Lautaro Martínez scores for Inter Milan and is closing in on club records

MILAN (AP) — Lautaro Martínez is closing in on more records for Inter Milan.

The Argentinian World Cup winner scored again on Sunday to set league leader Inter on its way to a 2-0 win at Cremonese in Serie A.

It was Lautaro’s 170th goal for Inter and left him just one behind Roberto Boninsegna, who is in third place in the club’s all-time scorers list. Ahead of them are only Alessandro Altobelli (209 goals) and Giuseppe Meazza (284).

Lautaro has scored 10 goals in his last 13 league matches to take his tally to 128 in Serie A and the 28-year-old is only 10 away from Benito Lorenzi, who is second among Inter’s top scorers in Serie A. Meazza tops that list as well, with 197 league goals.

Lautaro headed in a corner in the 16th minute and — after embracing his teammates — he lifted up his shirt to show a happy birthday message for his daughter.

Piotr Zielinski doubled Inter’s lead in the 31st minute with a fierce 30-yard strike that Cremonese goalkeeper Emil Audero appeared to have covered until it swerved in mid-air and went through his arms.

The match had to be halted for three minutes at the start of the second half after Audero was struck by a flare thrown by the away fans.

Audero was able to get up and continue but had a cut on his right leg and appeared to be telling the medical staff that he couldn’t hear from his right ear.

Inter extended its Serie A lead to eight points over second-placed AC Milan, which visits Bologna on Tuesday.

Juventus is playing the same kind of entertaining, attacking soccer under coach Luciano Spalletti as the Napoli team that he steered to the Serie A title in 2023.

And after crushing Napoli 3-0 last weekend, Juventus cantered to a 4-1 win at Parma on Sunday.

Bremer scored twice, while United States international Weston McKennie was also on target. Canada standout Jonathan David capped the scoring with his fourth goal in five matches.

Parma had briefly made it 2-1 with a comical own-goal from Juventus midfielder Andrea Cambiaso, who shinned the ball into his own net as he tried to clear.

Juventus moved to fourth, two points above Roma ahead of the capital team's match at Udinese on Monday.

Atalanta managed to draw 0-0 at Como despite playing almost the entire match with 10 men.

It was a dramatic start to the game. With less than eight minutes on the clock, Atalanta defender Honest Ahanor was shown a straight red card for shoving Máximo Perrone in the face during an off-the-ball incident after the Como midfielder appeared to say something to him.

Nico Paz should have won the match for Como deep in stoppage time when the home side was awarded a penalty following Giorgio Scalvini's hand ball.

However, Paz had missed his past two spot kicks and he made it three out of three as Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi was able to stop his fairly weak and central attempt in the 98th minute.

Como remained sixth, a place and five points above Atalanta.

Earlier, Torino beat relegation-threatened Lecce 1-0.

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Juventus' Jonathan David celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Serie A soccer match between Parma and Juventus in Parma, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Juventus' Weston McKennie, left, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Serie A soccer match between Parma and Juventus in Parma, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Inter's Piotr Zielinski celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Serie A soccer match between Cremonese and Inter in Cremona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 2026. (Alberto Mariani/LaPresse via AP)

Cremonese's goalkeeper Emil Audero lies on the pitch after fans throw a flair towards him during the Serie A soccer match between Cremonese and Inter in Cremona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 2026. (Alberto Mariani/LaPresse via AP)

Fans throw a flair towards Cremonese's goalkeeper Emil Audero during the Serie A soccer match between Cremonese and Inter in Cremona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 2026. (Alberto Mariani/LaPresse via AP)

Inter's Lautaro Martinez, right, controls the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Cremonese and Inter in Cremona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 2026. (Alberto Mariani/LaPresse via AP)

Inter's Lautaro Martinez celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A soccer match between Cremonese and Inter in Cremona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 2026. (Alberto Mariani/LaPresse via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump ’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The complaint against U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg was dismissed on Dec. 19 by Jeffrey S. Sutton, chief judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but the order only came to light this weekend.

The complaint stemmed from remarks that Boasberg, the chief judge in the district court in the nation’s capital, allegedly made in March 2025 to Chief Justice John Roberts and other federal judges at a judicial conference saying the administration would trigger a constitutional crisis by disregarding federal court rulings. The meeting took place days before Boasberg issued an order blocking deportation flights that Trump was carrying out by invoking wartime authorities from an 18th century law.

In the dismissal order, Sutton said the Justice Department never provided a listed attachment to provide proof of what Boasberg said or the context of the alleged statement at the closed-door conference.

“A recycling of unadorned allegations with no reference to a source does not corroborate them. And a repetition of uncorroborated statements rarely supplies a basis for a valid misconduct complaint," said Sutton, who was appointed by President George W. Bush to the appeals court circuit that covers Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Spokespeople for the Justice Department and for Boasberg's court did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Even if Boasberg had made the comments, Sutton said it would not be “so far afield" from topics discussed at the gathering and would not violate ethics rules. Sutton noted that Roberts' 2024 year-end report raised general concerns about threats to judicial independence, security concerns for judges and respect for court orders throughout the nation's history.

The misconduct complaint was filed with Judge Sri Srinivasan, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but Srinivasan asked Roberts to transfer it to another appeals court circuit because it was still considering appeals related to the deportation case, according to the dismissal order. Roberts transferred it to the 6th Circuit, it said.

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump speaks at an event on addiction recovery in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)