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World number two Iga Swiatek made it eight wins in a row at the Madrid Open as she beat Linda Noskova to reach the last 16.
The defending champion and 2023 finalist - who is still chasing her first title of the year - won 6-4 6-2 against her Czech opponent, who famously defeated her at the 2024 Australian Open.
The 23-year-old from Poland had to dig deep to beat teenager Alexandra Eala from the Philippines in the previous round in Spain.
But this time she looked more fluent as she came through in one hour and 17 minutes.
Her next challenge will be a first match against 13th seed Diana Shnaider of Russia, who did not drop a game in her encounter with Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova.
American duo Coco Gauff and Madison Keys also made it through to the last 16 thanks to straight-set wins.
Gauff, the fourth seed, defeated compatriot Ann Li 6-2 6-3 while Australian Open champion Keys, the fifth seed, was a 7-5 7-6 (7-3) winner over Russian 30th seed Anna Kalinskaya.
The clock goes red and France need a score to win the Women's Six Nations Grand Slam at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.
That was not in the script.
England had cruised past their competition leading up the Grand Slam decider, scoring 33 tries in four comfortable wins.
Les Bleues came off the back of a scare in Parma against Italy, where they were behind at half-time but were saved by a second-half response.
The general consensus was the Red Roses would cruise to a fourth consecutive Grand Slam.
A thrilling 43-42 win secured four in a row and a seventh straight Six Nations title was achieved.
It may not have been perfect and the "complete performance" England head coach John Mitchell asked of his players.
Before the 25-minute mark, Mitchell's side led 31-7 but their dominance did not remain as their visitors outscored their hosts 21-12 in the second half, scoring six tries across the 80 minutes.
However, Mitchell was happy his side have been tested before a home Rugby World Cup that starts in August.
"I would rather have this sort of feedback any day of the week," Mitchell told BBC Sport.
"We got it done, we completed a goal that hasn't been done in the modern era - four Grand Slams in a row - and now we can have a celebration and get ready for a World Cup.
"The French get energy from success but I knew that we would have to win the game three or four times."
England's last defeat in the Six Nations was against France in 2018 and in any fixture was in the World Cup final by New Zealand in 2022.
The Red Roses are on a 25-game winning run and eyeing their own record 30-Test winning streak, which came to an end in that World Cup final.
A pattern which Mitchell does not want repeated.
"Those [close] games do help us - we get them occasionally," Mitchell added.
"The Red Roses are a unique team in the world but teams are out to perform against us.
"It's going to continue in 2025. We are going to have to raise our game, that is clear."
Kalle Rovanperä strengthened his pursuit of a first FIA World Rally Championship victory of the 2025 season with another flawless drive on Saturday at Rally Islas Canarias.
The Toyota GAZOO Racing star remains firmly on course to become the first-ever winner of a WRC round held on Gran Canarian soil. He will carry a commanding 45.2-second advantage into Sundays five-stage final leg, leading an all-GR Yaris Rally1 top four.
Arriving at this fourth round 57 points adrift of the championship lead, Rovanperä has found a rhythm that nobody else has been able to match. He won six of Saturdays asphalt stages to almost double his overnight advantage which stood at 26.8sec on Friday before Elfyn Evans prevented a clean sweep by topping the evenings super special inside the Gran Canaria Arena. Even so, Rovanperä has claimed victory on 12 of the 13 stages run so far.
Evans holds third place, 22.9 seconds down on Ogier, with Takamoto Katsuta a further 35.8 seconds adrift. Toyota looked set to lock out the top five before Sami Pajari crashed into a wooden barrier on the penultimate stage, retiring after having held fourth overall.
Its going really well, Rovanperä said. We made some really small changes to the car this afternoon and I felt even better than in the morning, so that was nice. I think also the first two ones were cleaning a bit, so the grip was more consistent and quite nice.
Looking ahead to Super Sunday where up to 10 bonus points are available in addition to the 25 awarded for an outright win the 24-year-old added:
We need the points, so I just hope we have the same feeling tomorrow in the car that everything comes easily. If not, then for sure we need to think about the big picture also. But, if everything goes well, of course we need to try to bring some points.
