
Messi on bench for Barca's semi with Bayern Munich
Barcelona has left top scorer Lionel Messi on the bench at the start of Wednesday's Champions League semifinal with Bayern Munich. Barcelona needs to ...
Bayern, Lewandowski top weekly AP football poll
After dominating the first legs of their Champions League semifinals, it's no surprise to see Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund leading the way in ...

Messi and Barcelona get another chance at Bayern
Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates will get another chance at Bayern Munich on Wednesday, and they'll have to play better than ever to reach the ...

Bilbao and the season that never was
In Spanish football, there is no bigger disappointment this season than Athletic Bilbao. Marcelo Bielsa's youthful team wowed Europe last season with ...
Barcelona, Madrid need miracle to reach Wembley
Fierce rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid are bound to a common cause after heavy losses in the Champions League: the need to believe in miracles.
Sociedad beats Valencia to cement hold on 4th spot
Real Sociedad striker Imanol Agirretxe scored two goals and set up a third in a highly entertaining 4-2 comeback win over Valencia on Sunday.
Nadal beats Almagro to win 8th Barcelona Open
Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday after seeing off Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Almagro played aggressively ...

Barcelona postpones title with draw at Bilbao
Barcelona conceded a late equalizer to spoil what would have been another heroic effort by Lionel Messi, with the 2-2 result at Athletic Bilbao on ...

Bayern beats Freiburg for Bundesliga points record
Despite fielding a second-string side, Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich broke the league record for points in a season by beating Freiburg 1-0 on ...

Nadal beats Raonic to reach Barcelona Open final
Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-0 to reach the Barcelona Open final on Saturday. After the semifinal was delayed for rain, ...

Nadal wins 2 matches to reach Barcelona semifinals
Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal won back-to-back matches to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday. After rain forced several ...

Column: Why Barcelona is 'more than a club'
Every team loses, but no team loses quite like Barcelona. They get "hammered," ''knocked out," or rendered "unrecognizable." And that's just the good ...

Vilanova to stay at Barcelona next season
Speaking publicly for the first time since returning from a medical leave of absence, Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova said Friday he will continue at ...

Almagro, Monaco to meet in Barcelona Open quarters
Nicolas Almagro and Juan Monaco both won third-round matches at the Barcelona Open on Thursday before rain forced the rest of the matches to be ...

Almost out of Europe, Barcelona can win league
On the brink of exiting the Champions League, Barcelona can find some immediate solace by clinching its 22nd Spanish league title this weekend.

Barcelona, Madrid routed by German clubs
The expectation of seeing Lionel Messi line up against Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League final, of watching Barcelona and Real Madrid fight ...

Bayern hosts Freiburg, Dortmund visits Duesseldorf
After dismantling Barcelona 4-0 in the Champions League, Bayern Munich can return to breaking Bundesliga records. Bayern is riding a 13-match winning ...

Nadal eases past Berlocq to advance at Barcelona
Defending champion Rafael Nadal eased his way to the third round of the Barcelona Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Carlos Berlocq of Argentina on ...

Messi: Barcelona shouldn't give up hope
No team has ever advanced after losing the first leg of a European Cup tie by four goals. To Lionel Messi, that doesn't mean it can't be done.

Bayern beats Barcelona 4-0 in Champions League
For once, Barcelona was on the wrong end of the kind of drubbing it so often inflicts on others. And with Bayern Munich in this kind of devastating ...

Photographer's loss offers hope for Boston wounded
In the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the ...
Berlocq advances to face Nadal in Barcelona Open
Carlos Berlocq of Argentina set up a second-round match against defending champion Rafael Nadal at the Barcelona Open by defeating Daniel ...

Lionel Messi in starting lineup at Bayern Munich
Lionel Messi was in Barcelona's starting lineup against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals after doctors cleared him ...

Barcelona says Lionel Messi medically fit to play
Lionel Messi will start Barcelona's Champions League semifinal against Bayern Munich after being declared medically fit following a leg injury. In a ...

Bayern tops AP rankings for 4th straight week
It's turning into a procession for Bayern Munich in the Associated Press global football poll. For the fourth straight week, the German champions were ...