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Madrid to play Atletico in Copa del Rey final
With a return to England looking likely, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho can go out a winner when his team plays crosstown rival Atletico Madrid on ...
Beckham to retire from football at end of season
David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that ...
David Beckham career highlights
Highlights in the career of David Beckham, who said Thursday he will retire from football at the end of the season: 1975 — Born May 2 in Leytonstone, ...
Dortmund quietly confident ahead of Wembley final
Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp is well aware that most people expect Bayern Munich to win the teams' all-German Champions League final. All he ...
Djokovic and Federer show improved form in Rome
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer appear back on track after early losses in Madrid last week. Serena Williams, meanwhile, is maintaining her dominance
Injured Messi could be done for season
Lionel Messi could be done for the season after he was ruled out for up to three weeks because of his nagging hamstring injury, meaning he's set to ...
Madrid court adjourns John Tomic case to October
A Madrid court has postponed the trial for the father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic because of the victim of an alleged assault was unable ...
Mancini pays price for City's stagnation
After ending Manchester City's long wait for silverware and tipping English football's balance of power to the blue half of the city, Roberto Mancini ...
Robson beats Venus, faces Serena next in Rome
Venus Williams lost in the first round of the Italian Open to Laura Robson. Now sister Serena will get a chance to even the score. Robson, a quickly ...
PSG turned down Real Madrid bid for Ancelotti
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi rebuffed Real Madrid when the Spanish giant enquired about Carlo Ancelotti and is "very optimistic" ...
Spain, Portugal demand quick action on bank union
The leaders of Spain and Portugal on Monday demanded that the 17-nation eurozone speed up efforts to create a banking union and complained that credit ...
Olympiakos beats Madrid to retain Euroleague title
Olympiakos retained its Euroleague title after recovering from a 17-point deficit to beat eight-time winner Real Madrid 100-88 in the final at ...
Serena Williams & Rafael Nadal win Madrid Open
Serena Williams kept the No. 1, and added No. 50. Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to retain her No.
Spain commemorates 2 years of Occupy protests
Thousands of people are demonstrating in 12 Spanish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Occupy protest movement, which began with an ...
Djokovic says his ankle not bothering him anymore
Novak Djokovic says his right ankle is not bothering him anymore. The top-ranked player twisted his ankle while representing Serbia in the Davis Cup ...
Madrid's Varane needs surgery on right knee
Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane says he will need surgery on his injured right knee. The 29-year-old France international wrote on Twitter on ...
British fugitive caught sunbathing in Spain
Spanish police snuck up on a British fugitive as he sunbathed, arresting him in a dramatic raid that even saw the suspect leap onto the roof of a ...
Barcelona clinches league when Real Madrid draws
Lionel Messi might have powered Barcelona to this season's Spanish league crown, but it fell to humble crosstown rival Espanyol to finally finish off ...
Barcelona reclaims Spanish title amid doubts
Barcelona collected its 22nd Spanish league trophy on Saturday after forward Lionel Messi helped it dominate the competition from start to finish with ...
Nadal reaches 7th straight final at Madrid Open
Rafael Nadal reached his seventh consecutive final since returning from a knee injury by brushing aside wild card Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-4 at the Madrid ...
Nadal rallies past Ferrer; Serena wins in Madrid
Rafael Nadal fought back to beat David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in Friday's quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, maintaining his bid to reach a seventh ...
Real Madrid to play Olympiakos in Euroleague final
Real Madrid will meet Olympiakos in the final of the Euroleague after both teams caused upsets Friday in the Final Four. Madrid defeated Barcelona ...