Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will be out of action for just one month despite suffering a knee injury during the Premier League champions' 3-2 win over Southampton.

Aguero was stretchered off inside the opening 10 minutes at Eastlands on Sunday after twisting his knee in a challenge with Southampton defender Nathaniel Clyne and it was initially feared the 24-year-old Argentine could be sidelined for most of the season.

Fernando Torres's controversial late goal proved decisive as Chelsea staged a second half recovery to secure a 4-2 Premier League victory over promoted Reading at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

Torres converted from close range with nine minutes remaining -- but television replays showed the Spaniard was clearly in an offside position when he turned home Ashley Cole's cross.

Spanish side Malaga defeated experienced European campaigners Panathinaikos 2-0 on Wednesday to edge closer to a much-needed, lucrative first appearance in the Champions League group stages.

Malaga, who spent nearly 60 million euros ($74 million) on new players last year, have put the brakes on spending this summer and badly need the financial impetus the tournament provides.

American tennis, once the envy of the world, is now propped up by Serena and Venus Williams on the women's side and mired in the longest U.S. Grand Slam men's singles title drought.

As the U.S. Open returns to the Flushing Meadows hardcourts for the U.S. Open fortnight that starts on Monday, it has been nine years since Andy Roddick won the U.S. Open at age 21, taking the baton from Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.

Australia will enter its Rugby Championship test against New Zealand on Saturday in the grip of overlapping losing streaks and with experts in both nations forecasting those droughts will continue.

The Wallabies must win in Auckland to avoid a defeat in the three-match Bledisloe Cup series against the All Blacks which would extend to 10 years the span since Australia last held the trans-Tasman trophy.

Arsenal defender Andre Santos has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

The 29-year-old Brazil international was detained Friday after police noticed a Maserati being driven erratically near Arsenal's training ground.

Striker Antonio Cassano has completed his switch from AC Milan to Inter Milan in a deal which sends former Sampdoria teammate Giampaolo Pazzini the other way.

Both clubs announced the news on their websites Wednesday, with Inter adding that Cassano has signed a two-year contract.

England striker Danny Welbeck has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United.

The 21-year-old Welbeck has been at United since he was eight, and has scored 17 goals in 64 appearances since making his first-team debut four years ago.

As an umpire for decades with some of the biggest stars in tennis, Lois Goodman mixed it up with John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer and the Williams Sisters.

Already in New York City for next week's U.S. Open where she was to serve as a line judge, the 70-year-old Goodman was met Tuesday with a felony arrest warrant from her hometown of Los Angeles, where police and prosecutors say she beat her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee mug in April.

Real Madrid and Barcelona renew their Spanish Super Cup rivalry on Thursday when Tito Vilanova faces Jose Mourinho at the Camp Nou stadium, where the two coaches famously clashed last year in the same fixture.

Last August's match at Barcelona ended with both teams brawling on the field and Madrid coach Mourinho poking Vilanova in the eye with his finger. Barcelona won the Super Cup 5-4 on aggregate.