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Villalcarreal defeated newly crowned La Liga champions Barcelona 3-2 on Sunday to earn a comfortable 3-2 victory that will help them advance to next season’s Champions League.

Leganes improved to 2-0 victory over Las Palmas while Kylian Mbappe scored for Real Madrid in another area as Leganes boosted their survival chances.

On Friday, Barcelona stars celebrated their 28th league title on an open-top bus, but Hansi Flick cautioned against “those who party, can work” and chose a strong side.

However, after Nicolas Pepe set him up, the visitors were able to defeat in-form striker Ayoze Perez, who slotted past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Lamine Yamal added a stunning goal to level the scoring as Barca won the league on Thursday at Espanyol.

The 17-year-old arrowed a shot into the far bottom corner after passing two defenders.

Before Fermin Lopez surged in, Yamal hit the bar, soaring home from the box.

In the 80th minute, Santi Comesana lofted over Ter Stegen to give the visitors an equalizer before Tajon Buchanan had already snuck in to equalize.

Barca lost their first game at home since 2025 and also lost to their first league opponent this year, but champions chants rang around the stadium on what might be their final appearance before a trip to Camp Nou, which had been completely renovated.

To cap a fantastic first season under Flick, the domestic treble winners received the league trophy at the end of the game.

The team has a lot of potential, according to a proud Flick, who believes they can improve a little bit. They adapted to the idea of how we want to play and showed they can play football.

Everything is possible when you have confidence, according to the saying.

Villarreal’s 4-1 defeat at Atletico Madrid sealed their return to Europe’s top competition, closing a big gap on Real Betis, who are sixth.

As Diego Simeone’s third team, third, came out comfortable winners, Julian Alvarez added two and added one more.

De Bruyne won’t play for Man City in the World Cup, according to De Bruyne.

‘Defend this shirt,’  

In Carlo Ancelotti’s penultimate game at the helm, Real Madrid defeated nine-man Sevilla to earn their 29th league goal of the year.

The hosts were halted by Loic Bade’s red card in the 12th minute for a professional foul on Mbappe, and Isaac Romero was sent off for a high tackle on Aurelien Tchouameni at the start of the second half.

In the end, Mbappe, the division’s top scorer, fired home Madrid’s opener from close range, and Jude Bellingham, who had just scored, grabbed a second late in the match.

“We were playing for nothing today, but we have to defend this shirt,” said Madrid’s Fede Valverde, “because at this club you always play for everything.”

After claiming a Champions League and La Liga double in the previous campaign, Madrid will compete in the American Club World Cup this summer.

Valverde continued, “We’re excited and looking forward to it, proud to represent Madrid.”

By the time Madrid are in the US, Xabi Alonso, a Bayer Leverkusen player, might have found a new coach.

The veteran Luka Modric made a strong impression for Madrid, but his future is uncertain beyond the end of the season.

Everyone is aware of Modric’s love for him, and Madrid will have a chance to decide accordingly, said Ancelotti.

“For the club, for him, and for the future,” he said.

Leganes defeated Las Palmas 1-0 to extend their season-long fight for survival.

The 18th-placed Madrid minnows face relegated Real Valladolid in their final game, two points clear of safety.

Espanyol are in danger of dropping after losing to Osasuna 2-0, and the 17th-ranked Catalan side will face Las Palmas on Saturday knowing a victory would keep them in contention.

With victories over Valladolid and Mallorca, respectively, Getafe and Alaves secured safety.

After defeating Jannik Sinner 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 in the final and sending a warning shot to Roland Garros, Carlos Alcaraz won the Italian Open on Sunday.

Alcaraz, who will move up to second place behind Sinner on Monday, eventually won his third title, igniting the crowd of over 10,000.

The Spaniard won the French Open’s fourth final of the year, sending a message to the rest of the men’s tour, where he will defend the title when it debuts the following weekend.

Being defeated by Jannik and winning in Rome, Alcaraz said, “I think both things combined give you great confidence coming to Paris.”

