Man City draws 1-1 with Real Madrid in Women's Champions League. PSG and Køge both win

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — In a seismic week for Manchester City, the women's team impressed Thursday in its Champions League for the club's first game since a devastating verdict of billion-dollar financial wrongdoing to benefit the men's team.

Star striker Bunny Shaw shot with her trademark balance and power to level the score early in the second half of a 1-1 draw with Real Madrid, who led on Linda Caicedo's solo effort across half the length of the field in the 29th minute.

Paris Saint-Germain routed OH Leuven 5-0, and HB Køge was set on the way to a 5-1 win over Servette by a back-heel flicked goal by American forward Macy Schultz.

Inter Milan captain Ivana Andres Sanz scored with seconds left in stoppage time to deny Austria Vienna victory in a 1-1 draw. The hosts had led from the 21st minute on a long-distance shot from Modesta Uka.

Man City's women took the field at the academy stadium — within sight of the main Etihad Stadium — in the club’s first senior game since its reputation was rocked by a devastating verdict from an independent tribunal.

The women’s team is not implicated in systemic breaking of Premier League financial monitoring rules that inflated revenue available to the hugely successful men’s team of more than 900 million pounds ($1.19 billion) for transfer fees and wages from 2009-18.

City’s women won a domestic league and cup double last season and is chasing a first Women’s Champions League title in what shapes to a period of intense turmoil in Manchester.

Madrid led on Colombia standout Caicedo's run toward goal from the halfway line. She showed quick feet approaching the penalty area to keep Man City defender Alex Greenwood at bay, creating space for a low shot into the far corner of the net.

Barcelona is already the only team with maximum points atop the 18-team standings after just two of the six rounds played.

The defending champion won 6-0 Wednesday at Roma, adding to a 5-2 win last week over Paris FC. Also Wednesday, OL Lyonnes was held 0-0 at home to Chelsea, and Arsenal drew 2-2 at Paris FC.

Barcelona next plays Oct. 29 on the artificial turf at Køge where the champion of Denmark impressed Thursday, taking a three-goal lead in the first half.

Schultz, the 25-year-old former Northern Colorado Rain wing back, jumped to meet a free kick curled in from the right wing with a flick of her right heel and guided the ball into the far corner of the Servette net.

Servette is last in the standings with zero points and a minus-12 goal difference in what is proving a rough return to the competition for the Swiss champion. The 5-1 loss at Køge at least had more encouraging signs than the 8-0 defeat at home to OL Lyonnes last week.

Inter Milan had one chance left to level the game in the third and last minute of stoppage time, and took it at the fourth attempted shot in a scramble from a corner.

Center back Ivana Andres Sanz seized on a loose ball from about five meters (yards) and got enough power on her shot that deflected into the net off a defender on the goal line.

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Manchester City's Khadija Shaw, left, challenges for the ball with Real Madrid's Maelle Lakrar during the Women's Champions League opening phase soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid in Manchester, England, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Real Madrid's Linda Caicedo, center, celebrates scoring during the Women's Champions League, opening phase match between Manchester City and Real Madrid in Manchester, England, Thursday Oct. 1, 2026. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

Manchester City's Khadija Shaw, centre, celebrates after scoring her side's opening goal during the Women's Champions League opening phase soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid in Manchester, England, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Austria Wien's Valentina Potzl and Inter's Lina Magull challenge for the ball during the Women's Champions League opening-phase soccer match between Austria Wien and Inter in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Austria Wien's Modesta Uka reacts after missing a chance to score during the Women's Champions League opening phase soccer match between Austria Wien and Inter in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Manchester City's Khadija Shaw, left, and Real Madrid's Bella Andersson in action during the Women's Champions League opening phase soccer match between Manchester City and Real Madrid in Manchester, England, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Inter's Ivana Andres Sanz, center, celebrates after scoring against Austria Wien during the Women's Champions League opening-phase soccer match between Austria Wien and Inter in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

BOSTON (AP) — The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.

During Clancy's first trial, which ended Sept. 4 with a deadlocked jury, her defense argued that she was not criminally responsible because of a mental disease, specifically a rare condition called postpartum psychosis. As such, the defense didn’t dispute that the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse carried out the killings at her family's Massachusetts home in 2023.

However, in a hearing earlier this week, Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington tried to persuade the judge that prosecutors had not offered any proof that Clancy did it. Prosecutors argued there was plenty of evidence, calling Reddington’s claim “laughable.”

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Prosecutors have yet to decide whether they will put the case in front of a jury for a second time. They could choose to retry her on first-degree murder charges or seek to try her only on lesser charges, including second-degree murder or manslaughter, or drop the case entirely.

In his ruling Thursday, Judge William Sullivan noted that for the purposes of his decision, he was required to analyze the evidence in the light most favorable to prosecutors — and that it was up to the jury, not the judge, to decide whether to believe expert witnesses for the defense who testified that Clancy was not responsible for her actions because of mental illness.

“There was evidence introduced, both physical and circumstantial, that would permit a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt the elements of the charge of murder,” Sullivan wrote.

At the first trial, prosecutors acknowledged that Clancy had mental health problems that included months of treatment and a stay in a psychiatric hospital, but argued that she knew what she was doing when she strangled the children — the youngest just 8 months old — then tried to kill herself.

Sullivan had declared a mistrial with the jury split 11 to 1 in favor of acquitting Clancy of murder charges.

In Tuesday’s hearing, Reddington suggested the entire case “was based on speculation” and listed shortcomings in the prosecution's case. There was almost no police investigation, he claimed, and significant questions revolving around Clancy’s condition outside the night of the killings and her lack of memory of what happened.

At the trial, jurors heard testimony that Clancy said she heard voices instructing her to kill 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy. Her DNA was found on exercise bands used to strangle them. Before the trial, Reddington himself filed a motion in which he said Clancy was willing to stipulate, in writing, to her involvement in the children’s deaths.

“For the first time, the defendant is arguing that there is no evidence she did this,” Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham told the judge. “I’d suggest to you the entire record is voluminous as to information supporting the fact that she did this.”

Clancy remains charged with murder and is expected to stay at a psychiatric hospital until her case is resolved.

Clancy could have been sentenced to life in prison if convicted of murder. If acquitted, the judge could have ordered her confined to a mental health facility.

Her former husband, Patrick Clancy, who discovered the children's bodies, has said in interviews that he forgives her. The livestreamed trial generated intense public interest and drew attention to maternal mental health after childbirth.

Defendant Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington listen to the commonwealth respond to Reddington's motion for dismissal, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, during a hearing set to determine the next steps after a mistrial was declared on Sept. 4th, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy's father Michael Musgrove listens to the motions hearing in his daughter's triple murder trial, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

FILE - Lindsay Clancy, listens to testimony from a hospital chaplain during her murder trial, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool, File)

FILE - Lindsay Clancy, center, speaks with her lawyer Kevin Reddington during proceedings in her murder trial, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool, File)