
Barca can clinch Spanish league title at Atletico
Real Madrid has done its best to delay the inevitable, but Barcelona has another chance to finally clinch the Spanish league title this weekend. A win ...

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 ...

Abidal makes 1st start since liver transplant
Eric Abidal made his first start since undergoing a liver transplant, playing the full 90-plus minutes to help Barcelona defeat Levante 1-0 in the ...
Barcelona forward Messi back to team training
Barcelona says forward Lionel Messi has returned to training with the rest of his teammates in his recovery from a right hamstring pull.

Sociedad visits Rayo in match of Spain's surprises
While Barcelona and Real Madrid recover from scares in the Champions League, Real Sociedad visits Rayo Vallecano on Sunday in a match between Spain's ...

Barcelona hosts Mallorca without injured Messi
Barcelona will try to adapt without leading scorer Lionel Messi against Spanish league struggler Mallorca on Saturday as it prepares for the second ...

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 ...

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 ...

Glimpse of Spain's future in match vs. Finland
Missing four of its veteran players, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque could offer a glimpse of what the future holds in store for the world champions ...

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 ...

Barcelona targets Real Madrid's point record
Back on track in Europe, Barcelona will return to chasing history in the Spanish league with Real Madrid's point record still in reach. Barcelona is ...

Debate rages over referee's red card to Nani
Cuneyt Cakir's decision to give a red card to Manchester United winger Nani is already being written into Champions League lore as the game-changer ...

Ronaldo leads Madrid past Barca to make Copa final
Cristiano Ronaldo is starting to look right at home at the Camp Nou. For Lionel Messi and Barcelona, the Spanish league is starting to look like the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Villa shines in Barcelona's Copa win over Cordoba
David Villa made his case for returning to Barcelona's starting lineup by scoring twice in a 5-0 win over Cordoba on Thursday that sealed a place in ...

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 ...

Iniesta, Xavi, Pirlo nominated for FIFPro World XI
Spain has six midfielders from its European Championship-winning team competing for selection in a FIFPro World XI. FIFA says Barcelona quartet Andres ...