Slimani scores twice as Sporting keep title race alive

Islam Slimani scored twice in the first half to set Sporting on the way to a 3-1 win at Porto which kept the Portuguese title race alive on Saturday. Sporting's win, which heaped on the misery for their third-placed opponents, kept the Lions two points behind leaders Benfica, their neighbours who beat Vitoria Guimaraes 1-0 on Friday, with two matches each to play. "The doubts about who will be the champions persist, but nobody has any doubts about which is the best team, it's Sporting," said the