Ogier, who virtually conceded his hopes of victory on Friday, has since focused on consolidating second place. The Frenchman managed to pull further clear of Evans on Saturday, doubling his buffer after beating his Welsh team-mate across five stages.
As it stands, Evans is on course to extend his championship lead beyond 40 points, with nearest rivals Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak enduring fraught weekends. Both Hyundai drivers sit sixth and seventh respectively, behind their team-mate Adrien Fourmaux, after struggling with set-up issues believed to be linked to differential settings.
Benefiting from Pajaris retirement, Fourmaux now occupies fifth despite stalling in the last stage, and trails Katsuta by 25.7 seconds, while Neuville and Tänak remain within touching distance of the Frenchman.
Elsewhere, Grégoire Munsters hopes took a hit when he required spectator assistance after running wide and beaching his M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 on SS10. The incident cost him three minutes and dropped him to 13th overall, promoting WRC2 frontrunners Yohan Rossel and Alejandro Cachón, as well as Munsters team-mate Josh McErlean, into eighth, ninth, and 10th respectively.
TALLADEGA, Ala. Lawless Alan was in the right place at the right time to win Saturdays General Tire 200 ARCA Mendards Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
The Venturini Motorsports Toyota driver was in the lead when a multi-car crash brought the race to a premature ending on the final lap.
First thing Ive got to say is God is so good, said Alan, who won his first race in only his 10th ARCA start. I didnt have any sort of plan after Phoenix last year. Then Toyota called me, and we put this deal together with Venturini and AUTOParkIt and I am so thankful to them.
Alan started second and led early and often but constantly found himself under attack by Joe Gibbs Racings William Sawalich.
The two traded the lead multiple times throughout the race, but Alan had an advantage that Sawalich didnt.
Alan had teammates.
With 18 laps left Alan got a push from his teammate Isabella Robusto that allowed him to go three-wide with Jason Kitzmiller and Sawalich for the lead. The move shuffled Sawalich out of the lead group and gave Alan command of the race.
Alan remained in command when caution flag waved with five laps left when Michael Maples crashed after contact in the middle of the pack.
That incident set up a one-lap dash to the finish with Alan leading Thad Moffitt, the grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Richard Petty.
When racing resumed Alan had help behind him from Robusto, who was able to push Alan out just far enough that when a multi-car crash behind the leaders ended the race, it was Alan who was declared the winner ahead of Moffitt.
Moffitt, whose runner-up finish is the best of his ARCA career, believed that had the caution flag not waved he would have beaten Alan on the final lap.
It sucks, but its good at the same time. Im just dejected, said Moffitt, driver of the No. 46 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports. I thought I won that race. I thought I got through the (restart) box better. I thought I got down to Turn 1 better. He just had his teammate behind him to push him down into (Turn) 1.
It sucks. Nitro is going to win races this year though.
Robusto finished third to give Venturini Motorsports two cars in the top three. Andy Jankowiak was fourth, followed by Kitzmiller in fifth.
Lavar Scott, Jake Finch, Bryce Haugeberg, Sawalich and YouTube sensation Cleetus McFarland were sixth through 10th, respectively.
CONCORD, N.C. Doug Kalitta helped ensure Kalitta Motorsports stayed perfect in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in the Top Fuel ranks, winning the bonus race on Saturday at zMAX Dragway and also securing the No. 1 qualifier spot at the 15th annual American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
Austin Prock (Funny Car), Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) and Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also picked up Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge wins on Saturday.
Paul Lee (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) qualified No. 1 at the fifth of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
In a wild final quad of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge bonus race, Kalitta won in a pedal fest over Antron Brown, Steve Torrence and Josh Hart, going 4.661 seconds at 237.92 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster. Its the second straight win in the specialty event for Kalitta, as he swept both four-wide races after teammate Shawn Langdon won the first Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge races of 2025.
Kalitta, who also won the Right Trailers Top Fuel All-Star Callout in Pomona, has thrived in bonus races this year and now hell have a chance to sweep a special weekend.
