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LOS ANGELES, CA – The UEFA Champions League, the preeminent competition in world club soccer, nears its thrilling climax with semifinal matchups featuring four of the biggest teams in the global game. First-leg action begins on Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18. For the second consecutive season FX, FOX Network Group’s popular basic cable [...]
April 4, 2012Read More
MADRID, Spain • Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid enjoyed one of their most comfortable passages into the Champions League semifinals with a 5-2 victory over APOEL Nicosia on Wednesday, progressing 8-2 on aggregate. Ronaldo and Kaka, two of the world’s most expensive players, scored before the break, the second from the Brazilian [...]
April 4, 2012Read More
BARCELONA, Spain - Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league by scoring a brace to help leader Real Madrid rebound from consecutive draws with a 5-1 rout of Real Sociedad on Saturday. Gonzalo Higuain scored before both Ronaldo and Karim Benzema hit doubles as Madrid showed no signs [...]
March 24, 2012Read More
MADRID, Spain — Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga was cut to eight points on Sunday when a dramatic injury time goal from Santi Cazorla earned Malaga a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu. The home side had been heading for their 12th successive win following a Karim Benzema header after 35 minutes [...]
March 18, 2012Read More
MADRID, Spain – A Xavi free kick and an exquisite lob from Lionel Messi fired Barcelona to a 2-0 win at Sevilla that cut Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga back to seven points on Saturday. Xavi curled a shot over wall after 18 minutes and World Player of the Year Messi [...]
March 17, 2012Read More
LONDON, England – Chelsea made sure of an English presence in the Champions League last eight after roaring back to defeat Napoli on Wednesday, while Real Madrid swept aside CSKA Moscow 4-1 to take their place in the quarterfinals. Trailing 3-1 from the first leg in Naples, Chelsea levelled the tie with a 75th-minute Frank [...]
March 14, 2012Read More
LONDON, England – Chelsea are looking for a new manager after Andre Villas-Boas was sacked following a recent run of poor results. Here, we look at some of the leading contenders to replace the Portuguese. JOSE MOURINHO Despite Mourinho and Real Madrid holding a seemingly decisive lead over Barcelona at the top of the Primera [...]
March 4, 2012Read More
MADRID — Lionel Messi scored his 14th Barcelona hat-trick, and fifth of the season, as the champions cruised to a 4-1 win at Malaga. Later on Sunday Real Madrid maintained their five-point lead at the top of La Liga after coming from behind to beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at the Bernabeu. This was only Barca’s [...]
January 22, 2012Read More
MADRID, Spain – Real Madrid defender Pepe has been branded “shameful” and “embarrassing” in the Spanish press on Thursday following his apparent stamp on Lionel Messi’s hand in Wednesday night’s 2-1 defeat to arch-rivals Barcelona. The usually pro-Madrid newspaper Marca pulled few punches in its reaction to the incident during the Copa del Rey quarter-final [...]
January 19, 2012Read More
