Real Madrid Beats Barcelona for 1st Time in Women's 'Clasico'

Real Madrid's Caroline Weir, center, jumps to control the ball in front of Arsenal's Kim Little, right, during the Women's Champions League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Arsenal at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Berg)
Real Madrid's Caroline Weir, center, jumps to control the ball in front of Arsenal's Kim Little, right, during the Women's Champions League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Arsenal at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Berg)
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Real Madrid Beats Barcelona for 1st Time in Women's 'Clasico'

Real Madrid's Caroline Weir, center, jumps to control the ball in front of Arsenal's Kim Little, right, during the Women's Champions League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Arsenal at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Berg)
Real Madrid's Caroline Weir, center, jumps to control the ball in front of Arsenal's Kim Little, right, during the Women's Champions League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Arsenal at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Berg)

Real Madrid women's team won the “clasico” against rival Barcelona for the first time on Sunday, ending an 18-match losing streak.
Madrid prevailed 3-1 in front of more than 35,000 fans at Montjuic stadium in Barcelona, with Caroline Weir scoring the decisive goals in the 87th minute and in stoppage time. Alba Redondo had put Madrid ahead in the 41st and Caroline Hansen equalized for the hosts in the 67th, The Associated Press reported.
Barcelona protested after having a goal disallowed for a controversial offside in the 82nd, when the score was 1-1.
The victory moved Madrid within four points of leader Barcelona after 23 rounds.
Barcelona has won the women's Spanish league for the last five seasons. Madrid was runner-up in the previous two seasons.
Madrid started its women's team in 2020.



Morocco's Achraf Hakimi Named Top African Player in France League 

Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Paris St Germain v Arsenal - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - May 7, 2025 Paris St Germain's Achraf Hakimi celebrates scoring their second goal. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Paris St Germain v Arsenal - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - May 7, 2025 Paris St Germain's Achraf Hakimi celebrates scoring their second goal. (Reuters)
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Morocco's Achraf Hakimi Named Top African Player in France League 

Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Paris St Germain v Arsenal - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - May 7, 2025 Paris St Germain's Achraf Hakimi celebrates scoring their second goal. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Paris St Germain v Arsenal - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - May 7, 2025 Paris St Germain's Achraf Hakimi celebrates scoring their second goal. (Reuters)

PSG defender Achraf Hakimi has been voted the top African player in the French league after helping his club win a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title and reach the Champions League final.

The 26-year-old Moroccan won the Marc-Vivien Foe award ahead of Nice forward Evann Guessand, from Ivory Coast, and Senegalese midfielder Habib Diarra, who plays for Strasbourg.

The prize is named after the late Foe, the popular Cameroon player and two-time African champion who collapsed and died on a field in France in 2003 while playing for his country.

Hakimi, regarded as one of the best right-backs in the world, scored last week as PSG defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal.

He is the second defender to win the award after Congolese player Chancel Mbemba in 2023. He's also the fourth Moroccan, following Marouane Chamakh in 2009, Younès Belhanda in 2012 and Sofiane Boufal in 2016.

PSG is hoping for its first-ever treble this season. In addition to the Champions League final against Inter Milan on May 31, it faces Reims the week before in the French Cup final.

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang won the honor in 2024.