An ex-Premier League star scored a hat-trick for his new club in a rampant 13-0 win. Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Shabab routed Yemen's Tadamoune Hadramout in the final game of the Gulf Club Champions League group stage, needing a goal difference of three to overtake second-place Al Nahda to qualify for the next round. And a familiar face scored three goals in the first half to set Al-Shabab on their way, while Al Nahda got nothing in a 3-1 loss to group leaders Al-Rayyan.
Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon has become just the second player to score four goals in the first half of a UEFA Champions League game and the first to do it in the knockout stage. The England international's record-breaking feat powered the Magpies into a commanding 5-0 lead at the break away at Azerbaijan's FK Qarabag in the first leg of their playoff round clash.
The men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is underway and many fans are hoping to see the exciting feat of scoring three goals in a single game, better known as a hat trick. "I'm curious to see over in Italy for the Olympics, if we'll see a hat trick to begin with, and then second will people throw their hats?" said Ty Di Lello, a hockey historian based in Winnipeg, Canada. The international sporting event will mark the return of National Hockey League players after a 12 year absence.
I think it's been really great playing in this league [Ligue 1]. It's strong and physical, with a lot of aggression. I like that. "It wasn't a mistake [coming to Lyon]. Life is like that. My life has always been difficult, it's never been easy. I stay strong with the strength I receive from the people around me. This is just the beginning. People have always told me that Lyon is a great team and that I should come and play here, and the truth is that the team is, indeed, very good."
After consecutive defeats, the Toronto Marlies produced one of their best 60-minute performances this season to brush aside the Belleville Senators. While Jacob Quillan will rightly receive the headlines for his performance and production, this 6-1 victory was an excellent team effort. First Period From the outset, the Marlies drove the pace of the game, albeit without generating a whole lot of high-danger scoring chances throughout the opening frame. It took until the eight-minute mark for Toronto to really threaten offensively. The puck was worked back to Noah Chadwick atop the circles, where the rookie defenseman ripped a slapshot. The puck thudded off the underside of the crossbar and bounced straight out, with Hunter Shepard beaten.
Anthony Duclair didn't just respond to being scratched - he authored one of the most statistically outrageous nights in modern New York Islanders history. In the Islanders' 9-0 demolition of the New Jersey Devils, Duclair was everywhere, doing everything, and then some. Three goals. Five points. A plus-six rating. Read that again: plus-six. In the post-dynasty era - from 1984 through 2025 - no Islanders player had ever finished a game at +6. Not once. Until Tuesday night.
The last time the Washington Capitals and Anaheim Ducks met, Ryan Leonard left the game after a hit from Jacob Trouba that kept him out of the lineup for nearly three weeks. Would tonight bring revenge for Washington and Leonard? Spoiler alert: it absolutely would! Plus: Washington's second line of Connor McMichael-Justin Sourdif-Ryan Leonard was firing on all cylinders tonight. They combined for a whopping ten points: Sourdif with 3G/2A, McMichael with 4A, and Leonard with 1G/1A.
"If we were able to score in that first period, it would have given us some momentum," head coach Patrick Roy said after the game. "But after that, it's probably more about the detail of the game. We lost one-on-one battles and we should have been better in those areas. We took some offensive zone penalties, too many men. So these details, at some point, are going to hurt you."
Kevin Schade scored a perfect hat-trick as Brentford picked up their sixth home league win of the season with a 4-1 win over Bournemouth on Saturday. Brentford needed just six minutes to open the scoring when Schade coolly finished into the bottom-right corner after being set up by a fine pass from striker Igor Thiago. The Bees' dominant start was further rewarded six minutes before half-time when Djordje Petrovic bundled into his own net after Bafode Diakite's attempted clearance rebounded off the Bournemouth goalkeeper.
The tone was set early-and poorly-for New York. Vancouver stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first period, capitalizing on defensive breakdowns and passive coverage that left Ilya Sorokin exposed. David Kampf opened the scoring at 8:55 with his first goal of the season, Sherwood followed less than two minutes later, then struck again at 15:47 to bury the Islanders before the first intermission horn.
Harry Kane? Well, he scores hat-tricks off the bench. That's exactly what he did against VfB Stuttgart. Kane only entered the game in the 61st minute. It only took the Englishman five minutes to get his name on the scoresheet after his fantastic finish from outside the box. By the end of the 90 minutes, Kane signed his scorecard with a hat-trick in 30 minutes of game time.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia twice fizzed shots inches past the post in the opening minutes before Richarlison gave Spurs the lead five minutes past the half-hour mark, tapping home from close range off Randal Kolo Muani's nod back. PSG drew level on the stroke of half-time as Vitinha powered a spectacular effort from 20 yards out into the top-right corner off the crossbar.
AMSTERDAM -- With a hat trick, Victor Osimhen has moved atop the Champions League scoring table. The Nigeria striker netted all three goals in Galatasaray's 3-0 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Osimhen now has six goals this season in Europe's elite club competition. That's one more than Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland. The Istanbul club signed Osimhen to a permanent deal from Napoli in the summer for a record transfer fee in the Turkish League worth reportedly €75 million ($86 million).
