Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson is set to be out "the next few weeks" with a calf injury he suffered in the Reds' 4-1 victory over Norwich on Friday, according to manager Jurgen Klopp.

"[It's] not too cool. It's a calf injury, which takes him obviously out for a while," Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com on Monday.

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"I don't want to make now [an] exact prognosis on when he will be back but it will not be Wednesday for sure, so now then we have to see. It takes a while, it takes a couple weeks for sure, and we have to see.

"I saw already like 'six weeks' and stuff like this, but Ali was not a lot injured in his career so I would like to wait a little bit to see how he develops in that process now, but he is not in for the next few weeks."

The Brazil international came off in the 39th minute of the match after slipping and holding his calf. He waived off the stretcher but needed assistance from the team's trainers to come off the pitch at Anfield.

Newly signed Spanish goalkeeper Adrian came on for the Reds, his first game in uniform since joining from West Ham on a free transfer this week.

Liverpool sold longtime keeper Simon Mignolet last week to Belgian side Club Brugge. Caoimhin Kelleher is expected to serve as Adrian's understudy for Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup fixture against Chelsea in Istanbul, with the youngster having recently returned to training following a broken wrist.

Alisson -- who started all of last season's 38 Premier League matches -- was instrumental in Liverpool's Champions League title run in May, as well as Brazil's Copa America victory this summer.

Singer Taylor Swift has urged her millions of fans to get behind the U.S. women's soccer team in its fight for equal pay, saying the world champions took a "historic stand" for equality.

The American singer-songwriter said that discrimination on pay is "happening everywhere" as she accepted the inaugural Teen Choice Icon Award on Sunday.

Alex Morgan, co-captain of the U.S. women's team, presented Swift, 29, with the award.

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"While they were winning the World Cup, they were also taking a historic stand in terms of gender equality, gender pay gap," Swift said.

"Please, please, please support [Morgan] and her teammates, because this isn't over yet. It's not resolved. Get online and talk about it."

The squad's 2-0 victory in the World Cup final in July capped a campaign that attracted vast television audiences.

In March, the team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation, arguing that their pay and working conditions amounted to gender discrimination.

The players, including Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Morgan, said they had been consistently paid less than their male counterparts despite performing better.

The prize money for the women's World Cup doubled to $30 million this year, but this paled in comparison to the 400 million euros ($448 million) available for the men's tournament winners last year.

"Let people know how you feel about it, because what happened to them is unfair. It's happening everywhere, and they are heroes and icons for standing up," Swift said.

Last week, the U.S. Soccer Federation hired the services of two lobbying firms to counter the U.S. women's claims, a USSF spokesperson confirmed to ESPN FC.

In the wake of the U.S. women's team's World Cup victory, legislation was introduced in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives requiring the USSF to pay players on the respective U.S. women's and men's national team equally.

The House bill, put forward by Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), would withhold federal funding for the 2026 World Cup, set to be hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico, if U.S. Soccer fails to pay the women's and men's teams equally. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced an identical bill in the Senate last month.

USSF spokesperson Neil Buethe told ESPN FC that the hiring of the firms was not intended to combat the legislation being put forward, but rather an effort to ensure that the information available is accurate.

He added that the USSF received two separate letters asking for information, and that the hiring of the lobbying firms -- FBB Federal Relations and Van Ness Feldman -- was the best way to get that information across.

Buethe said in a prepared statement: "Due to the large number of requests we've received from policymakers since the Women's World Cup, we are taking the proper steps to make sure that those leaders have accurate information and factual numbers that will inform them about the unmatched support and investment the U.S. Soccer Federation has provided as a leader in women's football across the world."

Molly Levinson, a spokesperson for the players in the equal-pay lawsuit, said via text message: "We are stunned and disappointed that U.S. Soccer Federation -- the governing body for soccer in this country and a nonprofit organization -- would spend sponsor dollars and revenue to advocate against laws that ensure that women are paid equally to men.

"We can't imagine that fans or sponsors would support USSF's effort to misinform and mislead lawmakers about the facts by blatantly inflating numbers and minimizing and diminishing the work women players do.

