Spain: Real Madrid tied Barcelona on a late goal, when Sergio Ramos stepped up in the major match, scoring in the 90th minute to secure a 1-1 draw in the Spanish league.
Ramos charged in to head a Luka Modric free kick past Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, who got a hand on the ball but could not stop it.
A Luis Suárez header off a free kick by Neymar had given Barcelona the lead in the 53rd minute, but Barcelona squandered the opportunity to finish off Real Madrid, its archrival.
The stalemate favored Madrid, which maintained a 6-point lead atop the standings, with Barcelona in second.
Madrid, which extended its unbeaten streak to 33 matches, is seeking its first domestic league title since 2012.
In his 12 seasons at Madrid, Ramos, 30, has shown a knack for striking late in big games. He headed in a goal to force extra time in the 2014 Champions League final, which Madrid went on to win, against Atlético Madrid. He also scored an equalizer — after 90 minutes were up — against Sevilla in this season’s UEFA Super Cup, with his team again emerging the winner.
Ramos’s goal stunned Barcelona, the defending league champion, which has played to three straight draws and won only two of its last seven matches over all, a particularly poor run for a team featuring an attack of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Suárez.
