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Karim Benzema converted two first-half penalty kicks in Real Madrid’s 4-0 win over Elche on Wednesday and became the team’s second-highest scorer in the Spanish league with 230 goals. Marco Asensio and Luka Modric also scored as Madrid won at home to get back within eight points of Barcelona in a game postponed because of the Club World Cup. The …

MADRID — Karim Benzema converted two first-half penalty kicks in Real Madrid’s 4-0 win over Elche on Wednesday and became the team’s second-highest scorer in the Spanish league with 230 goals. Marco Asensio and Luka Modric also scored as Madrid won at home to get back within eight points of Barcelona in a game postponed because of the Club World …

Elche ended its excruciatingly long wait for a win in the Spanish league on Saturday after Pere Milla scored a hat trick to beat Villarreal 3-1 at home. The victory finally came in Round 20 against a Villarreal side that beat Real Madrid last month and is fighting for a Champions League berth. Milla, playing in his fourth season at …

Eden Hazard scored his first Real Madrid goal in eight months on Thursday as La Liga’s leaders staged a dramatic comeback with 10 men to scrape past Elche in the Copa del Rey. Madrid needed extra-time to win 2-1 at the Martinez Valero and were given a scare by Elche, whose Gonzalo Verdu gave them the lead in the 103rd …

Madrid: Youssef En-Nesyri continued his impressive form as Sevilla beat Elche 2-0 on Wednesday to move within three points of Real Madrid in LaLiga. En-Nesyri scored his 15th league goal of the season just before the break before Franco Vazquez ensured the victory with a late effort. “En-Nesyri’s goal opened the game up a bit and it was easier,” said …

Karim Benzema scored two late goals to secure a 2-1 comeback win over Elche which moved Real Madrid to second place in the Spanish league on Saturday. Benzema headed in a 73rd-minute equalizer and added an exquisite volley in injury time for the winner as Madrid bids to defend its league title. Madrid is five points behind leader Atlético Madrid, …

Lionel Messi scored twice in the second half as Barcelona stayed near the top of the Spanish league by defeating Elche 3-0 on Wednesday. Messi reached 18 league goals with his double, moving two ahead of Atlético Madrid’s Luis Suárez — his former Barcelona teammate — at the top of the scoring list. The win helped Barcelona move back to …

Madrid: Atletico Madrid haven’t flinched in their quest to win the Spanish league title for the first time since 2014. Barcelona earlier picked up their second win in a row without the suspended Lionel Messi, defeating Elche 2-0 to regain third place. Joao Felix, Luis Suarez and Angel Correa scored to give Atletico their seventh straight league win and a …

Luis Suarez scored a 90th-minute winner as Atletico Madrid defeated Alaves 2-1 to win its fourth in a row and retake the Spanish league lead on Sunday. Suarez scored from close range completing a cross by Joao Felix after Atletico had conceded an equalizer in the 84th minute against an Alaves team that played with 10 men from the 63rd. …