Haaland grabs hat trick for Norway but Ronaldo's goalless for Portugal in World Cup qualifying

Erling Haaland further enhanced his superstar reputation with a hat trick for Norway in a 5-0 home win against Israel while Cristiano Ronaldo drew a blank as Portugal beat Ireland 1-0 in World Cup qualifying on Saturday.

Haaland moved onto 51 Norway goals in just 46 matches, as Ronaldo failed to increase his all-time international men’s scoring record of 141.

Both players missed a penalty — Haaland even missed his retake — on a night when fluffed spot kicks seemed contagious but didn't affect the outcomes. Spain’s Ferran Torres and Italy’s Mateo Retegui also had theirs saved.

European champion Spain beat Georgia 2-0 while Italy won 3-1 at Estonia to stop goal-hungry Norway getting too far ahead. Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma gifted a sloppy late goal to add to his blunders in recent years.

Spain tops Group E with nine points after a third straight win without conceding a goal.

Missing injured Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal, Spain took the lead midway through the first half thanks to Yeremy Pino.

Goal-scoring midfielder Mikel Oyarzabal made it 2-0 with a free kick midway through the second half.

Spain is three points clear of Turkey, which won 6-1 at Bulgaria with two goals from Juventus forward Kenan Yildiz.

Portugal's late winner secured a third straight victory and a five-point lead over second-placed Hungary in Group F.

Rúben Neves scored a stoppage-time header to make up for Ronaldo's 75th-minute penalty miss, which came when he blasted his shot straight down the middle and goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher stuck out his left foot to balloon the ball upward.

Kelleher then jumped up and punched his right fist in celebration while Ronaldo held his face in his hands.

Fans in Lisbon delivered a moment of applause in the 21st minute in memory of Diogo Jota, who wore that jersey number for Portugal. The former Liverpool forward died in a car accident in July along with his brother.

Neves is now wearing the No. 21 and has a tattoo on his left calf in honor of his late friend.

In the group's other match, Hungary beat Armenia 2-0 with goals from Dániel Lukács and Zsombor Gruber.

Haaland was the only Norwegian player to score in Oslo with Israel netting two own goals.

Norway has won all six games and is six points ahead of second-placed Italy. Haaland's side have a huge goal difference of + 26, with 29 goals scored and three conceded.

Haaland guided in an angled shot in the 27th minute, added a powerful downward header in the 63rd and a back-post header in the 72nd.

He was even involved in Norway's third goal when his ominous presence forced a blunder between the goalkeeper and defender Dan Nachmias.

Israel striker Anan Khalaili's own goal had put Norway ahead after 18 minutes.

There were pro-Palestinian protests before the game in Oslo.

By the time Donnarumma dropped a routine catch from a left-wing cross to give Estonia's Rauno Sappinen a tap-in, Italy was already coasting.

Italy had gone ahead early through striker Moise Kean, who plays for Fiorentina in Serie A. But Kean then limped off with what appeared to be a right ankle injury.

Retegui found the net close to halftime and Inter Milan forward Pio Esposito turned in Leonardo Spinazzola's cross in the 74th, moments before Donnarumma's clanger.

Albania's 1-0 win in Serbia moved it past the host into second spot, four points behind England in Group K.

Striker Rey Manaj scored on the stroke of halftime with a neat volley and made a nationalist symbol with his hands as he rushed to the bench to celebrate.

He clasped his hands together with thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looked like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's flag. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles.

In the other game, Andorra drew 2-2 at Latvia.

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Spain's Martin Zubimendi celebrates after his teammate Mikel Oyarzabal scored during a World Cup 2026 Group E qualifying soccer match between Spain and Georgia at Manuel Martinez Valero stadium in Elche, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Albania's Rey Manaj celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup Group K qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Albania, at the Dubocica Stadium in Leskovac, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Italy's Moise Kean, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during a World Cup 2026 group I qualifying soccer match between Estonia and Italy in Tallinn, Estonia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Caoimhin Kelleher goalkeeper of Ireland, bottom, saves a penalty kick from Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during a 2026 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Ireland in Group F in Lisbon on Saturday, October 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Norway's Erling Haaland, left, celebrates after scoring his third goal during the World Cup qualifying soccer match between Norway and Israel in Oslo, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics that have become a dominant concern in the aftermath of the deadly shooting of a woman in her car last week.

They have pointed rifles at demonstrators and deployed chemical irritants early in confrontations. They have broken vehicle windows and pulled occupants from cars. They have scuffled with protesters and shoved them to the ground.

The government says the actions are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks. The encounters in turn have riled up protesters even more, especially as videos of the incidents are shared widely on social media.

