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The 2024-25 season has entered the closing stages, with the battles for the major honors, European qualification, relegation and promotion heating up.Here’s a roundup of what’s at stake and what could be decided this weekend in the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish LaLiga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.This page will be updated through to the end of the European season.Newcastle meet Chelsea on Sunday in a huge Champions League showdown. Diego Souto/Getty ImagesPremier LeagueLast day: May 25TitleLiverpool (82) were confirmed as champions on April 27 with four games to spare.Champions League (5)CONFIRMEDPremier League tableGPPTSGD1 – Liverpool3582+452 – Arsenal3567+333…

Editor’s Note: A version of this story was originally published in September 2024. CNN  —  Sean “Diddy” Combs had just released a new album and was granted the key to New York City when he was accused of abuse and violence in a startling 2023 civil lawsuit from his former girlfriend. Combs denied the allegations, and the lawsuit was settled a day after it was filed. But the person behind that lawsuit, Cassie Ventura, is expected to soon be a key witness for the prosecution in his federal criminal trial. In nearly two years since Ventura’s lawsuit, much has happened:…

May 10, 2025, 05:24 PM ETAfter seven years of suffering, six-time German champions Hamburg SV finally clinched their return to the Bundesliga by routing Ulm 6-1 in Germany’s second division on Saturday.Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer scored twice and Daniel Heuer Fernandes saved a penalty as Hamburg moved to the top of the division, an unassailable four points clear of third-placed Elversberg with one round remaining.”We’re back!” said Hamburg coach Merlin Polzin, a Hamburg native who took over on an interim basis from the fired Steffen Baumgart in November and kept going.”When you put so much work in and you’re rewarded, then you’ll…

May 10, 2025, 04:14 PM ETAtlético Madrid striker Alexander Sørloth scored the earliest hat trick in LaLiga history as part of four goals in the first half hour to fuel a 4-0 rout of Real Sociedad on Saturday.The Norway international had a hat trick after scoring in the seventh, 10th and 11th minutes to the delight of the fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Madrid. His hat trick came four minutes earlier than Edmundo Suárez’s in 1941 and Carles Bestit’s in 1929.”I just had one of those days the ball just seemed to drop at my feet,” Sørloth said. “Everything went…

Rome CNN  —  Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling church cardinals that they should take up that “precious legacy” and identifying artificial intelligence as a main challenge for working people and “human dignity.” Pope Leo, born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was elected Thursday, becoming the first US-born pope to the surprise and delight of many Catholics across the Americas. In his first formal meeting with cardinals, which began with a standing ovation, the new pontiff said he chose his papal name to continue down…

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  The leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Poland have told Russian leader Vladimir Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday or face possible “massive” sanctions, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, on a highly symbolic visit to Kyiv. The demand comes with the backing of the White House after a joint phone call with President Donald Trump, the Europeans said. Standing alongside Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, the four leaders – Macron, new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk – said…

Madrid, Spain Reuters  —  An order was lifted on Saturday to confine around 160,000 people in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, the regional government said. The blaze at a swimming pool cleaning products company started at 2.20 a.m. local time (8:20 p.m. Friday ET) in Vilanova i la Geltru, a town 48 kilometers (30 miles) south of Barcelona and caused a huge plume of chlorine smoke over the area. Authorities had told people in the affected zone to stay at home, but hours later…

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. (CNN) – In travel news this week: Couples who moved from the US to South America, Venice’s radical plan to save the city from flooding, plus Air New Zealand reveals its much anticipated new Dreamliner cabin design. Air New Zealand’s Dreamliner redesign Air New Zealand was named the third best airline in the world for 2025 by AirlineRatings.com, but the quality Kiwi carrier isn’t resting on its laurels. The airline has just…

AFC Wimbledon will take a slender advantage into their play-off semi-final second leg against 10-player Notts County after a 1-0 win in the first leg at Meadow Lane.Dons defender Riley Harbottle scored the only goal of a closely-fought affair just before the hour on Saturday night. And the hosts ended the night without talisman Alassana Jatta, who was shown a straight red card deep into second-half stoppage time for a two-footed lunge on Alistair Smith. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Riley Harbottle’s header gives AFC Wimbledon the lead against Notts County. The return leg at…

White smoke appeared from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that cardinals had elected a successor to Pope Francis. That man was revealed to be Robert Prevost, the first American pontiff in history. He will take on the name Pope Leo XIV. More than an hour after the white smoke, the new pope stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and greeted the thousands of people who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square. “Peace be with you all,” he said as he started his address. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square.…