The title races in both France and Germany took another turn this weekend, while AC Milan and Manchester United took anther step towards winning their respective championships. France The Ligue 1 title race tightened as leaders Lille were upset 1-0 by Monaco. Luckily for Lille, there other title contenders failed to take full advantage of […]
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Barcelona have one foot in the Champions League semi-finals after a 5-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk that left the visitors ruing a hatful of first-half misses. The quarter-final first leg was absorbing from the opening kickoff. The first half was only two minutes old when Messi took off on one of his trademark runs. The […]
In tonight’s Champions League match against Shakhtar former Barcelona player Dmytro Chygrynskiy will be tasked with marking Lionel Messi. Chygrynskiy also happens to be one of a long line of poor transfer decisions that Barcelona have made in past couple of years. Barcelona loves to note that its battle with Real Madrid is more than […]
Barcelona now boast an eight-point lead over Real Madrid after winning 1-0 at Villarreal in response to their rivals’ 1-0 loss to Sporting Gijón, Madrid coach José Mourinho’s first defeat in a home league fixture in 151 matches. Titleholders Barcelona had to wait to make the breakthrough at Villarreal but got the goal they wanted […]
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola this week hinted he could leave Barcelona at the end of next season. Guardiola has enjoyed phenomenal as Barca manager, winning 10 trophies in 2 1/2 years including the La Liga for the past two seasons and the Champions League. But he has never signed a long-term contract with Barca, preferring […]
This weekend’s games in La Liga will go ahead as scheduled after a Madrid court upheld a challenge from six breakaway clubs and blocked proposed strike action. “The court decides the official calendar for the first and second divisions should remain unaltered for the next round of matches,” a statement from the court said today. […]
Eric Abidal’s agent has revealed the Barcelona defender is progressing well after surgery to remove a tumour on his liver. The 31-year old France international had surgery last week and his representative David Venditelli told COM Radio last night he is “recovering well”, is in “good spirits” and awaiting the results of a biopsy to […]
The La Liga season may not end until mid June after next week’s matches were postponed because of a dispute over television revenue. Clubs want a law, which says at least one game a week must be on free-to-air television, to be revoked. But on Wednesday the Liga de Futbol Professional (LFP) cited a “lack […]
Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta says that is was Real Madrid executives who were indeed behind the recent doping allegations against Barcelona, despite recent statements from current Barca officials that refute talk of Real Madrid’ involvement, AS reports. Spanish radio station Cadena Cope sparked controversy recently when it reported that Barcelona had links to doctors […]