Chelsea dropped points at home for the first time in the Women's Super League (WSL) this season after West Ham's injury-time equaliser at Kingsmeadow on Sunday.

Following Chelsea's midweek extertions in the Champions League, manager Sonia Bompastor made seven changes to the lineup that started against Manchester City on Thursday.

Two of the new additions -- Maika Hamano and Aggie Beever-Jones -- put Chelsea 2-0 up early into the first half before Shekiera Martinez havled the deficit close to the break. West Ham pushed hard for an equaliser and got reward for their efforts in injury time when Martinez headed past Hannah Hampton for her second goal of the evening.

West Ham are only the third team to take points off unbeaten-Chelsea this season, with Leicester City and Brighton also holding Bompastor's side to draws.

The result keep leaders Chelsea six points clear of second-placed Arsenal, who beat lowly Crystal Palace 4-0 earlier on Sunday. Beth Mead bagged a brace for the north London side, with Alessia Russo continuing her fine goalscoring form with her 11th league goal of the season.

Manchester United maintained pace at the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Everton while City bounced back from their midweek Champions League exit with a 2-1 win over Brighton.

Elsewhere, Liverpool fell to a second succesive league defeat after a 2-1 loss at home to relegation-threatend Aston Villa while Tottenham were held to a 1-1 draw against Leicester.

FIFA has drawn up plans to hold a one-game playoff between Club América and Los Angeles Football Club to determine a replacement team for Club León at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, sources have told ESPN.

Club León was removed from the Club World Cup on March 23 when FIFA ruled that its inclusion would violate competition rules preventing two clubs with the same owner from taking part in the tournament. León is owned by Grupo Pachuca, which also owns fellow Liga MX side Pachuca.

"In line with article 10 paragraph four of the regulations for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, FIFA has determined that Club León will be removed from the competition, with the club to be admitted as a replacement to be announced in due course," FIFA said in a statement.

The plans for the playoff would be set in motion if León loses its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to be reinstated to the Club World Cup.

CAS announced a hearing would be held on April 23 in Madrid, Spain for both León and Costa Rican side Liga Deportiva Alajuelense to present their arguments. Alajuelense originally submitted the complaint to CAS, citing that León's participation violated the FIFA regulations and arguing they should receive a spot in the tournament instead.

Now, both clubs have until April 2 to gather legal documentation before presenting arguments on the 23rd. No plans of a replacement will be announced until each legal case is resolved.

FIFA has some options for a replacement team. It could simply go with LAFC, who was the runner-up in the competition that Club León won -- the 2023 Concacaf Champions League. Alternately, FIFA could use the highest ranked team in Concacaf that isn't already in the tournament, which is Club América. There had been some precedent for the latter approach, given that the UEFA ranking pathway is how Red Bull Salzburg got into the Club World Cup since Real Madrid had won two of the previous UEFA Champions League titles.

Sources have told ESPN FIFA decided to give both teams a chance, and has opted to hold a one-game playoff with the date and venue to be determined, so long as León's appeal is unsuccessful.

Representatives from FIFA and LAFC declined to comment.

When asked about qualifying to the tournament, Club América head coach Andre Jardine confirmed the team must earn their spot on the field.

"León should go to the Club World Cup. I'm sad for the institution and I'd like them to find a solution so they can go," Jardine said.

"If it doesn't happen, then América has been doing things well for a long time. It's true that they haven't yet won the Concacaf Champions Cup, which is a dream of ours and a very clear objective. We're leading most of the Mexican tournaments, and the Concacaf ranking, which is one of the criteria. If you ask me if I want to go to the Club World Cup, of course it's true, but I'd like to go to the Club World Cup by achieving it on the field. That's what we're working towards."

The 32-team Club World Cup is set to begin on June 14, with the final being held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on July 13.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he loves his team's thirst for goals after they scored four more against Girona on Sunday to restore their three point lead at the top of LaLiga.

Two goals from Robert Lewandowski, a Ferran Torres strike and a Ladislav Krejčí own goal earned Barça a 4-1 win at the Olympic Stadium as they scored four or more goals for the 20th time in 45 fixtures this season.

