BARCELONA, Spain -- Athletic Bilbao pushed last-place Racing Santander toward near-certain relegation from the Spanish league on Sunday with a 1-0 away win through an early goal from Gaizka Toquero. . The Basque striker ran onto Ander Herreras through pass and scored with a shot inside the far post to give Bilbao the victory, lifting it into sixth place and the last Europa League spot. Racing remained winless in its last 16 games to sit 11 points from safety with four games to play. "The players are aware of the situation, but we have to maintain our honour and keep working," Racing coach Alvaro Cervera said. Bilbao hosts Sporting Lisbon on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League semifinal looking to overturn its 2-1 loss in Portugal last week. Also, both Atletico Madrid and Valencia warmed up for the return leg of their Europa League semifinal with comfortable victories. Arda Turan scored a brace in three second-half minutes to help Atletico brush past Espanyol 3-1 and stay even on points with Bilbao. Atletico defender Diego Godin opened the scoring nine minutes in with a header before Vila Didac levelled for the visitors at Vicente Calderon stadium 10 minutes later from a pass by Sergio Garcia. Turan scored with a spectacular airborne volley to rip Juanfran Torres cross into the corner of the net to restore Atleticos advantage in the 59th. The Turkey midfielder quickly put the result beyond doubt when he latched onto a lobbed pass, cut back to shake off a pair of defenders, and sent his low strike off the post and over the goalline. "At the end, a goal is a goal, but the first one was prettier," said Turan, whose Atletico takes its 4-2 advantage into Valencias Mestalla stadium also on Thursday. "We dream of making the final, and we are going to do everything we can to do so." Valencia routed nine-man Real Betis 4-0 to strengthen its hold on third place, moving four points clear of Malaga before the Andalusian sides game at Osasuna on Monday. Jonas tapped in Roberto Soldados headed pass after some nifty interplay with the striker for the sixth-minute opener. Betis played a man down from the 57th after Jose Dorado was shown a straight red card for fouling Sofiane Feghouli when he only had the goalkeeper to beat. Feghouli secured the points in the six minutes later when he raced into the area and toed home Sergio Canales swerving cross before Soldado and Pablo Piatti capped the triumph late on. Betis Jorge Molina was sent off with a red card before the final whistle for making comments to the referee. "It was an important win, for the time being we have put some distance between us and Malaga," said Canales. At Anoeta stadium, Carlos Velas acrobatic late goal salvaged a 1-1 home draw for Real Sociedad against Villarreal. The Mexico forward whipped in a bicycle kick to cancel out Marcos Sennas opener four minutes from the finish. It was Velas 11th league goal this season. The draw left Villarreal six points above the relegation zone. "We were the better team for 80 minutes," said Villarreal coach Miguel Angel Lotina. "We have to keep playing like this to lock up our place in the top flight for next season as soon as possible." Also, Granada moved eight points clear of the drop after a 1-0 win over the visiting Getafe thanks to Franco Jaras early goal set up by Carlos Martins on a counterattack. Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 on Saturday to close in on its first league title in four seasons, moving seven points clear of its fierce rival. Also it was: Mallorca 1, Zaragoza 0; Sporting Gijon 2, Rayo Vallecano 1; and Sevilla 1, Levante 1. [url=http://www.falconsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-asante-samuel-jersey-ng... Samuel Jersey . -- Kurt Busch didnt want to talk about his future. . 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The former UNLV player had nine birdies, an eagle -- on the 341-yard, par-4 15th -- and a bogey in perfect conditions at TPC Summerlin to take a one-stroke lead in the Fall Series opener.NEW YORK -- Once they outlasted Kyrie Irving, the New York Knicks could turn their attention to the next point guard coming to Madison Square Garden. Even Linsanity shouldnt be as tough to deal with as the guy wearing the black mask Saturday night. Raymond Felton scored 25 points, Tyson Chandler had 23, and the New York Knicks overcame Irvings career-high 41 points and the absence of Carmelo Anthony to post a 103-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks won their fourth straight when Anderson Varejao missed the second of two free throws with 1 second left. They improved the NBAs only unbeaten home record to 10-0, their best start since the 1991-92 team won its first 11 at Madison