Its the 1,000th Top Fuel race in NHRA history and Kalitta already has two big achievements this weekend, also qualifying No. 1 for the third time this year on the strength of Fridays track-record run of 3.646 at 333.74.
Theres a special trophy on the line and Kalitta, who won the 500th Top Fuel race in 2002, has the opportunity for something historic on Sunday. His opening-round quad includes Las Vegas winner Tony Stewart, Steve Torrence and Lex Joon.
About half-track the thing obviously decided it wasnt going to make it without smoking the tires, so it just kind of ran in half throttle the rest of the way, and it worked out, Kalitta said. When it gets later in the day, you kind of expect maybe something like thats going to happen. Weve got a lot of guys out there that can pedal very well, so you got to just kind of do what you can to get it to the finish without blowing the thing up.
Im very fortunate with this opportunity with this group of guys. Its a heck of an opportunity so Im just trying to make the best of it, and well see what tomorrow brings. We want to win that special trophy.
Langdon qualified second with a 3.665 at 333.33, and Brittany Forces 3.667 at a record 341.58 from Friday has her third.
Reigning Funny Car world champion Austin Prock was lethal on the starting line on Saturday and it proved to be critical in the finals of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, slipping past Spencer Hyde with a run of 3.949 at 322.50 in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS for John Force Racing.
Hyde, who won the bonus race in Phoenix, ran an identical 3.949, but Prock was quicker on the starting with a stout .058 reaction time en route to his first specialty race win of the year.
It continues the strong momentum for Prock, who won two weeks ago in Las Vegas and seems primed for a big weekend in Charlotte.
Last year we figured out how important these Mission Challenge points are and how many points you can actually earn, Prock said. I think we went into the Countdown with 24 points, almost two rounds of competition, on top of second place. So that felt really good. I really wanted to win today. I felt like we had a shot at doing it. Ive been driving good all weekend and we were able to get the job done as a team.
Both runs today, the car went down the racetrack and made nice, clean runs in hotter conditions, which were probably going to see more like tomorrow, so that felt good. This race cars been giving us a little grief, but theyve been working hard and doing their homework.
Paul Lee easily grabbed his second straight No. 1 qualifier thanks to Fridays run of 3.829 at 328.54 in his 12,000-horsepower SRI Performance/Daido Metal Dodge Charger SRT. His opening quad includes Matt Hagan, Bobby Bode and Dave Richards, as the Funny Car points leader seeks out his second win of the 2025 campaign. Prock took second after his 3.844 at 336.49 and Daniel Wilkersons career-best 3.855 at 330.07 gave him the third spot.
The Funny Car class is tough. Weve got 14 cars quicker than 3.93. I dont think Ive ever seen it that close, Lee said. Its most competitive that Ive ever seen. Im here for the competition. Everybody has a different reason why they race. Some enjoy just to come out here and make laps down the track. If I cant be competitive, Ill go do something else. I race for competition. I love to beat them.
On an impressive holeshot, Pro Stocks Matt Hartford won for the second time in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge this year, using a .021 reaction time and a run of 6.567 at 210.37 in his Total Seal Camaro to hold off Greg Anderson.
Hartford won the bonus race earlier this year in Pomona and enjoyed another victory on Saturday, keeping Anderson and his run of 6.540 at 210.24 at bay to take plenty of confidence into Sunday eliminations.
Last year was a rough year but we turned it around during the Countdown and went from 14th to sixth and Im super proud of that, Hartford said. We dragged the car out this year with no changes other than the updated engine from KB Titan. We used our 2023 set-up and if the driver does his job this car can win a lot of rounds this year.
In this [Mission Foods #2Fast2tasty Challenge] there is a lot of momentum you can build, and you can look and see what other drivers are doing. To come out here and run well on Saturday gives you positive energy for Sunday. When you struggle on Saturday, your night isnt good. Now, I feel confident heading into tomorrow.
At the site of his first career Pro Stock win, Dallas Glenn secured his first top qualifier of the year thanks to Fridays strong run of 6.502 at 211.10 in his RAD Torque Systems Camaro. Glenn also gets the $2,000 prize for winning the GESi Pro Stock No. 1 Qualifier Award.
