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American Iva Jovic captured her first WTA Tour-level title on Sunday with a 6-4 6-1 win over Colombia's Emiliana Arango in the final of the Guadalajara Open, Reuters reported.

The 17-year-old Californian, who entered the WTA 500 hardcourt tournament ranked 73rd, became the youngest player to win the title, and the youngest American to clinch a tour-level crown since Coco Gauff triumphed in Parma in 2021.

Arango battled valiantly despite dealing with illness, the 24-year-old saving three set points at 5-3 in the opener and breaking Jovic's serve twice to stay in contention, according to Reuters.

However, she was unable to capitalise while leading 30-15 in the next game and Jovic closed out the set. The American then dominated the second set, wrapping up the match in just over 90 minutes.

Erling Haaland capped a remarkable week with two goals in Manchester City's 3-0 drubbing of Manchester United on Sunday but the sight of Phil Foden opening the scoring was perhaps the most significant aspect of the derby win, Reuters reported.

The England forward was voted PFA Player of the Season in 2023-24 when he scored 27 times in all competitions for City, including a double on the final day of the season against West Ham United to clinch a fourth successive title.

But Foden's form vanished last season and the goals dried up and before Sunday his last Premier League goal was in January, according to Reuters.

Luka Modric scored his first goal for AC Milan to secure a 1-0 home win over Bologna on Sunday, a hard-fought Serie A result tempered by an injury to goalkeeper and captain Mike Maignan and a red card for coach Massimiliano Allegri, Reuters reported.

A minute past the hour mark, 40-year-old Modric marked his first goal for Milan, arriving perfectly to meet Alexis Saelemaekers’ cross and finishing with a composed first-time strike.

The first half was played at high intensity, with both sides creating chances but neither able to break the deadlock. Bologna had the ball in the net early on through Nicolo Cambiaghi, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside, according to Reuters.

Barcelona made light of playing in front of just 6,000 fans to thrash Valencia 6-0 in their first home game of the season, with three players netting twice in a goal-scoring carnival, Reuters reported.

Victory propelled the Catalans to second in LaLiga on 10 points, two points behind leaders Real Madrid, who have a perfect start with four wins from four matches.

Used to playing at their 100,000-capacity Camp Nou home then at their temporary base of the 56,000-capacity Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, Barcelona kicked off their home LaLiga campaign at tiny Estadi Johan Cruyff at their Sant Joan Despi training, according to Reuters.

Camp Nou renovations, opens new tab have fallen nine months behind schedule and a Post Malone concert left the Lluis Companys pitch in poor condition, forcing them to find a stop-gap solution for their fourth game of the season.