Square Garden. "Guys stepped up. Raymond played great, Tyson played great, and it was just enough," Knicks forward Steve Novak said. Anthony, the NBAs No. 2 scorer, missed the game after spraining his left ankle Thursday in the third quarter of a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. But Chandler scored 21 in the second half and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Felton and Jason Kidd combined for 15 assists. It almost wasnt enough thanks to Irving, who had no problems wearing a black protective mask after breaking a bone in his face on a hard fall Friday night against Milwaukee. "When a guy gets that hot, theres nothing you can really do, other than just stay in front of him and make him take tough shots, which he did. He just hit great shots and we still got the win, though," Felton said. "Any time a guy comes in your building and scores 41 points and he still got a loss, then you did your job." Rookie Chris Copeland scored 11 in his first career start in place of Anthony, who had 30 points in 22 minutes before getting hurt when he landed awkwardly after a hard foul by Dwight Howard. The Knicks improved to 2-1 without him, adding this to a surprising rout in Miami on Dec. 6. The Knicks hope Anthony can play Monday against Houston in Jeremy Lins return to Madison Square Garden, where the undrafted rookie from Harvard became a fan favourite last season and played his way into a big contract with the Rockets. "He did an excellent job of bringing a lot of cheer. He brought a lot of great vibes to the city and just the arena in general. I had a fun time playing with him," Chandler said. "So I dont know what his reception is, but whatever it is hes on the other side now, so he has to pay for that." Leading by 10 midway through the fourth quarter, the Knicks had their lead cut to 102-101 when Irving made two free throws with 10.1 seconds left. After Novak made one free throw, Irving pushed the ball up and sseemingly the whole Knicks team converged on him, leaving Varejao uncovered toward the left sideline. [url=http://www.falconsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-kroy-biermann-jersey-bb... Biermann Jersey. Irving threw him the ball and Varejao dribbled into the lane, where he was fouled with a second left. After making the first, he may have been distracted when the officials took the ball back from him so the Knicks could make a late substitution, and the second shot fell out. Irving scored 17 points in the final period, the second-year pro surpassing his previous best of 34 points despite saying he arrived less than three hours before the tip and with only about four hours of sleep after getting fitted for the mask. He was asked if he was tempted to keep the ball for himself on the last possession. "Theres always temptation there, but I have the utmost trust in my teammates and you know Andy made a great play, got to the free throw line and gave ourselves a chance to win," Irving said. CJ Miles finished with 17 points for the Cavs, who had three masked men in uniform as they dropped their third straight. Tristan Thompson and Tyler Zeller were already wearing them for previous facial injuries. "We played good. We played hard. Answered a lot questions that I had for the guys after the game," Cleveland coach Byron Scott said. "Its just a matter of us doing it on a nightly basis. Thats the biggest thing. We cant do it just against the Lakers or the Knicks. You got to do it against everybody and I know were capable of playing that hard every single night." J.R Smith scored 16 points and Novak had 13 for the Knicks, who are 21-1 at MSG in the regular season under Mike Woodson. Copeland made all three shots in the first quarter, but Thompson was 4 for 4 as the Cavs took a 28-27 lead. The Knicks opened a seven-point lead in the second but the Cavs came back to tie it before Novaks 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining sent New York to halftime with a 48-45 advantage. The Knicks scored the first seven of the second half, opening a 55-45 lead on Feltons 3-pointer a little more than 2 minutes into the third quarter. Cleveland didnt let them get any further away, getting the deficit down to two late in the period before trailing 78-73 going to the fourth. NOTES: The Knicks were also without reserve forward Rasheed Wallace because of a sore left foot. ... Longtime Knicks TV and radio announcer John Andariese was honoured with the fifth annual Dick McGuire Knickerbocker Legacy award, given by the family of the Hall of Fame player and team employee to a person who "exudes the qualities of what it means to be a Knickerbocker." Andariese retired before the season after more than 35 years of broadcasting the Knicks. ' ' '