MADRID — Playing without Robert Lewandowski wasn’t so bad for Barcelona after all. Barcelona overcame the absence of its top striker to win 1-0 at Atlético Madrid and open a three-point lead over rival Real Madrid in the Spanish league on Sunday. “We showed that we are true title candidates.” Ousmane Dembélé scored in the first half and Barcelona held …
Best of luck to anyone among Qatar's 2.8million population seeking to avoid the World Cup being held in their country this month. Enormous banners featuring stars such as Brazil's Neymar adorn skyscrapers in Doha as Qatar prepares to host the World Cup later on this month England's Harry Kane and Holland's Virgil van Dijk look out from towers in downtown …
