SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The competition for the San Francisco 49ers’ starting center job ended after just 10 practices.

The Niners released veteran center Jeremy Zuttah — who was expected to compete with Daniel Kilgore — on Wednesday morning, after less than two weeks of training camp.

“That was a tough decision,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said. “That was something we were really looking at last night. I think it says a lot about how Kilgore has been playing. He’s done a really good job in practice with that center spot.”

The 49ers acquired Zuttah in a March trade with the Baltimore Ravens; the teams also swapped sixth-round picks (No. 186 to Baltimore and No. 198 to San Francisco). Zuttah was coming off a Pro Bowl appearance, and his previous experience playing in offenses similar to Shanahan’s made him an intriguing fit.

At a personnel meeting Tuesday night, Shanahan, general manager John Lynch and their respective staffs spent time examining the roster and whether there was a spot for Zuttah.

“It just looked to us like we weren’t going to get Zuttah a lot of playing time throughout the preseason,” Shanahan said. “He’s a guy I have a lot of respect for; he’s done a lot of good things in this league. I just told him this morning I had a hard time doing that to him, and [I] wanted to give him a chance to go somewhere else instead of keeping him here and making him go through that.”

“I’d love to keep everybody, especially a guy who can still play in this league,” Shanahan added, “but we thought it was better for him and better for us to move on.”

Zuttah, 31, spent his first six seasons with Tampa Bay, playing both guard and center, after the Bucs used a third-round pick (83rd overall) on him in the 2008 NFL draft. He was in Baltimore for three seasons before the Niners traded for him. He played exclusively at center with the Ravens. He has appeared in 131 games, making 117 starts.

With Zuttah gone, the Niners will lean on Kilgore as the starter in the middle with veteran Tim Barnes as the current backup. Barnes signed with the Niners after the Rams let him go late in the offseason.

Elsewhere on the interior of the offensive line, guard Joshua Garnett is set to have cleanup surgery on his left knee Thursday, according to Shanahan.

Make that four conquests of the UEFA Super Cup for Real Madrid.

On Tuesday night at Philip II Arena in Macedonia, Real Madrid held the throne in the UEFA Super Cup by defeating Manchester United 2-1. Los Blancos are the first club to win the game in successive years since AC Milan accomplished the feat in 1989 and 1990.

The result was deserved for Real Madrid, which played most of the match at a higher gear than United. Los Blancos were relentless in their pressure through the first half, and Casemiro scored the goal that had been a long time coming, calculating a run into the Red Devils’ penalty area before one-timing the ball past David De Gea. The Brazilian midfielder was borderline offside, but complaints fell upon deaf ears.

It was much of the same in the second half. Real Madrid was rewarded for its pressure once again when Karim Benzema played the ball to Isco, who played a give-and-go with Gareth Bale and proceeded to beat De Gea. United pulled a goal back minutes later courtesy of Romelu Lukaku’s first competitive goal for the Red Devils, but it was all in vain. Seven minutes of second-half stoppage time – the result of Marouane Fellaini being treated on the pitch – provided no equaliser.

At the end of the game, Jose Mourinho was seen congratulating Real Madrid’s players individually and giving Cristiano Ronaldo, who came on for Benzema in the 83rd minute, a friendly pat.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Susie Adams Smith is selling her one-third ownership stake in the Tennessee Titans ownership. Her sister, Amy Adams Strunk, also owns one-third of the team and will remain the team’s controlling owner.

Adams Smith’s sale of the Titans is a portion of a larger sale of the KSA Industries, which includes several business ventures ranging from oil and gas to real estate.

“Recently Susie began the process of selling her portion of KSA Industries, which includes a fractional indirect interest in the Tennessee Titans. We respect her right to make this decision and will cooperate fully with the process, which will not impact team operations in any way,” Strunk said in a statement. “Regardless of the outcome of this process, I will continue to serve as the controlling owner of the Titans. The remaining two-thirds of the team controlled by myself, Kenneth Adams IV, Barclay Adams and Susan Lewis is not and has never been for sale.”

Strunk and Smith each own a third of the Titans with the remaining third being owned by Kenneth Adams IV, Barclay Adams and Susan Lewis.

The Titans ownership has come into the news over the last few years following previous owner Bud Adams’ death in 2013. In 2015, the Titans were fined, reportedly a six-figure amount, over their ownership structure. Recently, the league has been satisfied with their ownership structure as Strunk has taken a clear leading voice among the group.

“Both personally and as a group, we have invested time, effort and capital to improve this franchise and we are excited to see the results on and off the field for years to come,” Strunk said.

Forbes valued the Titans at approximately $2 billion in 2016.

Manchester United’s £75-million man is officially on the board.

Romelu Lukaku, not long after missing a sitter in Tuesday’s UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid, made amends for his blown opportunity by opening his account with the Red Devils.

The burly Belgian’s simple tally, which cut Madrid’s lead in half, goes down as his first competitive goal for the club since his expensive move from Everton.