Real Madrid are in the Champions League quarter-final draw for the first time in seven years as goals from Marcelo, Karim Benzema and Ángel Di María eased the nine-time winners past Lyon. After six seasons of disappointments at this stage of European club football’s elite competition, Madrid players and fans could have been forgiven for […]

Buoyed by the return of Cristiano Ronaldo, José Mourinho has called on the backing of the Real Madrid fans when the Liga giants aim to end their run of six straight round of 16 defeats. We all have a positive and negative past, but our history in the competition doesn’t [come into] play. It’s an […]

Barcelona has announced that Eric Abidal has been diagnosed with liver tumor and will need to undergo surgery. Barca nnounced the news via their official Twitter feed saying: “A liver tumor has been detected in the player Eric Abidal and he will be treated surgically next Friday. Abidal will be operated on by Dr Josep […]

Not one to live in anybody’s shadow, Real Madrid coach José Mourinho is determined to draw the attention away from rivals Barcelona and onto his own side as they continue towards their goal of winning a tenth Champions League title. The Portuguese tactician famously led Porto to European club football’s greatest prize in 2004, the […]

Barcelona has denied allegations by a Spanish radio station that the club engaged in “doping practices.” Cadena COPE claimed late Sunday that Barcelona rival Real Madrid has asked the Spanish football federation to take drug testing in the league “more seriously”, saying it doesn’t understand how “doctors with questionable reputations” can be associated with the […]