Sevilla, who reached the last 16 of the Champions League last season, were handed a shock playoff defeat by unfashionable Braga on Tuesday Portuguese side Braga held a 1-0 lead following the first leg and goals from Matheus after 31 minutes before Lima, a 27-year-old Brazilian forward, scored three minutes after coming on as a […]

UEFA has announced the 12 nominees for the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. The award will be presented during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 26 August. The nominations are decided by the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the knockout stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League. […]

Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich after penalty kicks to win a pre-season friendly at the Allianz Arena, a testimonial game for the German club’s honorary president Franz Beckenbauer. Madrid won the shootout 4-2 after the game had ended goalless. Holger Badstuber missed the best opportunity to break the deadlock in only the eighth minute when […]

Real Madrid have signed defender Ricardo Carvalho from Chelsea, the English Premier League champions announced on their web site. “Chelsea Football Club can confirm it has agreed terms with Real Madrid for the transfer of Ricardo Carvalho. The transfer is subject to a medical and the player agreeing personal terms. Chelsea would like to thank […]

Raul will go down as one of the best players to ever wear a Real Madrid shirt. He scored 323 goals in 741 games for Real Madrid and helped them win three Champions League trophies and 16 titles in total while at the club. But the 33 year-old has bid farewell to Real Madrid fans […]

Villarreal have been informed by UEFA that they will replace fellow Primera Division club Real Mallorca in the Europa League in 2010-11. Villarreal announced on their official website on Friday that UEFA have sent them a letter in which they have said that they will replace Mallorca in this season’s Europa League. Mallorca were disqualified […]