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In-Form Ousmane Dembele Hits Hat-Trick Again As PSG Thump Brest

Ousmane Dembele scored a hat-trick for the second time in four days as Paris Saint-Germain hammered Brest 5-2 on Saturday in a dress rehearsal of the upcoming Champions League clash between the two sides. Dembele followed up his three-goal haul in Wednesday's 4-1 win at VfB Stuttgart which saw PSG secure a place in the knockout phase play-offs of Europe's elite club competition. The France winger opened the scoring in the first half, and netted two more after Romain Del Castillo had briefly brought Brest level.

Real Madrid Fall At Espanyol As Atletico Cut La Liga Gap

Real Madrid stumbled to a shock 1-0 defeat at struggling Espanyol on Sunday which left them leading La Liga by a single point. Carlos Romero's 85th minute strike snatched victory for the relegation-battling hosts, provisionally 17th. Atletico Madrid pulled within a point of Los Blancos with a 2-0 win against Mallorca earlier, ahead of next weekend's crunch derby clash at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid were left furious after Romero was only booked for a cynical foul on Kylian Mbappe before going on to net the winner.

Atalanta Held By Torino As Serie A Title Bid Slips Away

Atalanta's faltering Serie A title bid took another hit on Saturday with a 1-1 draw against Torino after their star striker fluffed his chance from the penalty spot. Italy striker Retegui's weak effort from the spot in the 74th minute was pushed aside by Torino goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, who has saved all three of the penalties he has faced this season. Saturday's draw left third-placed Atalanta six points behind league leaders Napoli who are at Roma on Sunday night just after Inter Milan face local rivals AC Milan.

Bayern Munich Survive Late Holstein Kiel Fightback To Go Nine Points Clear

Bayern Munich stretched their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to nine points on Saturday with an extraordinary 4-3 victory over Holstein Kiel. Bayern led 4-0 as Harry Kane scored twice, but Finn Porath replied for Kiel before Steven Skrzybski's stoppage-time double threatened to steal an unlikely point. The full-time whistle was met with relief around the Allianz Arena. "None of us are happy that we won 4-3 here," Jamal Musiala, scorer of Bayern's first goal, told Sky Sport. "We have to have the mentality to work for 90 minutes and avoid conceding goals."

Bucs' Mike Evans mulls joining Team USA for flag football - ESPN

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans said Saturday at the NFC's Pro Bowl Games practice that he's considering playing for Team USA in flag football for the 2028 Olympics.

Farrell admits Fitzsimons Dublin days look to be over

And then there was one. If any of Dublin's illustrious nine-time-All-Ireland-winning trio of James McCarthy, Michael Fitzsimons and Stephen Cluxton are going to become the first man to reach double figures in terms of Celtic Crosses, it will have to be the goalkeeper.

Kieran McGeeney: 'You're not allowed have a bad opinion on new rules, by looks of it'

Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney said he was delighted to get their first points of the league but reiterated his scepticism about the need for new rules after his side overcame Tyrone at the Atheltic Grounds.

Gallen and O Baoill lead impressive Donegal past Dubs

Donegal got their Allianz National League campaign off to a winning start with a deserved victory over Dublin in MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey.

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In-Form Ousmane Dembele Hits Hat-Trick Again As PSG Thump Brest

Real Madrid Fall At Espanyol As Atletico Cut La Liga Gap

Atalanta Held By Torino As Serie A Title Bid Slips Away

Bayern Munich Survive Late Holstein Kiel Fightback To Go Nine Points Clear

Bucs' Mike Evans mulls joining Team USA for flag football - ESPN

Farrell admits Fitzsimons Dublin days look to be over

Kieran McGeeney: 'You're not allowed have a bad opinion on new rules, by looks of it'

Gallen and O Baoill lead impressive Donegal past Dubs