Soccer

GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Real Betis scored three goals in a first-half blitz to beat Girona 3-1 in La Liga on Monday and keep alive its hopes of European football next season. The win took sixth-placed Betis to within one point of Villarreal.

LONDON (AP) — Nottingham Forest beat Tottenham 2-1 to move into third place in the Premier League and deepen the gloom at White Hart Lane on Monday.

ROME (AP) — Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life was also mourning its most famous fan.

BLACKPOOL, England (AP) — Wrexham was back in the driver's seat for promotion from English third-tier soccer after a crunch 2-1 win over Blackpool on Monday. The road win lifted Wrexham back into League One's top two spots for automatic promotion.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Hugo Gatti, nicknamed “El Loco” and considered one of the greatest goalkeepers in Argentine history, has died. He was 80.

MILAN (AP) — The Italian soccer league postponed its games scheduled for Monday following the death of Pope Francis . Francis, a lifelong soccer fan, died at 88.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona recovered from a missed penalty by Alexia Putellas to take a commanding 4-1 lead over Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League semifinals on Sunday.

MADRID (AP) — Still upset at their team's midweek exit from the Champions League, Real Madrid fans jeered suspended Kylian Mbappé and then cheered Federico Valverde after he scored late in a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Sunda

PARIS (AP) — Saint-Etienne boosted its chances of staying in Ligue 1 after winning a match which had been interrupted Sunday when a linesman was hit on the head by a projectile.

ROME (AP) — Inter Milan has a history of recent struggles at Bologna and Sunday proved no different.