Leicester Tigers say they will "take further action if appropriate" after reports of an incident involving some of their players in a bar in Portugal.

It has been claimed a "violent confrontation" with security staff took place in a pub during the Premiership side's training camp in the Algarve.

"The players made us aware of an incident when they were given a night off," a club spokesman told BBC Sport.

"The club have co-operated fully with the authorities."

The spokesman added: "While we believe this is the end of the matter, we will take further action if appropriate."

Carli Lloyd scored twice and the U.S. national team extended its winning streak to 16 games with a 3-0 exhibition victory over Portugal on Tuesday night.

It was Jill Ellis' 105th victory as the U.S. coach, tying her with Tony DiCicco's record from 1994-1999. Ellis, now 105-7-18, plans to step down in October following the team's final two victory tour matches.

The match at Allianz Field was the third of a five-city tour celebrating the U.S. team's World Cup victory this summer in France. It was the team's second straight World Cup title and fourth overall.

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The Americans also defeated Portugal 4-0 last Thursday at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field before 49,504 fans, the largest ever for a stand-alone friendly game for the U.S. women.

The Americans have won all nine of their meetings with Portugal and have never allowed a goal.

Lloyd scored in the 22nd minute and converted a penalty kick some 10 minutes later. The 37-year-old has 117 career goals and leads the team with 12 this year alone.

Lloyd, a two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, grabbed headlines recently when she kicked a 55-yard field goal at the Philadelphia Eagles' training camp.

Lindsey Horan scored in 93rd minute on a header off a corner kick from Christen Press, who has a team-best 11 assists this year.

Alex Morgan and Rose Lavelle were both out because of concussion protocol. Lloyd started up top for the United States for the second straight game while Jessica McDonald took the place of Megan Rapinoe, who has an Achilles injury. Kelley O'Hara was sidelined by an ankle injury.

Defender Ali Krieger and her fiancee, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris, were not with the team because of a family emergency.

North Carolina Courage forward Kristen Hamilton made her debut for the U.S. in the 76th minute, coming in as a sub for McDonald.

A sellout crowd of 19,600 watched the team's first match at Allianz Field, the home of Major League Soccer's Minnesota United, which opened earlier this year.

The victory tour continues next month with games against South Korea on Oct. 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Oct. 6 in Chicago.

Inter Milan forward Alexis Sanchez has said he hopes to play in the United States once his time in Europe is over.

The Chile international left Manchester United to join the Nerazzurri on loan this summer after scoring just five goals in 45 appearances for the Old Trafford.

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However, he said he still believes he has a lot to offer in Europe and would be keen to play in Major League Soccer at a later date.

"I always have offers," Sanchez replied during a news conference before Chile's clash with Argentina in Los Angeles when asked about a potential move to MLS.

"They had told me about Miami, but I have got six or five years left at a good level in Europe. Although one day I could play in the United States.

"I'd like it a lot to play in [MLS], it is a league that is growing and is very good."

Sanchez also reiterated his time at United was a success despite his low scoring rate.

Having said he has no regrets about the move from Arsenal in January 2018, the 30-year-old further defended his time at Old Trafford.

At Inter, Sanchez will be joined by former United teammate Romelu Lukaku, who moved to San Siro for €80 million this summer, and the ex-Barcelona forward said the two formed a good understanding when they played together.

"I would have liked to play more with Lukaku," Sanchez said. "I think in the little we played together we did well.

"And when I became a starter under [Jose] Mourinho in the second season -- because I was always playing 60 minutes, did well and then the next game I didn't play -- if you look at the statistics, I didn't lose a game as a starter.

"Even against Juventus I was a starter, what did we do? We beat Juve 2-1. I didn't lose a game and I left unbeaten, even if it was sometimes 60 or 70 minutes, I didn't lose a game [as a starter] if you look at the stats."

Sanchez was unbeaten as a starter during the 2018-19 campaign, but lost five times in all competitions during the second half of his first season -- including in his Premier League debut away to Tottenham.

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Misbah-ul-Haq has been handed unprecedented influence over Pakistan cricket, with the PCB confirming his appointment as coach of the national side, as well as - uniquely - chief selector. Pakistan's most successful Test captain will also be reunited with Waqar Younis, who has been named bowling coach. Waqar was head coach twice during Misbah's near-seven-year tenure as captain, the pair working well together in registering some of Pakistan's finest successes in the period. Both have been given three-year contracts.

Speculation had been rife about Misbah being appointed for a while now - though both positions were advertised publicly, the PCB actively chased Misbah. He delayed applying formally for the position and the reason, ESPNcricinfo understands, is because of yet another role he is due to take up: that of the PSL side Islamabad United's head coach. Eventually, Misbah applied hours before the deadline, was interviewed, and ended up beating Mohsin Khan and Dean Jones, who had also applied. From being a shock candidate to take the captaincy less than a decade ago, Misbah is now, arguably, the most powerful man in Pakistan cricket.

Applications were not especially abundant. Waqar was the only one who turned up for the interview after another shortlisted candidate, Mohammad Akram, withdrew at the last minute. This is Waqar's fifth term with Pakistan in a coaching capacity, having served as bowling coach of the side in 2006-07, bowling and fielding coach briefly in 2009-10, head coach in 2010-11 and again from 2014 to 2016. The end, when it had come, wasn't a pleasant one as he resigned three months before his contract was to end after a poor World T20. He will be replacing Azhar Mahmood, who was released alongside Mickey Arthur, the previous head coach, after the World Cup this year.

