Christian Benteke scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season on a sensational bicycle kick and streaking D.C. United pulled away to a 3-0 victory over visiting Charlotte FC on Saturday night.
Taxiarchis Fountas also scored from the penalty spot for his second goal in as many games as D.C. (4-4-2, 14 points) won its third straight and its first at home since the opening weekend of the season.
MADRID — Karim Benzema scored a first-half hat trick as Real Madrid recovered from a disappointing midweek loss at Girona by beating lowly Almeria 4-2 at home in LaLiga on Saturday.
With six games remaining, second-placed Real maintained their slim title hopes by moving up to 68 points, cutting Barcelona's lead to eight points. Barcelona host sixth-placed Real Betis later on Saturday.
Cristiano Ronaldo ended Al-Nassr’s three-game streak without a goal after netting a header vs. Al-Raed on Friday during his side’s 4-0 victory. CR7 opened the scoring in the fourth minute.
Ronaldo header
CR7 is back on the scoresheet for @AlNassrFC_EN(via @SPL_EN)
LONDON — Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at home in the Premier League on Saturday after Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva scored late second-half goals to leave the visitors a point above the relegation zone.
The result leaves Forest in 17th with 30 points, above 18th-placed Leicester City who have a game in hand. Brentford are ninth with 50 points.
It was Brentford who applied the early pressure as Forest keeper Keylor Navas and his defensive line stood firm to deny the home side who struggled in the final third in the first half.
Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund's title chances suffered a serious blow on Friday after they stumbled to a 1-1 draw at struggling VfL Bochum in the mini Ruhr derby with four games left to play.
Dortmund are on 61 points, two points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich, who will take over the lead if they beat bottom club Hertha Berlin on Sunday.
If you are on the Wrexham bandwagon, you surely know that owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have proposed that Welsh legend Gareth Bale come out from retirement and join their Hollywood tale in a series of funny golf jokes on Twitter – I mean, as funny as golf can be.
Runaway Serie A leaders Napoli could seal their third Scudetto in record fashion this weekend if they beat lowly visitors Salernitana and second-placed Lazio drop points at Inter Milan.
Victory on Sunday would move Luciano Spalletti's side to 81 points and they will become the first team to win the title with six matches remaining unless Lazio earn their first win away to Inter in more than four years on the same day.
I don't know if Sergiño Dest likes Berlin, but the idea of living there during the 2023-24 season is starting to take shape for the U.S. international.
According to several reports in Germany and Spain, the player who is on loan at AC Milan from FC Barcelona has reportedly agreed to a new loan deal with Union Berlin in the Bundesliga.
Paco Villa fue uno de los narradores que TUDN llevó al Mundial de Catar. El relator narró algunos partidos del torneo, pero repentinamente desapareció de las pantallas. Semanas después, el profesional volvió a los micrófonos para comentar la Liga MX y nunca se supo muy bien qué había motivado su abrupta salida. Hasta ahora.
Siempre le tuvimos fe a Santi Giménez. Sin embargo, hay que ser honestos: ¿alguien imaginaba a Bebote desbloqueando su modo súper saiyajin en su primera temporada con el Feyenoord? No mientan.
Pero aquí estamos. El delantero mexicano suma 20 goles contando Eredivisie, Copa KNVB y Europa League e igualó el récord de más tantos antotados por un mexicano en su primera campaña en el Viejo Contiente que poseían Luis García y Javier Hernández.