Xabi Alonso dropped from Spain for Confed Cup
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque dropped midfielders Xabi Alonso, Javi Garcia and Benat Etxebarria from his final squad on Sunday for the Confederations ...

Valdes confirms he won't stay at Barcelona
Victor Valdes again says he will leave Barcelona when his contract is up at the end of the 2013-14 season, without giving any hints of his future ...
Del Bosque includes Casillas in Spain squad
Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque announced a preliminary 26-man squad for the Confederations Cup on Monday, which includes captain and goalkeeper Iker ...
Mascherano, Valdes back from injury for Barcelona
Defender Javier Mascherano and goalkeeper Victor Valdes have recovered from injury and are available for Barcelona's remaining three games of the ...
Barcelona's Valdes, Abidal out of Atletico match
Barcelona says it will be without goalkeeper Victor Valdes and defender Eric Abidal for Sunday's match at Atletico Madrid. The Spanish club says that ...

Messi nets 2 to push Barcelona to brink of title
Lionel Messi netted two goals within 15 minutes of coming on as a substitute to give Barcelona a 4-2 comeback win over Real Betis on Sunday and push ...
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes to miss Betis match
Barcelona says goalkeeper Victor Valdes will miss Sunday's match against Real Betis due to an inflamed left foot. Barcelona can clinch the Spanish ...

Messi returns to help Barca reach semifinals
Lionel Messi has never been short on late-game heroics, and not even a sore hamstring stopped him from going on as a substitute to help Barcelona ...

PSG comes back twice to draw 2-2 with Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain showed it has the guts to go with the wallet as the ambitious big spenders twice came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw at home ...

PSG faces huge task to topple Barcelona in CLeague
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic described Barcelona as "the best team ever on this planet," saying limiting the amount of mistakes his ...

Column: Spain needs more dazzle to win World Cup
Doing just enough to win but no more can be the measure of a team that is strong and in control. Or it can suggest that a team doesn't have that much ...

Column: Spain need more dazzle to win World Cup
Doing just enough to win but no more can be the measure of a team that is strong and in control. Or it can suggest that a team doesn't have that much ...

Spain beats France 1-0 in World Cup qualifying
Spain bounced back from its mini-slump and dismissed early talk of a decline by beating France 1-0 on Tuesday to return to the top of their World Cup ...

Spain held to 1-1 draw by Finland in WC qualifier
Spain conceded a late goal Friday to draw 1-1 at home with Finland, conceding top spot to France in their World Cup qualifying group and jeopardizing ...

Spain drops Torres for France, Finland WCup games
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque left out Fernando Torres on Friday from his squad for two World Cup qualifiers, including the critical match against ...

Madrid beats Barca for 2nd time in a week
Real Madrid beat Barcelona for the second time in five days, a 2-1 win on Saturday which will do little to prevent its fierce rival from reclaiming ...

Messi scores as Barca rebounds for Madrid clash
Barcelona's Lionel Messi extended his league-record scoring run to 15 straight games in a 2-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday, three days before the ...

AC Milan stuns Barcelona 2-0 in Champions League
AC Milan stunned Barcelona 2-0 in the first leg of its Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday, beating the Spanish giant for the first time in ...

Messi nets 300th, 301st goals in Barcelona win
Lionel Messi scored his 300th and 301st career goals for Barcelona and extended his record-scoring run to 14 Spanish league games in a 2-1 comeback ...
Messi gives Barcelona 1-1 draw at Valencia
Lionel Messi extended his record streak by scoring in his 12th consecutive Spanish league game to give leader Barcelona a 1-1 draw at Valencia on ...

Fernando Torres left off Spain squad for friendly
Fernando Torres was left off the Spain squad Friday for the team's upcoming friendly with Uruguay. Last year, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque dropped ...

Barcelona visits Malaga with cup defense at stake
Showing its first signs of vulnerability, defending champion Barcelona will visit Malaga on Thursday needing to overturn a 2-2 draw to advance in the ...

10-man Barcelona loses 3-2 at Real Sociedad
Ten-man Barcelona lost its first match in the Spanish league on Saturday, squandering a two-goal lead in a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad and conceding ...
Valdes to leave Barcelona at end of 2013-14 season
After successfully defending Barcelona's net for more than a decade, goalkeeper Victor Valdes will be parting ways with the team at the end of the ...

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 ...