Pro Football

The London Monarchs (8-0) became the first World League of American Football team to clinch a playoff berth as they recorded a league-record 14 sacks against the New York-New Jersey Knights (4-4) and posted a 22-7 victory.

London maintains a game lead over Barcelona (7-1) in the WLAF’s European Division with two games to play in the regular season. The Knights (4-4), who got three interceptions from Falanda Newton, hold a half-game lead over Montreal in the race for first place in the North American East Division.

New York-New Jersey stayed in the game until the final minutes, but it lost three fumbles inside the London 28.

Dedrick Dodge of London returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown with 1:07 to go and Danny Lockett ran 65 yards with a fumble for a touchdown on the final play of the game when Knight quarterback Jeff Graham was sacked for the 14th time for a total of 83 yards in losses.

Lydell Carr’s eighth touchdown of the season helped Barcelona beat San Antonio, 17-7, at Barcelona and avenge its only loss. North American teams are 0-10 playing in Europe. San Antonio is 3-5.

Eric Mitchel rushed for a club-record 108 yards and three touchdowns as Orlando (3-5) broke a five-game losing streak by beating Sacramento, 45-33. The Surge is 2-6.