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Olmo and Lewandowski strike late as Barcelona win derby; Villarreal rise to third; Celta routs Valencia BARCELONA — La Liga leader Barcelona left it late but left Cornellà with the points, beating Espanyol 2-0 in the city derby on Saturday behind an 86th-minute stunner from Dani Olmo and a stoppage-time clincher from Robert Lewandowski. Former Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, jeered throughout by the home crowd after his summer switch across the city, was Barcelona’s other match-winner with a string of saves that frustrated…

Premier League: Arsenal rip Aston Villa to stay five clear; Chelsea held; United stalled by rock-bottom Wolves Arsenal hit four past Aston Villa to extend its Premier League lead to five points on Tuesday, a ruthless second-half surge that set the tone for a night of twists across the table. Chelsea were pegged back at home by Bournemouth, Manchester United dropped points against last-place Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the relegation fight tightened after Newcastle’s win at Burnley and Everton’s away triumph at Nottingham…

After their initial defeat against the host country Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo won against Cape Verde and was revived in Group A in Afrobasket 2021, in Kigali. Identical dynamics for the Central African Republic, winning in the final seconds against Guinea in pool B. The Congolese reacted well. After Rwandan bang…

For the first time in its history, the Senegalese qualified for the last four of the FIFA World Cup by beating Brazil in the quarter-finals, after extra time, on Thursday, August 26 in Moscow (5-4). Historic day for the lions. After two eliminations in a row in the quarterfinals of the Beach Soccer World Cup, four in total, the…

China said on Thursday that a proposal by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine Chinese laboratories as part of the ongoing investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic showed "disrespect" and "arrogance towards science". Last week, the UN health agency said a second phase of the international probe should…

For the fourth time in a row, Kamaru Usman defended his world champion in welterweight from the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), the world's most prestigious mixed martial arts league (MMA), on the night of April 24-25, 2021 in Jacksonville (Southeast). United States). The Nigerian defeated the American Jorge Masvidal by KO in UFC 261. Kamaru Usman is truly the welterweights king of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), the most prestigious mixed martial arts (MMA) league in the world. No offense to Jorge…