Mohammed Shami and found Virat Kohli at third slip. West Indies then slowed down for the last five overs of the day, the only notable incident being a bouncer from Bumrah that struck Bravo on the helmet in the last over. Bravo chose to stay on for the last two balls to take them to stumps.

Quick scoring was also a feature of the partnership between Vihari and Ajinkya Rahane, who had rapidly turned the game after tea, scoring at nearly six per over to add 95 as India declared to put West Indies in for the last hour. They put up a hundred stand in the process, got to half-centuries, and finished the series with two fifties and a hundred each.

Unlike the afternoon session, where ball dominated bat, West Indies had little control over the pair who looked like they'd come out with declaration in mind. The move began with two glorious Vihari on-drives early in the session, followed by both batsmen running down at Rahkeem Cornwall and chipping him either side of square leg.

West Indies went on the defensive and bowled spin from both ends. The move almost paid off, with Rahane sweeping one straight to Shannon Gabriel at deep backward square, only for the fast bowler to lose balance and fluff the chance as he went down. That over ended with Vihari chopping one to point and Rahane drilling a full toss to the cover boundary.

The move to bowl spin played into their hands, and might have been a relief in comparison to when they came together at 57 for 4 in the post-lunch session, when West Indies and Kemar Roach had given India a jolt. The seamer went past Wes Hall's 192 wickets, into ninth place overall for the West Indies. He also came close to emulating another Wes Hall feat - a Test hat-trick - but missed out by inches.

Not much had changed about Roach's attacking strategy. It was the same length - just full enough to get batsmen forward - and the same line, just outside off, with which he's troubled India all series, with little fortune. Having already pinned Mayank Agarwal deep in the crease and poking across the line before lunch, he persisted with the attack in KL Rahul's corridor post the session.

Rahul once again showed indecisiveness outside off, often finding himself halfway between a guide to third man and a leave. This was a telling feature through his entire innings which lasted 63 balls and during which he scored only 6 - he added no runs in the 11.1 overs after the break.

His dismissal was built upon that indecisiveness. Roach went stock - wide of the crease, angled into off stump, moving away off the surface. Rahul, in similar fashion to his first innings dismissal, was caught inside the line and followed the ball with his hands a touch, guiding it straight to wicketkeeper Jahmar Hamilton.

The very next ball, he got the ball to straighten even more subtly from wide of the crease. Virat Kohli's guard and shuffle across got him well into the off side as he looked to defend on the front foot, but Roach had done just enough to find the edge and get him for a first-ball duck.

For the hat-trick ball, Rahane walked into yet another tricky situation, and with catchers all around him, looked tentative as he got on the back foot to poke one into the off side. The resulting inside edge narrowly missed leg stump, as all leg-side catchers tumbled in despair instantaneously. It seemed Roach's bad luck, briefly dismissed, had returned.

Earlier in the day, India took just over an hour to end West Indies' innings, with Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja splitting the last three wickets between them. West Indies were bowled out for 117..

Mohammed Shami got a sharp, well-directed bouncer up at Cornwall's throat and had him fending from underneath it. He could only manage to get his gloves on it from that position, a gentle lob for Rahane to hold on to coming in from gully.

Roach, who has also been one of West Indies' most confident batsmen in the series so far, looked it when he came out. He played stylish square drives off both Jasprit Bumrah and Shami, with a neat tuck through midwicket sandwiched in between. At the other end, for almost 10 overs, Hamilton added no runs to his overnight score of 2.

He became Ishant Sharma's only wicket of the innings. Hamilton's 57-ball 3, an exercise in survival, ended with an outside edge to slip as he went with his trusted forward block. Ravindra Jadeja extracted prodigious turn in his very first over of the day and soon had Roach slice one to cover.

With that turn, he activated a potential fourth menacing bowling option for India, and a follow on wouldn't have been out of the question. But conditions have been humid and sapping fast bowlers all through the match, and that is likely to have influenced Kohli's decision.