• The Canadian Press

    Real Madrid on cusp of winning Spanish league. Barcelona must beat Girona to stop rival taking title

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jude Bellingham has helped put Real Madrid on the brink of winning the Spanish league after scoring in a 3-0 home win over Cadiz. Second-place Barcelona now must win at third-place Girona to prevent Madrid from clinching the title later Saturday. It would be Madrid’s 36th domestic league crown. Madrid is 14 points ahead of Barcelona with just four more games remaining after this round. A victory by Barcelona at Girona would most likely just delay the celebrations in Madri

  • The Canadian Press

    Bayern emerges beaten and bruised from last Real Madrid warmup. Dortmund routs Augsburg ahead of PSG

    BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich suffered a 3-1 loss at Stuttgart and an injury to Raphaël Guerreiro on Saturday in its last Bundesliga game before the Champions League semifinal second leg at Real Madrid. Guerreiro went off early with what looked like a muscular injury and is a doubt for Wednesday’s decisive match in Madrid. Borussia Dortmund’s B-team warmed up for Tuesday’s semifinal at Paris Saint-Germain with a 5-1 rout of visiting Augsburg. Dortmund veteran Marco Reus scored one goal and set up

  • The Canadian Press

    Hudson-Odoi nets twice as Nottingham Forest boosts survival hopes with 3-1 win over Sheffield United

    SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Callum Hudson-Odoi scored twice and Nottingham Forest took a big step toward Premier League survival with a 3-1 win over Sheffield United coupled with Burnley’s 4-1 loss to Newcastle on Saturday. The victory at Bramall Lane kept Forest one spot above the drop zone and moved Nuno Espirito Santo’s team three points ahead of Luton and five points in front of Burnley — with two games remaining. Hudson-Odoi equalized with a curling shot from the left side into the far corner

  • The Canadian Press

    Arsenal is taking the Premier League title race to the wire after extending winning streak

    The Premier League title race looks to be going to the wire. There's no sign of an end-of-season collapse by Arsenal this time. Keeping the pressure on Manchester City, Arsenal beat Bournemouth 3-0 in the lunchtime kickoff Saturday for a fourth straight win in the league. It pushed Arsenal four points clear of second-place City, which has two games in hand — the first of which was against Wolverhampton later Saturday. Last season, Arsenal's title challenge faded in the spring as a fast-finishing