"USSF should use their platform and resources to support equality in this country, not constantly fight against it."

Information from Reuters and ESPN FC U.S. correspondent Jeff Carlisle contributed to this report.

USL Championship side Orange County SC has signed 14-year-old Francis Jacobs to a multiyear professional contract, the club and the player have told ESPN FC.

Jacobs, who projects as a central midfielder, signed with OCSC on July 26 at 14 years, four months and 29 days, making him the youngest American male to sign a professional soccer contract in the U.S.

Earlier this year, 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie effectively began her professional career by signing on with sports agency Wasserman Media Group as well as an endorsement deal with Nike. She has since been training with the NWSL's Portland Thorns.

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Freddy Adu was 14 years, five months, and 16 days when he signed with MLS and D.C United in November of 2003.

Jacobs will eligible for selection for next weekend's game against the Las Vegas Lights, though OCSC manager Braeden Cloutier told ESPN FC it was unlikely that Jacobs would play.

"I just want to make sure we're doing this at the right pace and the right time," he said about playing Jacobs.

If Jacobs does see the field, he will become the youngest American to play in a professional league match.

"I'm pretty excited just because I've worked really hard throughout the years to get to this point, and the guys are really cool on the team," Jacobs said via telephone. "So it's pretty exciting to join a team you really like, and I'm looking forward to the future."

OCSC GM Oliver Wyss told ESPN FC that Jacobs has been training with the club's first team since May, and during that time the 5-foot-11 midfielder showed he could compete playing against men who, in some cases, are more than twice his age.

"As a 14-year-old he's already more mature than most of the teenagers that we come across who play for us," Wyss said. "I think that has a dramatic impact because his coachability, his smarts, his intelligence, are very, very high for a young man. That also played into the equation.

"If you just looked at age, it's a big step to make. But the reality is he's trained with us all summer long. We have the chance to evaluate him continuously, and we feel he is ready for the next step. We will give him the time and it's not something where we rush into it. It's ultimately up to Francis to prove that he's ready to make a game appearance for our first team."

A product of nearby Laguna Beach, Jacobs spent time playing with local club Irvine Strikers before joining OCSC earlier this year. Jacobs had training stints with FC Koln and Bayer Leverkusen, but the option of staying close to home made joining OCSC the right step for the player and his family.

Jacobs will attend a local private school in the afternoons in order to continue his education.

"He's had opportunities to play abroad," said Jacobs' father Jeff. "But I didn't think that would have worked out for him because he's 14, and taking him out of his nest was not the right move at this point. What OCSC has offered couldn't be any better.

"We live very close by. Francis' life will stay intact in terms of friends and normalcy. And OCSC has an amazing training environment, an amazing team, and the staff has assured my wife and I that they're going to look after him and do what's best for him."

The next step will be for Jacobs to prove his worth in practice ahead of this weekend's match.

"It will be really exciting," Jacobs said about possibly making his debut. "But it comes down to how you play in the practices. It's the coach's decision of which lineup he wants to put out there."

Christian Pulisic will have woken up on Monday morning knowing precisely what awaits him in the Premier League with Chelsea. After a bruising welcome to English football on Sunday as a substitute during Chelsea's 4-0 defeat at Manchester United, the only positive spin for the United States forward is that the magnitude of his challenge is now crystal clear.

During a 32-minute debut for his new team following his summer arrival from Borussia Dortmund -- having spent the last six months of last season on loan at the German club after completing a £57.6m transfer in January -- Pulisic was left floored by a Paul Pogba bodycheck and forced to chase lost causes as United raced away to complete their emphatic opening weekend victory.

While manager Frank Lampard made the worst start of any Chelsea boss for over 40 years, Pulisic was given a glimpse of how tough it could be for him to make his name at Stamford Bridge.

The midfielder is expected to make his first competitive start for Chelsea against Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup final in Istanbul on Wednesday and it's unlikely to get any easier against the European champions. He struggled to make any impact against United's new right-back, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, at Old Trafford, and he will face another daunting opponent when he comes up against Trent Alexander-Arnold in Turkey.

