Sports News Roundup: Jayson Tatum makes Boston history in defeating Nets; Tola wins men's NYC Marathon, Obiri wins women's race and more

Djokovic's sixth trophy this season helped him to extend his lead over the second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in the race to the year-end number one spot and the 24-times Grand Slam champion will head to the ATP Finals primed to seal the deal. NBA roundup: Jayson Tatum makes Boston history in defeating Nets Jayson Tatum scored 32 points on Saturday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away midway through the fourth quarter to remain unbeaten with a 124-114 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in New York.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Soccer-Newcastle hand Arsenal first league defeat with controversial goal

Newcastle United handed Arsenal their first Premier League defeat of the season with a 1-0 win on Saturday thanks to a controversial second-half goal by Anthony Gordon after a long VAR review that left visiting manager Mikel Arteta livid. Gordon scored in the 64th minute, firing past goalkeeper David Raya from close range after a goalmouth scramble.

Athletics-Tola wins men's NYC Marathon, Obiri wins women's race

Ethiopian Tamirat Tola crushed the competition to win the New York City Marathon in a course record two hours, four minutes and 58 seconds on Sunday, while Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the women's race in 2:27:23. The 2022 world champion left no doubt that the win was his as he built a nearly two minute lead by the 40-kilometre mark. Kenyan Albert Korir finished second in 2:06:57, while Ethiopian Shura Kitata was third in 2:07:11.

Games-More Games heartbreak for Chile after soccer loss to Brazil

From breakdancing to basketball, gold medals in 21 sports were up for grabs at the Pan American Games on Saturday but Chile were denied the one they wanted more than any other when they lost the men's soccer final on penalties to Brazil. With both their teams playing in the finals, soccer mad Chile had a chance to end the Games on a golden high but instead there was only disappointment with the women falling 1-0 to Mexico on Friday followed by more heartbreak with the men losing 4-2 on penalties after the match ended 1-1 following extra time.

Cricket-Kohli's World Cup ton equals Tendulkar record as India crush South Africa

Virat Kohli marked his 35th birthday with his second century of the World Cup and Ravindra Jadeja claimed five wickets as India thumped South Africa by 243 runs in a contest featuring the top two teams in the tournament at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. South Africa's chase of 327 began shakily as they lost half their side cheaply for 40 runs inside 14 overs as Jadeja (5-33) and Mohammed Shami (2-18) wreaked havoc before the Proteas fell to only their second defeat, dismissed for 83 in 27.1 overs.

Cricket-Asthmatic players skip practice, Bangladesh coach says Delhi air 'not ideal'

Asthmatic Bangladesh cricketers remained indoors while Sri Lankan players wore masks as poor air quality in smog-shrouded New Delhi remained the talking point ahead of Monday's World Cup clash between the two nations. Both teams had already cancelled one practice session in the build up to the match between eliminated Bangladesh and seventh-placed Sri Lanka, who have only the slimmest of chances of reaching the last four.

Tennis-Djokovic eases past Dimitrov to win record-extending Paris title

World number one Novak Djokovic cruised to a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title and became the first player to claim 40 Masters ATP 1000 titles when the top-seeded Serbian thumped Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-3 in the final on Sunday. Djokovic's sixth trophy this season helped him to extend his lead over the second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in the race to the year-end number one spot and the 24-times Grand Slam champion will head to the ATP Finals primed to seal the deal.

NBA roundup: Jayson Tatum makes Boston history in defeating Nets

Jayson Tatum scored 32 points on Saturday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away midway through the fourth quarter to remain unbeaten with a 124-114 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in New York. The Celtics did not lead by more than 14 and appeared sluggish at times before improving to 5-0 for the first time since starting the 2009-10 campaign with six straight victories.

Tennis-Pegula defeats Gauff to reach title match at WTA Finals, Swiatek v Sabalenka suspended

Jessica Pegula beat U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff 6-2 6-1 on Saturday to reach the title match at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, where she will next face either world number one Aryna Sabalenka or Iga Swiatek. In the first all-American semi-final at the WTA Finals since the reintroduction of the round-robin format in 2003, Pegula converted six of her 10 break point chances and lost serve just once during the 60-minute encounter.

Soccer-Man City hit six, Man Utd stop rot, Arsenal left fuming at first defeat

Manchester City roared back to the top of the Premier League with a 6-1 thrashing of Bournemouth after Manchester United steadied the ship with a last-gasp win at Fulham on Saturday. Third-placed Arsenal's unbeaten start came to a bitter end though as they went down to a controversial 1-0 defeat at Newcastle United which led to a furious outburst by manager Mikel Arteta.

Soccer-Newcastle's Bruno and Willock racially abused on social media after Arsenal game

Newcastle United have condemned racist abuse sent to Bruno Guimaraes and Joe Willock on social media following Saturday's 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League. "Our message is clear. There is no room for racism in football or society," the club said.