David Beckham has issued a rallying cry to his Paris St. Germain teammates ahead of their UEFA Champions League series opener against Barcelona on Tuesday. Even though Beckham isunlikely to start the game, the Champions League veteran of 105 appearances insists that his team must not be afraid of what is probably the best team […]
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Report: Mourinho Gives PSG His Notes on Barca
French publication L’Equipe reports that Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has given his friend and Paris St. Germain counterpart Carlo Ancelotti hisnotes on how to beat Barcelona, following the Portuguese’s recent success against the Catalan giant. PSG faces Barca in the first leg of its UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series in Paris onTuesday. Mourinho recorded […]
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Messi Could Set Another Record This Weekend
Another weekend, another record set to fall at the feet of Lionel Messi. The Barcelona striker can become the first player to score against every Spanish league opponentin consecutive order if he scores against Celta Vigo on Saturday. Messi is currently on a run of scoring in 18 consecutive games; the last time he failed […]
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Report: Neymar Signs $57.5 Million Pre-Contract with Barca
According to Catalan publication Sport, Santos star Neymar will cost Barcelona $57.5 million whether he joins the Catalan giant this summer or in 2014, when he would be afree agent. Apparently, the Brazilian, who is 21, has signed a pre-contract with Barca stipulating that if he joins this summer, Santos, DIS and Third Star Investments, […]
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Ibrahimovic Cleared to Face Barca in UCL
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be available for both games of Paris Saint-Germain’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series against his old club Barcelona after UEFA reduced histwo-match ban to one game following an appeal. The Sweden international was dismissed during the first leg of PSG’s Round of 16 series with Valencia, and was forced to sit out […]
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Vilanova Returns to Barcelona
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova will return home this week after two months of treatment in New York for a parotid gland tumor that was discovered during a routine examination inDecember. Barca announced on its Web site that the 44-year-old will return to the city but did not say when he would return as head coach. […]
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Possession is king, and that never changes
[VIDEO PICK: Don Andres] A great new Nike ad finds Andres Iniesta recounting his small-sided soccer roots in his hometown as the Barcelonamidfield savant somehow finds a way to exude his trademark humility and class, even while pushing Phil Knight‘s soccer products. Nike’s new FC247 footwear line isaimed at small-sided soccer, and who better to […]
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Beckham is Soccer's Highest-Paid Player
Lionel Messi may be the world’s best player, but David Beckham is the richest, according to France Football magazine’s annual tally of thesport’s wealthiest players. Beckham, 37, will earn $46.6 million in 2012-2013, of which just 5 percent comes from his Paris-Saint Germain salary (which he is donating to charity, anyways). Themajority of the former […]
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Messi Hints at Argentina Return
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi hinted that he wants to return to his native Rosario to see out his career when his son, Thiago, who was born last November, isready to begin school. Rosario is home to Newell’s Old Boys, Messi’s hometown club, which he left at age 13 to join Barca’s renowned La Masia youth […]
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PSG-Barca Headlines UCL Quarterfinal Draw
Friday’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal draw saw Paris Saint-Germain, possibly the world’s richest team, paired with Barcelona, the world’s most successful team over the lastfive years. The two-game series will match up Zlatan Ibrahimovic against his former club, although the Swede is suspended for the first-leg in Paris. The otherquarterfinals see Champions League debutant Malaga […]