Glenn and Anderson have split the first four races this year and Glenn is in a good position for a third win in 2025, taking on an opening-round quad that includes Matt Latino, Mason McGaha and Erica Enders. Anderson is second with a 6.502 at 210.93 and Hartford took third with his 6.510 at 209.43.
Greg had been hogging them all. He has a super fast car, but we got the No. 1 qualifier and were excited to get that GESi No. 1 Qualifier Award, Glenn said. Weve got a good hot rod for tomorrow and well try to go get them.
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Richard Gadson collected his first Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win of the year on his RevZilla/Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki, defeating teammate Gaige Herrera and Matt Smith in the final round of the bonus race.
It was crazy but Ill take it, Gadson said. Its not often you get there in front of Gaige and Matt. Its big for our team to know we have a second bike that can get the job done. Today was the first day I felt like I had bike that could run with them.
I didnt see Gaige and I saw his win light came on. It was all a bit confusing until they came over and told me Id won. Whatever the case may be, Ill take it. To be honest, I didnt really think about winning till 30 minutes before we ran.
Herrera easily grabbed his 25th career No. 1 qualifier thanks to Fridays outstanding run of 6.680 at 201.64. Gadson took second with a 6.759 at 200.77 and Smiths 6.773 at 201.34 gave him third.
Im happy to see (Richard) get the win. All the hard work hes put in after Gainesville is paying off. The bottom line is weve both got fast hot rods. Now, I worry about him more than Matt, Herrera said.
SONOMA, Calif. The field has been set for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli National and Western Championship race at Sonoma Raceway. For the second day in a row, rain forced the abandonment of qualifying, leading to the field being set by practice times.
Paul Menard in the No. 3 Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford Mustang will lead the field to green after setting a time of 1:30.148 in this mornings practice session. He will be joined on the front row by Chris Dyson in the No. 16 GYM WEED Ford Mustang.
TA Cups Michelle Nagai (No. 72 Nagai Racing/Berkeley Jet Drive Chevrolet Camaro) was fastest of the Western Championship competitors, starting sixth overall after laying down a practice lap of 1:33.607.
Joshua Carlson (No. 36 Enseva/Diercks Ltd./TC Fab Ford Mustang) was the fastest National Championship competitor in the SGT class, while J.D. Koos (No. 12 Nicole Douglas Design Porsche GT3 Cup 991.1) was best in the class of the Western Championship competitors.
Chris Coffey (No. 97 Traffic Grafix/Chill Out Motorsports Maserati MC GT4) was fastest in the GT class. Xuanqian Wang in the Western Championship is the sole competitor in the XGT class, but did not make a time in practice due to a crash in yesterdays testing session.
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Without suspended winger Brandon Hagel in the lineup, the Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-1 Saturday, cutting their deficit in this Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots, and Tampa Bay registered five unanswered goals in front of a stunned crowd at Amerant Bank Arena that was hoping to celebrate a commanding 3-0 series lead in this playoff matinee.
Hagel was suspended one game by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Friday night for what it labeled "an extremely forceful body check to an unsuspecting opponent" that injured Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov in Game 2 at Amalie Arena.
Barkov, Florida's captain, returned to action in Game 3, registering five shots in his 18:52 time on the ice. But it wasn't enough, as Tampa Bay set up a pivotal Game 4 on Monday and handed Florida its first postseason loss since Game 6 of last season's Stanley Cup Final.
"Obviously, we had a great start," Barkov said. "We did the right things, but they're a great team also. They played really well and won the game today. All we've got to do is learn."
Tampa Bay's offense came alive, with goals from Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Nick Paul and Luke Glendening. Anthony Cirelli added an empty-netter with five minutes left, and Nikita Kucherov had three assists.
"To be honest, you would have never known sitting in the locker room after Game 2 that we were down 0-2," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. "And, so, riding into this game wasn't going to guarantee the result, but I knew damn well how the effort was going to be. And they delivered"
Paul gave the Lightning their first lead of the series when he slipped a shot just inside the pad of Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky in the second period. Guentzel made it a two-goal lead just 21 seconds into the third before the Lightning pulled away later in the period.
