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Barcelona are LaLiga champions for the twenty-ninth time, and the Camp Nou has not stopped shaking since the final whistle. Hansi Flick's side dismantled Real Madrid two-nil in El Clásico to seal the title, with the German coach getting carried shoulder-high by his players in scenes that will live long in the memory. Three titles in four years — this Barça side is back and they mean business.
Marcus Rashford had his fingerprints all over that victory too. The Manchester United loanee scored a sublime free kick in El Clásico, adding yet another chapter to what has been a genuinely impressive spell in Catalonia. His future remains unresolved — Barcelona are hesitant to commit — but performances like Sunday's make it increasingly difficult to imagine him back at Old Trafford next season.
And shifting to the hardwood, Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia seventy-sixers have been swept out of the playoffs by the New York Knicks in the second round. Injuries again shadowed Embiid's postseason, and the questions around his durability are growing louder with every spring exit. Philly's window feels like it keeps closing before it ever truly opens.
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