• The Canadian Press

    Real Madrid can clinch Spanish league title as it seeks another Champions League crown

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Chasing another Champions League crown, Real Madrid already has its fingertips on the Spanish league title. The 14-time European Cup winner could clinch the Spanish league on Saturday when Madrid hosts Cadiz and Barcelona visits Girona if everything goes its way. Madrid can lock up title No. 36 with four games left in two scenarios: If Madrid beats Cadiz and Barcelona fails to beat Girona, or if Madrid draws with Cadiz and Barcelona loses at Girona. Madrid leads Barcelona

  • The Guardian

    Why Zambia’s sharp-shooting Copper Queens won’t leave military behind

    Despite the team’s rise on the global stage, players are often underpaid so look for opportunities in the armed forces

  • PA Media: Sport

    Blow for Bayern Munich as Ralf Rangnick commits to Austria

    Bayern’s search for a replacement for Thomas Tuchel continues.

  • Reuters

    Soccer star's murder highlights South Africa's crime problem as election nears

    In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs before they reached high school age, but Fleurs found another path: he was so brilliant at soccer that he rose to be a professional player at South Africa's top club. Fleurs' success story ended abruptly last month when he was killed at a Johannesburg petrol station by someone stealing his car. The 24-year-old's murder not only sparked public grief due to his profile as a Kaizer Chiefs defender but also highlighted South Africa's crime problem.