At 20, Pulisic clearly needs time to adapt to his new surroundings, and under Lampard he will be given that space to acclimatise, develop and realise his undoubted potential. But Pulisic's biggest problem is one that he cannot control, and that is never a good place to start.

Rightly or wrongly, the young forward will be compared to Eden Hazard whenever he takes to the field as a Chelsea player, which is unfortunate considering that the Belgian almost single-handedly carried the club to two Premier League titles and other major honours during his seven years at the club, prior to his £88.5m summer move to Real Madrid. This is a Chelsea team in clear transition, with a new manager, and already under pressure to deliver; for Pulisic, the challenge feels greater given the price tag and the departure of the Blues' enigmatic Belgian.

Hazard was Chelsea's go-to-guy when they needed a moment of inspiration to get the team out of a hole. He didn't always deliver, but more often than not, he came up with the goods when it mattered. In 245 Premier League games, he scored 85 goals and racked up 54 assists. He also struck fear into opposition defenders and, crucially, gave his teammates the belief that no cause was lost while he was on the pitch.

When Chelsea sealed the deal for Pulisic in January they knew that, barring an unlikely change of heart, Hazard would be leaving for Madrid at the end of the season. With the club being hit by a two-window worldwide transfer ban by FIFA following an investigation into the recruitment of foreign players under the age of 18, Chelsea ensured that they had a replacement for Hazard before their star man headed off to Madrid.

But Pulisic is not there to directly replace Hazard. This is a new Chelsea team going in a new direction rather than one trying to replicate what worked last season but with new players. Pulisic is a young forward with the potential to shine in the Premier League. He is not blessed with the robustness that enabled Hazard to cope with the physical challenge of English football and is still, quite clearly, a talent in the making rather than the finished article.

Of course the comparison to Hazard is inevitable; Chelsea sold a forward (Hazard) for big money and replaced him with another forward (Pulisic) for big money. However, Sunday's brief cameo at Old Trafford highlighted their differences.

Chelsea were 1-0 down when Pulisic replaced Ross Barkley on 58 minutes, with Lampard deploying the American on the wide left in an effort to put more pressure on United's back four. Had it been Hazard entering the fray, United would almost certainly have assigned a player to shadow him closely, but they did not make any changes to deal with Pulisic because there was no need. The game quickly passed the U.S. forward by as United upped the tempo and took advantage of Chelsea's absences -- in particular, their best defender, Antonio Rudiger, was out injured -- to score three more goals. Pulisic ended the game looking like a man who had just spent half an hour in a washing machine.

Pulisic will feel more at home at Stamford Bridge, where the smaller pitch will enable him to be more effective but he needs to make an early impression on his own terms, for his own sake, to avoid being regarded as a shadow of the man he replaced.

Hazard also had quiet games at Old Trafford, but he made amends soon enough by delivering a big contribution when it mattered. That is Pulisic's challenge. In a team going through a difficult transition, the American must be allowed to become his own man and make his own impact at Chelsea.

Cricket is in line to be included in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, MCC World Cricket Committee chairman Mike Gatting has said following an address by the ICC's new chief executive Manu Sawhney at Lord's this week.

In what would be the end to one of cricket's longest and least satisfying sagas, Gatting said Sawhney told the MCC's Cricket Committee that strong progress had been made to ensure the game is given the global platform many of its custodians want it to gain - those including, seemingly for the first time, India.

"We were talking with Manu Sawhney the ICC chief exec, and he was very hopeful we can get cricket into the 2028 Olympics," Gatting said. "That's what they're working towards at the moment and that would be a huge bonus for cricket worldwide, it would be fantastic.

"It's two weeks, that's a good thing about it, it's not a month, so it's one of those [events] where scheduling for two weeks should be fine once every four years once you do the first one. You're going to have - one hopes - a four-year period, once you know you've been accepted into the Olympics, that gives you a chance to actually shape your two weeks, so it's not as if it is butted into the schedule.