What is unfolding in Minneapolis reflects a broader shift in how the federal government is asserting its authority during protests, relying on immigration agents and investigators to perform crowd-management roles traditionally handled by local police who often have more training in public order tactics and de-escalating large crowds.

Experts warn the approach runs counter to de-escalation standards and risks turning volatile demonstrations into deadly encounters.

The confrontations come amid a major immigration enforcement surge ordered by the Trump administration in early December, which sent more than 2,000 officers from across the Department of Homeland Security into the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Many of the officers involved are typically tasked with arrests, deportations and criminal investigations, not managing volatile public demonstrations.

Tensions escalated after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman killed by an immigration agent last week, an incident federal officials have defended as self-defense after they say Good weaponized her vehicle.

The killing has intensified protests and scrutiny of the federal response.

On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota asked a federal judge to intervene, filing a lawsuit on behalf of six residents seeking an emergency injunction to limit how federal agents operate during protests, including restrictions on the use of chemical agents, the pointing of firearms at non-threatening individuals and interference with lawful video recording.

“There’s so much about what’s happening now that is not a traditional approach to immigration apprehensions,” said former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldaña.

Saldaña, who left the post at the beginning of 2017 as President Donald Trump's first term began, said she can't speak to how the agency currently trains its officers. When she was director, she said officers received training on how to interact with people who might be observing an apprehension or filming officers, but agents rarely had to deal with crowds or protests.

“This is different. You would hope that the agency would be responsive given the evolution of what’s happening — brought on, mind you, by the aggressive approach that has been taken coming from the top,” she said.

Ian Adams, an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of South Carolina, said the majority of crowd-management or protest training in policing happens at the local level — usually at larger police departments that have public order units.

“It’s highly unlikely that your typical ICE agent has a great deal of experience with public order tactics or control,” Adams said.

DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a written statement that ICE officer candidates receive extensive training over eight weeks in courses that include conflict management and de-escalation. She said many of the candidates are military veterans and about 85% have previous law enforcement experience.

“All ICE candidates are subject to months of rigorous training and selection at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, where they are trained in everything from de-escalation tactics to firearms to driving training. Homeland Security Investigations candidates receive more than 100 days of specialized training," she said.

Ed Maguire, a criminology professor at Arizona State University, has written extensively about crowd-management and protest- related law enforcement training. He said while he hasn't seen the current training curriculum for ICE officers, he has reviewed recent training materials for federal officers and called it “horrifying.”

Maguire said what he's seeing in Minneapolis feels like a perfect storm for bad consequences.

“You can't even say this doesn't meet best practices. That's too high a bar. These don't seem to meet generally accepted practices,” he said.

“We’re seeing routinely substandard law enforcement practices that would just never be accepted at the local level,” he added. “Then there seems to be just an absence of standard accountability practices.”

Adams noted that police department practices have "evolved to understand that the sort of 1950s and 1960s instinct to meet every protest with force, has blowback effects that actually make the disorder worse.”

He said police departments now try to open communication with organizers, set boundaries and sometimes even show deference within reason. There's an understanding that inside of a crowd, using unnecessary force can have a domino effect that might cause escalation from protesters and from officers.

Despite training for officers responding to civil unrest dramatically shifting over the last four decades, there is no nationwide standard of best practices. For example, some departments bar officers from spraying pepper spray directly into the face of people exercising Constitutional speech. Others bar the use of tear gas or other chemical agents in residential neighborhoods.

Regardless of the specifics, experts recommend that departments have written policies they review regularly.

“Organizations and agencies aren’t always familiar with what their own policies are,” said Humberto Cardounel, senior director of training and technical assistance at the National Policing Institute.

“They go through it once in basic training then expect (officers) to know how to comport themselves two years later, five years later," he said. "We encourage them to understand and know their training, but also to simulate their training.”

Adams said part of the reason local officers are the best option for performing public order tasks is they have a compact with the community.

“I think at the heart of this is the challenge of calling what ICE is doing even policing,” he said.

"Police agencies have a relationship with their community that extends before and after any incidents. Officers know we will be here no matter what happens, and the community knows regardless of what happens today, these officers will be here tomorrow.”

Saldaña noted that both sides have increased their aggression.

“You cannot put yourself in front of an armed officer, you cannot put your hands on them certainly. That is impeding law enforcement actions,” she said.

“At this point, I’m getting concerned on both sides — the aggression from law enforcement and the increasingly aggressive behavior from protesters.”

Law enforcement officers at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

People cover tear gas deployed by federal immigration officers outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

A man is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)