Man United sale: Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim is withdrawing his bid

NEW YORK — A Manhattan councilwoman received a vile death threat in a hand-written letter mailed to her office, cops confirmed Saturday.

Zolten Osbourne threw a pair of touchdown passes, TJ Ruff added 126 yards rushing and a score and Charleston Southern beat Lindenwood 24-10. Osbourne threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Landon Sauers in the first quarter and added a 6-yarder to Will Kakavitsas late in the second as Charleston Southern took a 17-0 lead into the break. Ruff’s 5-yard touchdown run capped an eight-play, 75-yard drive that ended the scoring with 11:32 remaining in the game.  Carter Davis was 15-of-31 passing for 170 yards and threw one touchdown pass and two interceptions for Lindenwood (3-4, 1-2).

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — When it rains, it pours.

A deadly wave of gun crime across Sweden has prompted the country’s second biggest political party, the nationalist Sweden Democrats, to demand military boots on the ground to stem the violence.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed the world’s most populous nation will bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai on Saturday, Modi said hosting the event is “the age-old dream” for India. Indonesia and Mexico have previously expressed official interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics. Last month Poland’s President Andrzej Duda told the IOC it also wants to stage the Games. No firm timeframe has been set by the IOC for when hosting rights for the 2036 Games will be awarded.

SAN DIEGO — Has Bill Belichick lost it? Lost his touch? Lost his mind? Lost his edge? Lost his chops? Lost his will to win?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Top-ranked Georgia won its game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, but the Bulldogs suffered a major loss when Brock Bowers left the game with an ankle injury.

Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said that talks with the British government “are making progress” but that more needs to be done before the party would return to the region’s power-sharing executive.

Madonna's Celebration Tour has kicked off at London's O2 Arena. Saturday night's performance marked her first since suffering what her manager called a “serious bacterial infection.” It led to her hospitalization in an intensive care unit for several days back in June. Associated Press journalist Sian Watson writes that the performance was indeed a celebration. Madonna brought her vast back catalogue alive and spanned 40 years of timeless hits. She was grateful to be back, saying “I didn't think I was going to make it.” She said her children spurred her on and that she had to “survive for them.”

NORFOLK, Va. — “I see him!” exclaimed 8-year-old Penelope Holbert, vigorously waving. Her father, Petty Officer first class Drew Holbert waved back from a platform at the stern of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Dee Williams returned a punt 39 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to put No. 19 Tennessee ahead for the first time and the Volunteers shut down Texas A&M the rest of the way in a 20-13 victory Saturday. Vols punter Jackson Ross backed up the Aggies to the 1, with a three-and-out setting up Williams for the pivotal return. Jaylen Wright rushed for 136 yards for the Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference). The victory was sealed when Gabe Jeudy-Lalley picked off a pass and returned it to the A&M 6 to set up a field goal. Max Johnson threw two interceptions for Texas A&M (4-3, 2-2).

Camden Orth threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, PaSean Wimberly scored off a blocked punt and Bowling Green held off Buffalo for a 24-14 victory. Wimberly’s 18-yard run to the end zone capped a 24-point run for Bowling Green (3-4, 1-2 Mid-American Conference), which led 24-7 at halftime. Buffalo (2-5, 0-1) cut the deficit to 10 with CJ Ogbonna’s 24-yard touchdown pass to Darrell Harding Jr. with 3:02 remaining in the third quarter. But the Bills would then turn the ball over on downs twice, and have an 11-play drive stall with an Ogbonna interception.

Dante Chachere accounted for five touchdowns, five passing and one running, and Portland beat Northern Arizona 45-21. Chachere was 14-of-19 passing for a mere 59 yards and ran for 83. Quincy Craig ran for 103 yards on five carries for the Vikings which had 366 yards rushing and 525 yards in total offense. Jermaine Braddock had a pair of scoring receptions in the second quarter for a 21-7 lead before Craig reached the end zone early in the third quarter. Craig’s second touchdown started a string of five-straight touchdowns by the teams before NAU gave up the ball on downs and then threw an interception. Adam Damante threw for 250 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions for the Lumberjacks  and Angel Flores threw a 3-yard TD pass on his only attempt.

Stanford University suspended a teacher over allegations that students were targeted for their identities amid the Middle East conflict, adding to a growing backlash on campuses over the war.

Grayson Barnes turned a short pass into a 58-yard touchdown early in the third quarter and Kanon Woodill kicked three field goals in the second half to lift North Illinois to a 23-13 win over Ohio. The Huskies’ defense held the Bobcats, who were averaging 24.5 points a game, scoreless in the second half. They also picked off Kurtis Rourke three times, ending the Bobcats’ last three drives. Northern Illinois opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when Gavin Williams raced 53 yards through the left side for a touchdown. Rourke sandwiched a 1-yard scoring plunge between a pair of Woodill field goals, the last with 7 seconds to go, to give the Bobcats a 13-7 lead at the half.

Leshon Williams scored the game’s lone touchdown on an 82-yard breakaway and finished with 174 yards rushing Saturday to lead Iowa to a 15-6 victory over Wisconsin. The Badgers lost quarterback Tanner Mordecai to a hand injury. Iowa has beaten Wisconsin in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2008-09 and gets to maintain possession of the Heartland Trophy, Williams' 82-yard touchdown in the second quarter was Iowa’s longest run from scrimmage since Tavian Banks also had an 82-yarder in a 63-20 blowout of Iowa State in 1997.

STILLWATER, Okla. — Kansas quarterback Jason Bean’s dejected downward look said it all.