Erling Haaland was substituted with a left ankle injury in the 60th minute of Manchester City's 2-1 FA Cup quarterfinal win over Bournemouth on Sunday.

The Norway striker hurt the ankle after Bournemouth right back Lewis Cook landed awkwardly on him in a 56th-minute tackle at the Vitality Stadium.

Haaland received treatment, came back on, but soon fell to the ground in pain and had to be substituted. City coach Pep Guardiola said after the match that he didn't have an update on Haaland's injury yet.

The score was 1-1, with Haaland having scored City's equalizer after missing a penalty in the first half.

His replacement Omar Marmoush scored three minutes after taking Haaland's place to put City up 2-1 and send them to the semifinals at Wembley for a seventh season in a row.

The FA Cup is the only chance for for Guardiola's four-time defending Premier League champions to win a trophy this season, as they trail leaders Liverpool by 22 points with nine games remaining in the table.

City were also eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid in the playoff knockout round.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Negotiations between the Dallas Cowboys and All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons are in the early stages, but executive vice president Stephen Jones said he feels "good" about the direction of the talks.

Parsons, who is set to play this season on the fifth-year option of his rookie deal, has had conversations with owner and general manager Jerry Jones as well as Stephen Jones within the past couple of weeks. At the NFL scouting combine in February, the Cowboys met with Parsons' agent, David Mulugheta.

"I don't want to get into any details," Stephen Jones said from The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday before the annual league meeting starts Monday. "It's not fair for anybody, other than we've got a great working relationship with Micah and think the world of him. Like I've said, we've had good visits with him and feel good about where we're headed."

Since the combine, the Las Vegas Raiders signed pass rusher Maxx Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million extension that includes $91.5 million guaranteed. The Cleveland Browns briefly made Myles Garrett the highest-paid non-quarterback with an extension that averages $40 million and includes $123.5 million guaranteed before the Cincinnati Bengals signed wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase to a four-year, $161 million deal that includes $112 million guaranteed.

Parsons can make a case to be the highest-paid non-quarterback. Parsons and Hall of Famer Reggie White are the only players to record at least 12 sacks in each of their first four seasons. Despite missing four games with a high ankle sprain last season, Parsons finished fifth in the NFL with 12 sacks. He tied for the most multisack games in the NFL last year with five, and his 18 multisack games in his career are the second most since 2021, behind only T.J. Watt, who has recorded 19 for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

A first-round pick in 2021, Parsons has recorded 52.5 sacks in his first four seasons. Only White (70), Derrick Thomas (58), J.J. Watt (57) and DeMarcus Ware (53.5) have had more since sacks became an official stat in 1982.

Parsons said late last season that he does not need to be the highest-paid defensive player in the game, but that was before the recent deals increased the market.

Last year, the Cowboys made Dak Prescott the highest-paid quarterback with a four-year, $240 million deal and made CeeDee Lamb the then-second-highest paid receiver at $34 million per season. Lamb did not sign his deal until August, missing all of the offseason program and most of training camp. Part of the reason was the Cowboys wanting to see the results of other talks, namely with Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson, who signed a deal averaging $35 million.

Stephen Jones declined to discuss whether the Crosby and Garrett deals set a market for Parsons.

"Like I said, I'm not going to get into any detail on where things are, and how far along we are or anything like that," Jones said. "It's not productive."

Jones did try to squash talk that the Cowboys wait too long to get deals done with their star players, which ends up costing them more money in the long run.

"We've done the early before, and we've waited until the end to do them," Jones said. "A lot of it is just the negotiation itself. Some of them take longer than others. And we put about zero credibility or credence into people saying you wait too long."

The San Francisco 49ers are not expected to trade wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk by Tuesday, when he is due a $22.85 million bonus, barring a late deal materializing, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Sunday.

Aiyuk, who signed a four-year, $120 million extension with the 49ers last year, is due the $22.85 million bonus if he is on the team's roster Tuesday. Once the 49ers pay that bonus it is expected that Aiyuk would spend the 2025 season in San Francisco, the sources told Schefter.

The 49ers have already traded one star wide receiver this offseason, sending Deebo Samuel to the Washington Commanders.

Aiyuk's 2024 season was cut short last October when he tore the ACL and MCL in his right knee. He finished last season with 25 catches for 374 yards and no touchdowns.

