Mbappé scores hat trick in Real Madrid victory. Sávio scores on debut with Tottenham

MADRID (AP) — Kylian Mbappé’s first goals of the season came via a hat trick in Real Madrid’s 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad in the Spanish league Wednesday, while newcomer Sávio helped big-spending Tottenham rout Charlton 5-1 in the English League Cup.

Vinícius Júnior also scored for Madrid in the team's first home game in José Mourinho's second stint in charge.

In Champions League qualifying, Norway's Viking, Turkey's Fenerbahce, Greece's AEK Athens and Slovakia's Slovan Bratislava secured their spots in the competition's league phase.

There was an altercation involving Fenerbahce players after the team's win at Lyon.

Mbappé scored once in the first half and twice in the second to lead Madrid to its win over Sociedad in Mourinho’s return to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Jude Bellingham had two assists, including on Vinícius’ first goal of the season in the second half.

There were some jeers by the Bernabeu crowd at halftime, when the score was 1-1.

“A few boos won't hurt anyone, they actually make you grow,” Mourinho said.

Madrid had opened its Spanish league campaign with a win at Espanyol.

Sociedad had lost its league opener at Real Betis.

Newly signed Sávio, who used to be called Savinho, needed just over 10 minutes to help Tottenham secure its first win of the campaign.

Sávio scored the team's fourth goal in the rout of Charlton in the second round of the League Cup. The Brazilian had entered the match in the 71st to make his debut. He also gave the assist for the team's fifth goal.

Tottenham, rivaling Chelsea as the heaviest spenders in European soccer this transfer window, took its summer spending to more than $400 million by signing Sávio from Manchester City on Tuesday in a deal worth 85 million pounds ($115 million).

Tottenham had begun its season with a 3-0 loss at Brentford in the Premier League.

Mikey Moore, Dominic Solanke, Kevin Danso and Ben Davies also scored on Wednesday for Tottenham, which is in its first full season under coach Roberto De Zerbi.

In other League Cup results, Newcastle defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-2 with a pair of goals by Harvey Barnes, while Everton won 4-0 at Preston North End with a hat trick by Thierno Barry. Bradford City got past Burnley 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw in regulation.

The final four spots available for the league phase of the Champions League were determined, with Viking set to make its debut in the competition's proper after eliminating Dinamo Zagreb. Viking won 3-1 on Wednesday to advance 5-3 on aggregate.

AEK Athens beat Levski Sofia 4-0 at home after a scoreless draw in the first leg. Slovan Bratislava needed extra time to defeat Celje 2-1 on the road and advance 3-2 on aggregate. AEK Athens hadn't qualified since 2018-19.

Fenerbahce went beyond the qualifying stage for the first time since 2008-09 with a 3-2 global score after a 2-1 win at Lyon.

The post-match altercation began after a Fenerbahce player appeared to provoke Lyon fans in the stands. A person wearing Lyon gear on the field apparently got upset and went after the Fenerbahce players, igniting a brawl near the entrance to the tunnels.

Sabah, Bodø/Glimt and LASK had advanced on Tuesday.

The draw for the league phase will be on Thursday.

See AP’s full soccer coverage here

Tottenham Hotspur's Savio celebrates after his shot hit teammate Ben Davies, who scored their fifth goal during the Britain League Cup second round match against Charlton Athletic in London, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior celebrate after scoring during the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring during the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe scores by[ Real Sociedad's Jon Martin during the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Real Sociedad's Jon Aramburu pulls back Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe during the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Nvidia's latest quarterly results once again blew past Wall Street's expectations as revenue for the computer chip company's high-end artificial intelligence chips soared, the latest sign that AI infrastructure spending remains strong.

The company reported on Wednesday net income of $59.69 billion, or $2.46 per share, for the May-July period. That compares to net income of $26.42 billion, or $1.08 per share, in the same quarter last year.

Excluding certain items, earnings were $2.22 per share, well above the $2.09 per share consensus forecast by Wall Street analysts, according to FactSet.

Revenue more than doubled from a year earlier to $96.22 billion, surpassing analysts’ average forecast of $92.27 billion.

“AI has reached its inflection point. It’s doing useful work. Its tokens are productive and profitable. Now, compute is revenue,” said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement.

The Santa Clara, California, company's results have regularly cleared the bar set by analysts in the past three years, often by a wide margin, since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks.

Along with higher profit and revenue, however, Nvidia’s operating expenses surged 55% to $8.41 billion.

For the current quarter, Nvidia forecast revenue of about $108 billion. Analysts are forecasting $104.86 billion.

If Nvidia hits its revenue target for the August-October period, it will translate into a roughly 89% increase from last year — an indication that Nvidia’s phenomenal growth rate is still accelerating. The company said it’s not assuming any data center compute revenue from China in its outlook.

Nvidia expects to grow its revenue in its fiscal year ending January 2028 by about 70%, citing surging demand for its AI-powering chips. In fact, the company's growth outlook would be closer to double, based on its customers' own forecasts, if it weren't for challenges in sourcing enough supplies to meet the chip production demand, noted CFO Colette Kress in a call with Wall Street analysts.

Huang also emphasized the supply limitations the company is grappling with.

“Our entire supply chain is challenged,” he told analysts. “At this point we have supply for 70%. ... Our demand is much higher than that.”

Nvidia’s data center segment, which includes its AI data centers and factories business, as well as chip demand from hyperscalers — operators of huge cloud-computing data centers such as Amazon, Meta and Google — reported revenue of $89 billion, up more than twofold from a year earlier.

Capital spending by the top five hyperscalers is expected to reach nearly $800 billion this year and $1.3 trillion in 2027, Kress noted.

On Wednesday, Nvidia and Amazon Web Services announced a plan to deploy 2 million additional Nvidia graphic processing units, and will incorporate Nvidia chips to power its fleet of warehouse robots.

Kress also said the company expects that its computer processing unit revenue will more than double in fiscal 2028, “positioning us as one of the world’s leading server CPU suppliers.”

Nvidia’s shares rose 4.1% in after-hours trading following the earnings call. The stock ended the regular trading session 1.6% lower and is up 12.4% so far this year.

The company’s edge computing segment, which includes chips bringing AI-powered features to computers, game consoles and robotics, among others, posted revenue of $7.2 billion, up 27% from the same period last year.

Despite the stellar results and still-rosy outlook, many investors worry about a jarring comedown after a three-year boom that has seen Nvidia’s market value soar from $400 billion at the end of 2022 to roughly $5.2 trillion now.

While AI has powered stock market gains and U.S. economic growth in recent years, there’s been growing skepticism about whether AI will justify the trillions of dollars that are being spent to develop the technology.

The AI industry is also increasingly facing pushback amid objections to the expansion in data centers and fears that the speed with which AI is being adopted could lead to widespread job losses for many Americans.

FILE - Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, waits for a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of Coherent's manufacturing facility to begin on June 16, 2026, in Sherman, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)