Valencia midfielder Sergio Canales is facing three to six months on the sidelines after partially tearing a ligament in the 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Canales, 20, joined Los Che from Real Madrid on a two-year loan with an option to buy at the end of the contract and has impressed at the […]
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Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has firmly denied accusations he racially abused Frederic Kanoute during Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Sevilla. After Barcelona were awarded an injury-time penalty at the Camp Nou, Kanoute kicked the ball away from the spot. The striker was then sent off when he lashed out at Fabregas, and a fracas involving a […]
Chelsea cemented their position at the top of Group E after matching their record Champions League win, while there were also home victories for AC Milan and Barcelona as the group stage reached the halfway point on Wednesday night. Fernando Torres struck twice for Chelsea as they maintained their one-point lead over Bayer Leverkusen. Both […]
Real Madrid continued their impressive form in the Champions League with a comfortable victory at home against Lyon. Former Lyon striker Karim Benzema again found the net against his old team and second-half strikes from Sami Khedira, Sergio Ramos and a Hugo Lloris own goal sent the home fans away happy. Lyon were left licking […]
Athletic Bilbao showed further signs of adapting to new coach Marcelo Bielsa’s philosophy by beating Osasuna 3-1 Monday after first-half goals from Iker Muniain, Igor Gabilondo and Javi Martinez. Muniain opened the scoring in the 30th minute, Gabilondo added the second in the 38th and Martinez headed in the third at the back post in […]
Levante extended its best ever start by beating 10-man Malaga 3-0 Sunday for a fifth straight victory that kept it level with Barcelona atop the Spanish league. In a matchup between the league’s lowest payroll and biggest offseason spender, Levante outplayed the revamped Malaga by taking advantage of the visitors’ goalkeeping gaffs. Jose Barkero’s shot […]
Lionel Messi scored a landmark goal for Barcelona and Gonzalo Higuaín a second successive hat-trick for Real Madrid as the top two clubs in the Liga registered comfortable wins on Saturday. Messi broke the deadlock in typically eye-catching fashion 11 minutes into Barça’s 3-0 win against Real Racing Club at Camp Nou, accelerating clear of […]