Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup Group H match between Spain and Saudi Arabia in Atlanta on Sunday. (AP Photo/Erik S.Lesser)

Yamal stars

for Spain

ATLANTA (AP) — Welcome to the World Cup, Lamine Yamal. Welcome to the World Cup, Spain.

Teenage superstar Yamal scored 10 minutes into his first start on soccer’s biggest stage and Spain kickstarted its campaign with the 4-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia. The 18-year-old forward slid in at the far post to touch home a low cross for the opening goal in Atlanta.

He became the eighth-youngest scorer in World Cup history and more importantly settled Spanish nerves after it was held to a surprise 0-0 draw by Cape Verde in its opening game.

Panthers get

Brady Tkachuk

(AP) — Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk are about to team up in Florida, after the Panthers pulled off another summertime blockbuster. The Panthers and Ottawa were finalizing a deal where Florida would send four draft picks to the Senators for Brady Tkachuk, a person familiar with the terms said Sunday.

The picks were Florida’s first-rounder this year, No. 9 overall, along with two picks acquired earlier Sunday in the Panthers’ move to send Mackie Samoskevich to Seattle, and another first-rounder in 2029.

Tar Heels

face Sooners

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Lynch and Caden Glauber cooled off Oklahoma’s bats, Owen Hull and Cooper Nicholson homered, and North Carolina beat Oklahoma 6-2 in Game 2 of the College World Series finals.

The Tar Heels bounced back from a 9-3 loss in Game 1 to force a winner-take-all game tonight. The Sooners scored twice in the first inning and then had two hits and a total of five baserunners the rest of the way. Lynch injured his lower left side throwing a pitch in the fifth and gave way to Glauber. The Tar Heels improved to 29-0 when he pitches.