MAN CITY MOVES CLOSER TO TITLE

Manchester City only needs to win five of its remaining eight games to secure the Premier League trophy.

A 3-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday moved Pep Guardiola’s side 17 points ahead of second-place Manchester United, but having played two games more.

Everton was previously in the title mix but a 2-1 home loss to Burnley was the latest setback in its attempt to make the top four.

It’s Chelsea in the fourth Champions League spot even after a 0-0 draw with Leeds.

West Ham can move level on points with Chelsea today with a victory at Man United and still have a game in hand.

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Sheffield United started preparing for life outside the Premier League by announcing the departure of manager Chris Wilder with the team in last place and headed for relegation next season.

• The San Diego Sockers (3-5) dropped a 6-4 MASL decision to host Ontario Fury (7-3). Cesar Cerda scored twice for the Sockers during a four-goal fourth quarter, but the late rally could not prevent San Diego’s third straight loss on the season.

Tennis

Garbine Muguruza

ended her almost two-year wait for a title with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 win against Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the Dubai Championships.

• Nikoloz Basilashvili

downed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the final of the Qatar Open for his fourth ATP title.

Skiing

Katharina Liensberger ended Austria’s six-year wait for a women’s World Cup slalom victory at Are, Sweden. In the last race before the World Cup Finals, Liensberger overtook firstrun leader Mikaela Shiffrin with a free-flowing final run, beating the American by 0.72 seconds.

Marco Odermatt won a men’s World Cup giant slalom in Slovenia to go top of the discipline standings with one race remaining. The Swiss skier had a blistering final run as he improved from fourth position to win the race by more than a second. Odermatt overtook his main rival in the GS standings, Alexis Pinturault, and built a lead of 25 points. A race win is worth 100 points.

Local colleges

Behind a strong pitching performance from starter Michael Paredes, the San Diego State baseball team (8-4, 3-2 Mountain West) registered a 3-1 triumph over visiting UNLV (6-2, 6-2) in the first game of a doubleheader before dropping a 5-1 decision in the nightcap.

• The SDSU softball team split a pair of one-run games with visiting Saint Mary’s. The Aztecs (11-5) shut out the Gaels (8-11), 1-0, in the opener before falling, 2-1, in the nightcap.

• The Aztec men’s soccer team (0-3-1 Pac-12) suffered a 3-2 loss to California (13-0) on the SDSU Sports Deck.

• The UC San Diego baseball team (2-9) gave up 10 runs over the first four innings and dropped a 13-6 decision to visiting Santa Clara (6-8).

• USD pitchers didn’t allow a run as the Toreros baseball team (10-3) swept a doubleheader from visiting UC Riverside (2-4) by scores of 7-0 and 9-0.

Also

The San Diego Gulls (9-8) dropped their third straight AHL game, 4-1 to the Tucson Roadrunners (6-6) at Irvine. Tucson broke a five-game losing streak.

• Murray Walker, the voice of Formula One as a commentator on British television with a high-octane style, died. He was 97.

• Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar won the tough fourth stage of the weeklong Tirreno-adriatico race in Italy to take the overall lead from Wout van Aert.