“I’m going to enjoy this moment with my family, my team, and my friends who are at home,” I said. And a few days of rest to reflect on what I’ve accomplished is important as well. Then, I turn my attention to Roland Garros.

Sinner is top of the world’s rankings, but Alcaraz, who had last defeated him in the China Open final last year, ended his 26-match winning streak.

Since the start of 2024, Alcaraz is the only player to defeat Sinner in a tour final, bringing his Italian rival to the top of men’s tennis with three Grand Slam victories.

Even with the thigh injury that prevented him from competing at the Madrid Open, the 22-year-old has had a tremendously impressive clay court swing this season.

Alcaraz won his second Masters 1000 championship in Rome last month to complete his recent success at Monte Carlo. In Barcelona, he also advanced to the final.

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Alcaraz triumphs 

Sinner’s first tournament victory in his first match since receiving a three-month ban for testing positive for clostebol twice in March of last year, a contamination that the doping authorities accepted was accidental, is still a very positive result.

In Game 12 of the first set, Sinner let two set points pass, and that was the decisive moment, with Alcaraz robbing off the first three points of the tie-break before advancing.

Alcaraz then shifted and won the first five games of the second set, bringing home his first Rome title.

Sinner’s positive return, however, opens the door for a third final encounter with Alcaraz, with the two rising men’s tennis stars set to face off against Paris.

Sinner joked that his brother Mark was “preferring to go to Imola to watch the Formula One Grand Prix Grand Prix instead of being here,” before saying on court that Alcaraz would be “the man to beat” in Paris.

The 23-year-old failed to record a hat-trick of victories for home players in the Italian capital, aiming to become the first Italian player to win at the Foro Italico since Adriano Panatta in 1976.

When Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-5, Jasmine Paolini won the Rome singles and doubles titles for the first time since Monica Seles in 1990.

Paolini won the Rome singles title for the first time since 1985 when she defeated Coco Gauff, the previous US Open champion, in straight sets.

Declan Rice’s thunderbolt earned Arsenal their place in the Champions League on Sunday against top-five rivals Newcastle.

Arsenal will compete in the elite club competition in Europe next season thanks to Rice’s superb second-half strike at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners’ focus on the top five positions no longer poses a threat to their final weekend of the season after Mikel Arteta’s side ended a five-game winless streak.

After failing to keep up with champions Liverpool, second-placed Arsenal are likely to finish third in a row as Premier League runners-up.

The north Londoners have now gone five years without a trophy after falling short of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals.

Arsenal still look the most likely contenders to take the title from Liverpool next season despite another frustrating season.

On goal difference, third-placed Newcastle is ahead of Chelsea and Aston Villa, who are both in fourth place.

If they can win their game at home to Bournemouth on Tuesday, Manchester City, would go above Eddie Howe’s team.

In a remarkably close race to the Champions League, Nottingham Forest are only one point clear of League Cup winners Newcastle, who are currently seventh.

To clinch qualification, Newcastle will need to defeat Everton on May 25 in their final game of the season at St James’ Park.

Even though the Magpies had defeated Arsenal three times this season, leading scorer Alexander Isak’s absence was costly because he was not injured.

After the Arsenal keeper’s error-firing pass to Sandro Tonali had sparked the Newcastle attack, Bruno Guimaraes’ close-range strike was parried by David Raya.

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Rice Rocket 

After Anthony Gordon’s backheel opened up the Arsenal defense, Raya was called back to action to save Tino Livramento’s drive.

A shot that Leandro Trossard deflected just wide into the Newcastle area descended.

Thomas Partey’s header was impulsively tip over by Nick Pope from the corner that came out.

Harvey Barnes’ low drive from the edge of the area was being pushed away by Raya at full stretch.

The overworked Arsenal keeper saved another excellent save to stop Sven Botman’s follow-up from Dan Burn before using his foot to stop the shot with his foot.

After another poor move failed late in the first half, Arteta threw his arms up in disbelief and threw his arms in disbelief.

