Barcelona earned a record 16th straight win in the Spanish league by beating Atletico Madrid 3-0 with a Lionel Messi hat trick on Saturday. The historic win provisionally lifted Barcelona 10 points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the table ahead of its fierce rival’s match against Real Sociedad on Sunday. Messi decided […]
Laurent Koscielny should probably restated his earlier statements saying that the title race will only concern his team, Arsenal, and Manchester United especially after this weekend result where the Gunners throw away a 4-0 lead against Newcastle United. Coming away from the match with a 4-4 draw against the Magpies doesn’t only cost them a […]
Major League Soccer has announced that it plans to unveil the 2011 MLS regular-season schedule next Thursday, Feb. 10. “Assembling the schedule begins after MLS Cup and involves several interdependent factors including competitive fairness, international competitions, stadium availability, broadcast windows and club preferences,” the league said in a statement released Friday. “The 18 home openers […]
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has named his 21-man squad for next Wednesday’s friendly with Colombia in Madrid. He has also warned every player to be prepared to play the full 90 minutes, despite a request from Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho not to overload the players. Del Bosque told reporters: “We care for everyone […]
As Barcelona head into this weekends game against Atletico Madrid looking for a record 16th successive Liga victory, the question has be asked: Can anyone stop Barcelona this season? It ha been an amazing season so far at the Camp Nou as Barca seem to set records on a weekly basis. So far this season […]
The details behind Chelsea’s £68.6m loss for last season are starting to come out an they don’t make pretty reading. Chelsea’s annual wage bill soared last season to £172.5million, which is almost £40million more the next highest payers Manchester City paid. In 2009, Chelsea spent £165.6million on wages but that sum included pay-offs worth £12.6million […]
As Barcelona head into this weekends game against Atletico Madrid looking for a record 16th successive Liga victory, the question has be asked: Can anyone stop Barcelona this season? It ha been an amazing season so far at the Camp Nou as Barca seem to set records on a weekly basis. So far this season […]
Roma has announced it is ready to negotiate a sale to American businessman Thomas Di Benedetto, a part owner of the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool. Members of the Roma’s management have been in the United States for over a week to try to find buyers, and chose Di Benedetto’s company […]
Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has hit out at Liverpool for the way they handled his and Fernando Torres’s exits – even though he left the club of his own choice. Following Torres’s £50 million transfer to Chelsea, Mascherano has been quoted as saying that Torres is better off at Stamford Bridge: “I was not surprised […]