violent bullfighting in the nation’s capital.

She stretched high to paw a missile by Frida Maanum over in the first half. She then stood firm and guessed right when Blackstenius broke clear in the second half, using her leg to deflect her strike wide.But she couldn’t help where Barcelona most needed it: In the final meters in front of Arsenal’s net.

“We played a bad first half and then when we improved, the ball just wouldn’t go in. That’s soccer,” Coll said. “Reaching a final is always a success. This is not a slump. I continue to completely believe in this team.”Barcelona won nine straight in the competition and blew out Wolfsburg and English champion Chelsea in the knockout rounds. That is a big reason, along with the sixth consecutive Liga F title that Barcelona won this year, that Coll and her teammates pledge that they will be back and challenging for the Champions League title next season.The disappointment for its women’s team comes after its men’s side lost to Inter Milan in a Champions League semifinal that it

. Barcelona was eyeing a possible European triple after its under-19 men’s team won the UEFA Youth League.Barcelona’s women are 3-3 in Champions League finals. They beat Chelsea in 2021, Wolfsburg in 2023, and Lyon in 2024, but lost in 2019 and 2022, both times to Lyon.

Bonmatí's best effort against Arsenal’s disciplined defense met the leg of a defender. Forward Claudia Pina hit the bar early in the second half, but the high-octane attack failed to make a late push for an equalizer.

The world champion playmaker said her team will build on this loss.“If I had to tell anybody it would be to listen to every word that the National Weather Service kicks out and take every warning seriously,” Wilson said.

The Kentucky storms emerged from a weather system Friday that killed seven in Missouri and two in northern Virginia, authorities said. The system also spawned tornadoes in Wisconsin, brought punishing heat to Texas and temporarily enveloped parts of Illinois — including Chicago — in a pall of dust on an otherwise sunny day.The weather service said parts of Missouri and Kansas could see severe thunderstorms, golf ball-sized hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph (97 kph) into Monday.

In London, Kentucky, Ryan VanNorstran huddled with his brother’s large dogs in a first-floor closet as the storm hit his brother’s home Friday in a neighborhood along Keavy Road where much of the destruction in the community of nearly 8,000 people was centered. VanNorstran was house-sitting.An American Flag is posted near destroyed homes, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)