If Misbah's multiple roles weren't already a talking point, he was also part of the very committee that reviewed Arthur's tenure after the World Cup and then decided to not renew his contract - in effect, one of the men responsible for the decision to release Arthur has now succeeded him.

The PCB had used a five-member panel with two independent former cricketers - Intikhab Alam and Bazid Khan - as well as governing board member Asad Ali Khan, Wasim Khan (chief executive, PCB) and Zakir Khan (director - international cricket) for the recruitment process.

The board had also sought candidates for the batting coach role, but didn't shortlist the only applicants - Mohammad Wasim and Faisal Iqbal. Both were ignored and with Misbah at the helm, the PCB has decided to call in an assistant coach from the NCA as support staff.

Of Misbah's numerous roles, his position as head coach of a PSL franchise and the national team raises questions of a potential conflict of interest - much in the way it had with his predecessor. Arthur was also coach of Karachi Kings during his time as Pakistan coach. The matter was taken up by Ehsan Mani after becoming PCB chairman and he promised to form a policy on dual roles that caused potential conflicts of interest.

Before becoming chairman, Mani had questioned the situation of national coaches working with domestic teams. But with Misbah now holding three roles, a definitive position on the issue may not be forthcoming. Last year, under Mani, the PCB did remove chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq from the PSL player draft committee because of a potential conflict of interest since he was involved with a talent-hunt programme run by one of the tournament's franchises, Lahore Qalandars. Tauseef Ahmed, part of the national selection committee while also serving as Islamabad United's spin coach, was also left out of the PSL draft committee.

The first assignment of the Misbah-Waqar combination will be the upcoming three-ODI and three-T20I home series against Sri Lanka, which will be played from September 27 to October 9. Their first series in the World Test Championship will be in Australia, where Pakistan will play in Brisbane (November 21-25), followed by a day/night Test in Adelaide (November 29 - December 3).

Ajaz Patel, the New Zealand spinner, will play the final two games of the County Championship season for Yorkshire, replacing Keshav Maharaj as the club's overseas player.

Patel, who took nine wickets in New Zealand's 1-1 draw in their Test series in Sri Lanka last month, has spent most of the English summer playing club cricket as Cranleigh's overseas professional.

Yorkshire can mathematically still win the Championship - though would be reliant on Essex and Somerset suffering a severe downturn in form if they were to win the title.

"I came over to play at Cranleigh CC this winter, hopefully with the opportunity to pick up some county cricket while I was over here," Patel said. "But I obviously got called into the New Zealand squad for the Sri Lanka Tests while I was over there. It all happened pretty quickly from there, I got the call and jumped at the opportunity really.

"It's exciting and Yorkshire are in with a chance of winning another County Championship. It's a club with a lot of history and one that's been pretty successful in the championship in the past. I'm coming for two games and hope to contribute as much as I can and to try to do as much as I can to help Yorkshire into the best position to be able to win the competition as they approach the end of the season.

"I've had a good tour of Sri Lanka, where I was quite successful in their conditions. Confidence-wise I'm feeling good and the ball is coming out really nicely."

Yorkshire have been without Adil Rashid for the entirety of their Championship season due to international duty and injuries, while Josh Poysden has missed the second half of the campaign due to a freak head injury after being struck during a nets session.

As a result, they have had to recruit from elsewhere to find a spinner. Dom Bess played four games on loan from Somerset, while Maharaj is the same number of games into his stint as an overseas player.

Martyn Moxon, Yorkshire's director of cricket, said: "Ajaz has had a good last two or three seasons in domestic cricket and he's currently in the New Zealand Test squad. We feel he's well qualified to come in and be available for the last two games for us, when hopefully we can continue our push to finish as high as possible in the County Championship.

"We want to finish as high in the County Championship as possible; mathematically it's possible that we can still win it and we want to give ourselves the best possible opportunity. We looked at the options to fill Kesh's shoes and we think Ajaz is the best to do that.

"We've spoken to those that know him well and he has been one of the most consistent performers in domestic cricket and he has done well in Sri Lanka for New Zealand recently."

New Zealand might be struggling to find 11 fit players for the final T20I against Sri Lanka after a number of their squad members picked up a raft of injuries, even though there was good news for them on the Ross Taylor front.

Taylor was ruled out of the second match with a hip injury, but has since been declared available for selection, but Martin Guptill, who was unable to bat after straining a stomach muscle in the field, has since been ruled of the third game. Tom Bruce, who struck a half-century in the chase in the second game, picked up a knee problem part-way through his innings, and is being monitored.

With Lockie Ferguson having been ruled out of the series with a broken finger and not replaced in the 14-man squad, there is the potential for New Zealand to be left with just 11 fit players, meaning even one training injury could throw things into disarray.

Fortunately for them, though, the series is in the pocket after they won the first and second games by five wickets and four wickets respectively.

"I swung at the ball a bit too hard, swung and missed, and felt [the hip] twinge a little bit. More of a precautionary measure, nothing major," Taylor had said after missing the second game.

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At the presentation, captain Tim Southee said: "We have to do an injury check and see who's available for the next game [on Thursday, in Pallekele]."

Bruce, who replaced Taylor, struck 53 off 46 balls before falling in the final over leaving Mitchell Santner to secure a tense win, and said he would do all he could to be available for the last match of the tour.

"I'll ice the knee and rest up the next couple of days. I think it should be right, fingers crossed anyway," he told Radio Sport.