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Valencia's Canales returns from 2nd ligament tear
Valencia midfielder Sergio Canales has made its squad for the first time since recovering from a second consecutive rupture of his ligament in the ...
Barcelona aims to bounce back at Real Sociedad
Barcelona will be looking to rebound from its recent stumble in the Copa del Rey as it tries to preserve its near immaculate Spanish league campaign ...
Milan in talks with Kaka's agents and Real Madrid
AC Milan had talks with Kaka's agents on Thursday about bringing the Brazilian back to San Siro. Kaka's representatives, Gaetano and Dario Paolillo, ...
AC Milan unlikely to sign Beckham or Kaka
AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani says the club is highly unlikely to sign either David Beckham or Kaka this month. Beckham has been linked to ...
UEFA fans' team of year snubs Premier League
UEFA has announced its 2012 Team of the Year, with players from the Premier League teams being snubbed for the second time this month. The lineup ...
Real Madrid beats Valencia 2-0 in Copa del Rey
France striker Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory over Valencia in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday. Benzema opened the ...
AP Global Football 10-Quotebox
James Porteous, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. "I've gone for Robin van Persie as top player just ahead of Lionel Messi this week, though there ...
Messi and Barcelona soar in AP football rankings
Lionel Messi's domination of European football was marked Tuesday in the Associated Press Global Football Rankings, while his team Barcelona also ...
Madrid under pressure to keep Cristiano Ronaldo
Pressure is building on Real Madrid to come to terms with Cristiano Ronaldo on a contract extension, a deal the Portugal forward has carefully avoided ...
Madrid hosts Valencia in Copa quarterfinals
Trailing Barcelona by 18 points in the Spanish league, Real Madrid will be looking for a boost against Valencia on Tuesday in the Copa del Rey ...
Messi does it all as Barcelona rolls at Malaga
In his first game since winning an unprecedented fourth Ballon d'Or, Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up two more to steer Barcelona to a 3-1 win ...
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 ...
Madrid defender Marcelo returns from injury
Real Madrid defender Marcelo has made the squad for Saturday's Spanish league game at Osasuna after recovering from an injury that had sidelined him ...
Nuri Sahin returns to Borussia Dortmund
Midfielder Nuri Sahin is returning to Borussia Dortmund, the club he helped win the Bundesliga title before unsuccessful stints with Real Madrid and ...
Barcelona starts toughest stretch at Malaga
Runaway Spanish leader Barcelona travels to fourth-place Malaga on Sunday to enter its toughest period of the season with five of its next eight games ...
Madrid defender Ramos suspended for 5 games
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has been suspended for five games after he insulted the referee who sent him off during Wednesday's victory over ...
Madrid into Copa last 8 by beating Celta Vigo 4-0
Cristiano Ronaldo steered Real Madrid into the Copa de Rey quarterfinals on Wednesday by completing his hat trick in a 4-0 win against Celta Vigo ...
Cavani's hat trick topples Messi from AP rankings
It took something very special to topple Lionel Messi from his position on top of the first AP Global Football rankings survey of 2013, and it was ...
Column: Ronaldo, not Messi, should be Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or went to the wrong guy. Lionel Messi most definitely is the world's best footballer. He will, for many fans of football become the best ...
Messi wins record 4th world's best player award
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award on Monday as an expected reward for his astonishing 91-goal year for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.
Real Madrid hosts Celta Vigo in Copa del Rey
Real Madrid has an opportunity to quiet recent fan criticism when it takes on Celta Vigo in a must-win Copa del Rey match at the Santiago Bernabeu ...
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 ...
Ronaldo to miss Madrid's match at Osasuna with ban
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss his team's next Spanish league game at Osasuna serving a one-game ban. Ronaldo picked up his fifth ...
Mourinho won't attend FIFA awards gala
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says he won't be attending the FIFA gala on Monday where he is a finalist for the coach of the year award.