
Real Madrid held to 0-0 at last-place Osasuna
Ten-man Real Madrid slumped to a dire 0-0 draw at Osasuna in the Spanish league as coach Jose Mourinho failed to compensate for the absence of top ...

Messi, Ronaldo score in prelude to Ballon d'Or
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored to help their teams win in the Spanish league on Sunday, a day before the two stars and Andres Iniesta ...

'Silly season' arrives as transfer window opens
Expect plenty of speculation about Cristiano Ronaldo, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Frank Lampard and Theo Walcott, among others, to be doing the ...
Messi scores 91st goal of year as Barcelona wins
Lionel Messi polished off his record year with his 91st and final goal of 2012 in Barcelona's 3-1 win at Valladolid on Saturday, while Jose Mourinho's ...

Mourinho benches Casillas in costly Madrid loss
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho surprisingly benched veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas for Saturday's game at Malaga, and the move may cost him more ...
Sociedad beats struggling Sevilla 2-1 in Spain
Real Sociedad dealt another blow to Sevilla's slumping season with a 2-1 home win Thursday that kept the Basque club unbeaten in seven rounds of the ...

Column: Messi and company will win without coach
Even if Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates had no coach to guide them, you would think long and hard about betting against what is perhaps the ...
AP Global Soccer 10 Quotebox
Quotes from panelists voting in the AP Global Football 10 poll: Leonardo Bertozzi, ESPN Brazil. "Corinthians: The victory over Chelsea in the final ...
Malaga wins 2-0 at Sevilla to cement hold on 4th
Malaga strengthened its hold on fourth place in the Spanish league with a convincing 2-0 win at Sevilla in Saturday's Andalusian derby based on yet ...
Real Zaragoza beats Rayo Vallecano 2-0 in Spain
Goals by Franco Zuculini and Antonio Galdeano gave Real Zaragoza a 2-0 win at Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league on Monday. Midfielder Jose Maria ...

Messi breaks 40-year record with 86th goal of 2012
Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday.

Barcelona may miss Messi for trip to Real Betis
Lionel Messi is a doubt for Barcelona's next Spanish league match at Real Betis on Sunday after hurting his left knee in the Champions League.
Quotes about the AP Global 10 football rankings
Comments from panelists voting in the AP Global Soccer 10 poll for the week ending Nov. 25: ___ Christian Schaetzle, derfussballblogger.de, Germany: ...

Barcelona, Real Madrid out to secure Copa wins
Having established a strong lead over its Spanish league rivals, coach Tito Vilanova this week turns to Barcelona's defense of the Copa del Rey, a ...

Real Madrid loses 1-0 at Real Betis in Spain
The Spanish league is barely three months old, but Real Madrid's title defense is in serious danger after Real Betis midfielder Benat Etxebarria ...