He signed the extension last year after a 2023 season in which he had 75 receptions for 1,342 yards and seven touchdowns.

Aiyuk, 27, has 294 receptions for 4,305 yards and 25 touchdowns in five seasons. The 49ers selected him at No. 25 in the first round of the 2020 draft.

The Athletics claimed pitcher Angel Perdomo off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

The 30-year-old left-hander appeared in 22 total games for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2020 to 2021 with an alarming 8.24 ERA.

However, Perdomo returned to the majors in 2023 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and performed significantly better with a 3.72 ERA, 1.103 WHIP, and 44 strikeouts across 30 relief appearances.

After undergoing Tommy John surgery, he missed the entire 2024 campaign. The Pirates released him, and he was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves.

On March 17, the Braves shipped him to the Angels for a player to be named later or cash considerations. However, the team designated him for assignment only eight days later.

In spring training, Perdomo played in 10 games between the Braves and Angels. He gave up two earned runs, seven hits and four walks, while striking out eight in 10 innings.

To make room, the Athletics designated outfielder Esteury Ruiz for assignment.

Ruiz appeared in 132 games for the franchise in 2023, recording five home runs, 47 RBIs, and an AL-leading 67 stolen bases. It also marked the most stolen bases by a rookie in AL history.

However, he appeared in only 29 games in 2024, posting two home runs, eight RBIs, and five stolen bases with an underwhelming .200/.270/.382 batting line.

The 26-year-old ranks in the 95th percentile in sprint speed. His baserunning ability, alone, gives him value to another club.

DALLAS -- The Texas Rangers placed third baseman Josh Jung on the 10-day injured list with neck spasms before Sunday's series finale against the Boston Red Sox and recalled infielder Jonathan Ornelas from Triple-A Round Rock.

Jung batted twice in an exhibition game at home Monday night before exiting because of neck stiffness. He didn't play in the exhibition finale Tuesday but started each of the first two regular-season games.

Ezequiel Duran was starting at third for Texas on Sunday with Ornelas at shortstop.

Josh Smith started at third Saturday but suffered a left quad bruise while going after a foul ball in the first inning. He initially stayed in the game, but Duran pinch hit for him in the first and then took over at third.

Manager Bruce Bochy said he hopes Smith will be ready for Monday night's game at Cincinnati.

Jung, the AL All-Star starter at third base as a rookie in 2023, was hitting .412 with two homers and six RBIs in the first four games last season before his right wrist was fractured when hit by a pitch while he was swinging. He then missed 102 games before returning July 30. That was after he had been out most of spring training with a left calf strain.

Ornelas hit .205 in 26 total games for Texas during the past two seasons.

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays put right-hander Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list Sunday because of inflammation in his right thumb. The move comes one day after the three-time Cy Young Award winner left his debut start with Toronto after three innings because of right lat soreness.

Manager John Schneider said Scherzer will visit a hand specialist in the U.S. on Monday.

"Hopefully this kind of resets him and knocks it out," Schneider said of the persistent thumb issue. "We obviously need him. Elite pitcher, and we want him to feel his best."

Following Saturday's 9-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the 40-year-old Scherzer said his lat soreness was directly related to lingering thumb pain that forced him to push back a spring training start earlier this month.

Calling himself "frustrated," Scherzer said solving the thumb issue is his top priority.

"This thumb is absolutely critical to your arm health," he said after Saturday's game. "I've got to get this 100% before I pitch again."

Scherzer signed a one-year, $15.5 million contract in February. He went 2-4 with a 3.95 ERA in nine starts for the Texas Rangers last season, starting the year on the injured list while recovering from lower back surgery. He also had a stint on the injured list with shoulder fatigue and didn't pitch after Sept. 14 because of a left hamstring strain.

He allowed two runs and three hits Saturday, including two solo home runs. He threw 45 pitches, 28 for strikes. He struck out one and walked none.

Toronto recalled left-hander Easton Lucas and selected lefty Mason Fluharty, both from Triple-A Buffalo. Left-hander Richard Lovelady, who allowed four runs in relief of Scherzer and took the loss against Baltimore on Saturday, was designated for assignment.