Matthew Tkachuk scored for the Panthers, his third of the series. Bobrovsky finished with 17 saves in the loss.
Vasilevskiy had given up seven goals in the first two games but was huge on Saturday. He bounced back from an early Panthers punch and withstood a flurry of Florida shots in the second and third.
Tkachuk, who scored twice in the opener, got on the board 2:43 into the game when he tapped a feed from Sam Bennett past Vasilevskiy, giving the star his 20th playoff goal with the Panthers. The Lightning responded when Guentzel's shot bounced off Point and past Bobrovsky later in the first to give the NHL's highest-scoring team in the regular season its first goal in nearly five periods.
In addition to Barkov's return, Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad was also back with his team. The veteran blueliner returned from a 20-game suspension for violating the NHL and NHL Players' Association's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ruben Amorim said he has "no regrets" about taking the Manchester United job, but admitted he's had to shake off doubts about the timing of his appointment.
Amorim has endured a difficult start at Old Trafford after succeeding Erik ten Hag in November. The 40-year-old has won just six matches in the Premier League and looks set to lead United to their lowest finish since 1990.
Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Amorim said he felt he should have delayed his arrival until the summer during a particularly poor run of form in December.
But after stabilising results a little and reaching the Europa League semifinals, he says he's happy with his decision to accept the role mid-season.
"No regrets," said Amorim, when asked about his view on taking the United job. "Not in this moment. If you ask me four months ago, with all the problems, maybe you feel that feeling I should be stronger in saying I will start at the beginning of the season.
"But today, I had the feeling it is something that is going to help us in the future.
"We are suffering a lot here. There is a lot of frustration and a lot of suffering but I feel, in this moment, maybe because we are near the end, this is the most important time, maybe, in the next few years.
"We are going to use all the information to prepare better the next few years, so no regrets. I think this [club] is one of the best. This is the top [that] a coach can achieve, so no I have regrets at all."
With five games to go, United could still finish 17th this season -- just one place above the relegation places. It would be their lowest league finish since relegation to the second tier in 1974.
Amorim has admitted he took "a risk" by letting Marcus Rashford, Antony and Tyrell Malacia leave in the January transfer window.
But he believes it will leave the club in a better place in the summer as they look to rebuild.
"We lack a lot of things in the team," he said. "You never saw this with Manchester United but you saw with a lot of big teams. You saw with Milan in the past, with a lot of problems. Big teams, when you get inside with one context, it is really hard.
"I understand in January, you were talking about Rashford and Antony, we lost these players and didn't bring new ones. It was a risk. But there are things here that are more important than scoring 10 more goals this season.
"We are trying to do something that is more important. We can hurt the squad now but in the future it will help the club. I think we are in that path."
SEVILLE, Spain -- Jude Bellingham, Antonio Rüdiger and Lucas Vázquez were all shown red cards in the dramatic closing stages of Real Madrid's 3-2 extra-time defeat to Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday.
Madrid fought back after going behind to Pedri's first-half strike, with a Kylian Mbappé free kick and an Aurélien Tchouaméni header putting them in front, before Barça's Ferran Torres levelled to force extra time.
Jules Koundé scored the winning goal in the 116th minute, and then, as Madrid desperately pushed for an equaliser, Rüdiger and Vázquez -- who had both already been substituted -- were both dismissed.
The Germany international was sent off for protesting the decision by referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea to award a foul against Mbappé in the game's last seconds, denying Madrid one last chance to launch an attack.
Rüdiger threw an object onto the pitch from the bench, and then had to be repeatedly held back by a number of teammates and staff after being shown the red card.
Vázquez was also dismissed for disputing the referee's decisions, and entering the field of play.
The referee's report later confirmed that after the game, Bellingham had been sent off for "approaching the referee with an aggressive attitude, and having to be restrained by his teammates."
"I don't know what happened, we'll have to see," coach Carlo Ancelotti said in his post-match news conference. "I can just say Rüdiger played a fantastic game. He kept going as long as he could [before being substituted]. He was tired and couldn't do any more, so I can only say I appreciate the effort he put in."
