Is there a better footballing team on the planet than Barcelona? At the moment I would take Barcelona over anybody. Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Brazil or Argentina. Doesn’t matter. Barca wins. Tonight Barcelona showed their class with a resounding 5-0 win over Real Madrid at the Nou Camp in a memorable El Clasico to usurp […]

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is furious at Manchester United’s Nani for denying him one of the greatest goals of his career. Ronaldo made an unbelievable move in the box last night while playing for Portugal v Spain, but his sublime chipped effort was disallowed after Nani needlessly raced in and headed the ball as […]

La Liga fans are lucky in that they get to watch the two best players in the world every week. Yes, they would be Ronaldo and Messi. Messi has been absolutely brilliant this season for Barcelona. He has scored 50 gaols in 46 games in 2010, including 10 goals in nine La Liga matches this […]

With his goal against Copenhagen on Tuesday, Lionel Messi has now scored 100 goals since Pep Guardiola took over as head coach of Barcelona. In that time period, Barca have scored 332 goals. The remarkable thing is that Messi has scored his 100 goals in just 117 official matches. He has scored 64 goals in […]

Real Madrid Wednesday announced net profit for the 2009-2010 season jumped 11.5 percent from the previous year on what it said were the highest revenues “of any sports institution in the world.” It said gross revenues for the season were 442.3 million euros, up 8.6% from the previous year. I believe this is the first […]

Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo injured his ankle in his team’s opening Spanish league match and will be out for three weeks. Madrid said Monday on its web site that the Portugal international was hurt in the 0-0 draw with Mallorca on Sunday. The injury means that Ronaldo will miss Portugal’s upcoming 2012 European Championship […]