Monday, 20 March 2017 : Barcelona kept themselves within touching distance of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with an enthralling and highly entertaining 4-2 win over 10-man Valencia. Lionel Messi bagged a brace in the Camp Nou victory, with Luis Suarez and Andre Gomes also finding the …
Read More »Sergio Ramos header puts Real Madrid back on top
Monday, 13 March 2017 : Sergio Ramos headed a late winner as Real Madrid recovered from a howler by keeper Keylor Navas to beat 10-man Real Betis to go top of La Liga. Navas escaped a red card for fouling Darko Brasanac, then spilled Antonio Sanabria’s shot into his own …
Read More »Messi Scores Again Late win for Barce Againts Atletico
Monday, 27 February 2017 : Rafinha gave Barca the lead when Luis Suarez – who had an effort ruled out – took a shot which ricocheted off two defenders to land at his feet. Diego Godin levelled when he headed home Koke’s free-kick. But Messi pounced in the 86th minute to …
Read More »Real Madrid Suffers Defeat Against Valencia
23 February 2017 : Striker Simone Zaza opened the scoring for the hosts with a spectacular strike and Fabian Orellana doubled the lead before Cristiano Ronaldo pulled a goal back. Ronaldo could have snatched a point late on, but failed to hit the target with his looping header. Zinedine Zidane’s …
Read More »Neymar Jr to stand trial against corruption charges
Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017 : The case relates to a complaint from Brazilian investment group DIS, which owned 40% of Neymar’s transfer rights. It claims it received less money than it was entitled to when Neymar joined Barca from Santos for £49m in 2013. Santos, Neymar’s mother and a company …
Read More »Messi score last minute penalty and save Barcelona
Monday, 20 Feb 2017 : Lionel Messi’s 90th-minute penalty saw off the challenge of gutsy Leganes and spared Barcelona from a second successive embarrassing result. The champions underwhelmed again after Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League defeat at Paris St-Germain and had keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to thank for a string …
Read More »Fernando Torres scored one of the goals of the season and then missed a penalt
Monday, 13 Feb 2017 : Torres scored with an outrageous hooked lob after Gustavo Cabral had headed the visitors in front. He then hit the bar for Atletico’s third penalty miss in three games. John Guidetti swept Celta back in front, but Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann scored in the final four …
Read More »Celtic report huge rise in revenue following Champions League return
Tuesday, 7 Feb 2017 : The interim results to 31 December show pre-tax profit was up to £18.6m from £11.7m in the same period last year. Celtic’s return to the Champions League group stages contributed to a revenue increase of 94.7% to £61.2m for the first six months of the financial …
Read More »Three former Real star hunted run tax
MADRID – The prosecution in Spain yesterday filed charges against three former Real Madrid star Xabi Alonso, Angel Di Maria and Ricardo Carvalho on charges of escape from paying taxes. In a statement, prosecutors are also investigating two other players after obtaining information from the tax authorities of that country. …
Read More »Ronaldo ready for Real comeback
Friday, 9 September 2016 BARCELONA (Reuters) – Real Madrid will welcome back the added firepower of talisman Cristiano Ronaldo and striker Karim Benzema when they entertain promoted Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday. Real’s all-time top scorer Ronaldo missed their first two league games of the season and their …
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