Ancelotti said Mbappé had started on the bench for Madrid -- being introduced at half-time - because he hadn't fully recovered his fitness after suffering a sprained ankle in the Champions League defeat to Arsenal 10 days earlier.
"Mbappé wasn't able to play 90 minutes, so I preferred to put him on in the second half when the rhythm had dropped a bit," Ancelotti said. "He played very well."
Madrid's loss is the third time they have been beaten by Barcelona this season, after falling 4-0 in LaLiga, and 5-2 in the Spanish Supercopa.
They still have a chance of winning the league title, currently sitting four points behind Barça, with five games left to play, including another Clásico on May 11.
Barça edge Madrid in ET thriller to win Copa title
A Jules Koundé goal in the dying minutes of extra time handed Barcelona a dramatic 3-2 win over fierce rivals Real Madrid in an enthralling Copa del Rey final in a raucous atmosphere at Seville's La Cartuja stadium Saturday.
Barça won a record-extending 32nd Spanish Cup title thanks to a stunning strike from the French defender, who pounced on a pass by Brahim Díaz and slotted a shot into the low corner of Thibaut Courtois' net from 25 yards for the 116th-minute winner.
Pedri put them ahead in the 28th minute with a brilliant curling strike into the top corner from outside the box in a first half dominated by Barca.
However, Madrid took control in the second half as Kylian Mbappé, who was absent from the starting XI as he has yet to regain full fitness from an ankle injury, came off the bench to score the equaliser from a free kick in the 70th minute.
Aurélien Tchouaméni gave Real Madrid the lead seven minutes later with a towering header from a corner before Ferran Torres found the equaliser in a counterattack in the 84th minute that took the game to extra time.
Just when it seemed like the title would be settled in a penalty shootout, Koundé scored the winner that earned Barça the title and the first step in a potential treble.
Barcelona will carry this momentum into Wednesday's first leg of their Champions League semifinal against Inter Milan. They also lead LaLiga by four points over Madrid.
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"It was a good time to give the fans something to cheer about. Let's enjoy it, but don't overdo it because the Champions League semifinals are coming up in a few days," player of the match Ferran Torres told TVE.
"Happy and tired. Without a doubt, it was the most physically demanding game I've played in my life. But we're a great team who never gives up.
"It tastes better that way, especially when it's Real Madrid in front of us."
It was a nail-biting, ill-tempered encounter fueled by Friday's turmoil ignited after Real Madrid decided to boycott prematch activities in protest against the Spanish FA's refereeing.
Final official Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, who had given an emotional prematch news conference on Friday, was faced with a series of challenging decisions, including an extra-time penalty for Barcelona that was eventually overturned following a lengthy VAR review.
Barcelona dominated the first half, with Pedri opening the scoring in the 28th minute with a fine curling shot into the top corner. Torres also had a header hit the post just before halftime, marking a one-sided first half in which Real Madrid, lacking in form, were fortunate to be trailing by only a goal.
In an attempt to swing the momentum, Ancelotti brought on Mbappé to replace the ineffectual Rodrygo. The French forward changed the dynamic of the game, creating numerous problems for Barcelona with his high-paced combinations with Vinicius Junior.
Despite two clear chances from Vinicius Junior being denied by stunning saves from Wojciech Szczesny, Mbappé managed to find the back of the net in the 69th minute with a low strike from a free kick.
Just as Barcelona appeared to be on the back foot and Real Madrid were gaining control, Torres equalised in the 83rd minute. This set the stage for a dramatic conclusion, with Barcelona securing the winner to the euphoria of their fans.
The match ended on a sour note for Real Madrid, as Antonio Rüdiger and Lucas Vázquez, both on the bench after being substituted earlier, received red cards for dissent from the sidelines.
Barcelona have beaten Madrid in all three of their clásicos this season. They routed Madrid 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final in January after winning 4-0 at Madrid in LaLiga in October.
The loss to their fierce rivals is another blow to Madrid after they were knocked out of the Champions League quarterfinals by Arsenal. This could have been its last final with Carlo Ancelotti in charge. The Italian coach said he will decide his future this summer amid speculation he is bound to take over Brazil.
Information from Reuters and The Associated Press was used in this report.
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