"I think the next 18 months will be very interesting as to how we do that. One of the problems has been negated, where the BCCI is now working with NADA, the drugs agency, which it wasn't previously a part of. That will help a long way towards the sport being whole, which is what we need it to be to apply for the Olympics, both men and women to play and all countries to comply."

Additionally, Gatting said that confirmation of the inclusion of women's cricket in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games - the first time the sport has been included since Kuala Lumpur in 1998 - is imminent, following fruitful meetings between games organisers and ICC officials in recent weeks.

"I believe there's going to be a statement out in the next two days or even tomorrow just to confirm the women are going to be playing in the Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston," Gatting said. "We're hoping they're going to get the nod on that, which will be fantastic."

Among other things, the committee also discussed the security situation in Sri Lanka, following the 2019 Easter bombings, and also Pakistan, which has suffered from an almost total lack of international cricket in the country since the attack on the Sri Lankan team and ICC officials' buses in Lahore a decade ago. On Sri Lanka, committee member Kumar Sangakkara said he expected the forthcoming tour scheduled by England would go ahead.

"All countries do their independent assessments about security and the level of threat and I feel those questions have been answered very satisfactorily up to now," Sangakkara said. "I don't see that changing for the England tour but we will see discussions going ahead. I played cricket at heightened times of trouble in Sri Lanka and we've had those arrangements in place for teams to tour the country."

As for Pakistan, Gatting said that the committee was eager to see the resumption of tours to the nation after 10 years, and that the MCC would be interested in sending a touring team of its own by way of re-opening the door - final security checks pending as ever.

"We had a brief presentation from [PCB managing director] Wasim Khan," Gatting said. "As MCC, I think we can see there's some safety issues that are still there, but I suspect if those can be overcome everybody is happy, [then] I don't see why there's any reason we can't [organise] an MCC tour there, and other teams would have to make their own assessment of how safe it is to play there. One hopes it won't be long before they can convince people it is a lot safer than it was and as soon as that's the case, MCC will look at sending a touring party over."

India captain Virat Kohli revealed that he felt "tired" halfway through his innings of 120 against West Indies in the second ODI, but pulled through because one of India's top three had to bat long to get them to a match-winning total.

Kohli ended up hitting his 42nd ODI century, and was out for 120 in the 42nd over, driving India to what proved to be a match-winning 279 for 7.

"Our target is always that one of the top three has to make a big score," Kohli said on bcci.tv. "Shikhar [Dhawan] and Rohit [Sharma] have done it consistently in the past few months. I've done it when I've got the opportunity. Today, since neither of them got a big score, it was important that I stay for a longer time so that we can get to about 275-280.

"Honestly, I was very tired after getting to 60-65, but the situation was such that I had to bat long, and I had to push myself to work a bit harder for the team. If you think about the team, even if you're tired you get energy from somewhere. But it was quite challenging, also because there had been rain on the day and when the weather is like that it gets even hotter, so it was very humid too."

Elaborating on the lifestyle changes he has adopted and his fitness drive, Kohli said that not being at 100% meant you were not doing justice to your team.

"My mindset has always been simple: that I should contribute to the team in some way. If there's an important catch, I want to take it; if there is a crucial run-out, I want to make it," Kohli said. "I think every player should make their lifestyle and discipline in such a way that on the field you can give your full effort. If you are not giving your full effort on the field, then I don't think you are doing justice to your team. The way my lifestyle, training, recovery and diet is, all of it is geared towards making me contribute to the team in every way I can. So on tough days like these, when you have to run a lot for your runs, and in the field also you know the situation demands that you need to make an effort, it [his regimen] helps at those moments, and these small things can make a big difference."

Though Kohli's innings tired him, on the field he still found energy to break into a jig, at one point even celebrating with Chris Gayle when the latter went past Brian Lara's run tally in ODIs. Kohli put his good spirits down to being in a good space in his life.

"I'm enjoying myself on the field. It is a blessing [to play cricket for India]. I don't follow a typical mould that if I'm captain I have to stand all seriously," Kohli said. "I think it's important to enjoy these moments. If there's music playing, dance. Crack jokes with the opposition players too. I'm just in a very good space in my life, which is why I start dancing wherever I hear music."