In a blow to the Gunners’ injured squad, Riccardo Calafiori took the place of French defender William Saliba at half-time.

In the 55th minute, Arsenal finally let go of their complacency and took the lead.

The midfielder lashed a superb first-time finish past Pope from the edge of the area as Martin Odegaard worked space for a pass to Rice.

Rice scored nine goals overall this season before Saka’s shot was blocked by Pope, who almost immediately had one.

Ben White’s stinging 20-yard strike that whistled just wide was the result of an appropriation of Rice’s style.

Emil Krafth was booked for a needless foul just 33 seconds after being substituted for the team, which was mounting Newcastle’s frustration.

Saka’s final 15 minutes of playing time with a hamstring injury saw him make his first appearance since February. Kai Havertz replaced him.

Havertz and Burn immediately exchanged blows and threw the ball at the German.

As Arsenal fought back in a tense climax, Joe Willock blasted just over Newcastle.

In the final weeks of the season, PSV Eindhoven jumped off a seemingly impossible position to defeat arch-rivals Ajax, winning their second successive Dutch title on Sunday.

One of the most exciting climaxes in living memory was achieved with a 3-1 victory over Sparta Rotterdam, earning Peter Bosz and his men the Eredivisie title.

The championship had almost given up on PSV. Four-time European champions Ajax were nine points clear of the title with just five games left.

Ajax won the title match with a score of 2-0 against PSV in Eindhoven on March 30 in what was intended to be the championship decider.

However, Ajax, who had hoped to recover from a disastrous season last year, tragically lost twice and drew twice to give PSV the lead, falling behind.

Ajax felt the most embarrassment during the final match. In the ninth minute of extra time against Groningen, they conceded an equalizer with fate still in play, one point ahead of PSV.

With a point in hand for PSV, who had won six straight games before that defeat to Ajax, their rivals in Amsterdam were able to win.

For the majority of the season, PSV fans had been frustrated by the team’s inconsistentness.

Unquestionably, Liverpool’s defeat in a 3-2 Champions League thriller at the Philips Stadion was a big win.

However, PSV’s European tour ended in abhorrent humiliation when an arrogant Arsenal defeated them 7-1 at home.

They allegedly struggled to replicate the dominating form of last year, which only yielded one defeat.

In addition to losing to PEC Zwolle, Go Ahead Eagles, and Heerenveen, they also suffered frustrating defeats from Ajax in both of their league games.

In their final weeks, they displayed resilience when it was necessary.

With only two games left, Feyenoord, the other of the Eredivisie “big three,” was able to keep them in the lead.

They have scored more than 100 goals for the second straight season, with double figures coming from Luuk de Jong, Noa Lang, and Ricardo Pepi.

However, Lang has always caused controversy off the field, having clashed with his own fans, and being the target of numerous transfer rumors.

– ‘Already given up’ –

Due to its position in such a remote position, PSV’s 26th Eredivisie title will be even sweeter.

We had already given up after our home defeat against Ajax. De Jong claimed that we were nine points behind.

We didn’t dare to dream about this any longer, so there was a lot of joy. It turns out that hunting is occasionally simpler. ”

This agonizing capitulation represents a missed opportunity for Ajax and its supporters to end the agony of the disastrous campaign of the previous season.

The Amsterdam giants had their worst season of previous year, and one jubilant PSV fan tattooed the standings onto his body to commemorate their triumphant start.

Hercules’ dismissal from the Dutch Cup by rank amateurs was another nadir, but a leadership change saw the appointment of Francesco Farioli as the new coach and England star Jordan Henderson as captain.

This year, Faioli had a goal in Champions League football, which he has succeeded in achieving.

However, Ajax will undoubtedly be remembered for the “what if” rather than the second-place and spot in Europe.

That irritates me. After the points were dropped at Groningen, the Ajax Supporters Association wrote on its website, “a lot.”

A drop to second place in the Eredivisie still hurts a lot, according to Ajax fans, who would have bitten their hands off earlier this season.