“I am confident that we will win our five remaining games and I am confident that we are going to win the league.” — Real Madrid’s CristianoRonaldo after the Merengues cut Barcelona’s lead at the top of Spain’s la Liga to one point. (AFP)
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Was it the Volcano? Or Jose Mourinho?
By Paul Gardner It could be that, as far as the soccer world is concerned, 2010 will be remembered as the Year of the Volcano. The year that a volcanic eruption inIceland greatly disturbed air travel, and meant that Barcelona had to travel by road — in luxury buses — to Milan for their UEFA […]
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Man. United remains world's most valuable club
[MONEY MATTERS] For the sixth consecutive year, Manchester United is the world’s most valuable club in the rankings by Forbes magazine, though its worth fell to$1.8 billion, down 2 percent from the previous year. Forbes also estimated that Manchester United, whose American owners, the Glazer family, have been at odds with United fans, was themost […]
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Milito steals the show
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Diego Milito stole the show from fellow Argentine LionelMessi, scoring once goal and setting up two more as Inter Milan stunned defending champion Barcelona, 3-1, in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal series. Neverhad Barcelona lost by more than one goal since Pep Guardiola took over as head coach […]
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Barcelona forced to take bus to Milan
The air travel disruptions caused by Iceland’s volcanic eruption forced defending champion Barcelona to get on a bus Sunday and drive 394 miles to Cannes, France, on the first leg of atwo-day journey to get to Milan — normally a 90-minute flight — for Tuesday’s Champions League semifinal against Inter. The Barca bus will complete […]
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Real Madrid edges closer, Roma back on top
[EUROPEAN RACES] Real Madrid got goals from Cristiano Ronaldo (his 20th of the season) and Gonzalo Higuain (25th) to beat Valencia 2-0 and move to within a point of leader Barcelona in Spain’s La Liga. Montenegrin Mirko Vucinic scoredtwice as Roma retook the lead in Italy’s Serie A with a 2-1 win in the Rome […]
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Spain's Fernando Torres doubtful
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Fernando Torres underwent knee surgery Sunday night and will miss the remainder of the season forLiverpool, putting his participation in the World Cup finals in doubt. Liverpool expects him to be sidelined for six weeks. Such a layoff would put Torres out until June 1,the deadline for World Cup teams to submit […]
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Race tightens in EPL; Barca stymied in 'derbi'
[EUROPEAN RACES] Manchester United kept its English Premier League title hopes alive when Paul Scholes scored instoppage time to give it a 1-0 win at Manchester City and leader Chelsea lost at Tottenham, 2-1. In Spain, Barca was held to a 0-0 tie by city rival Espanyol in “El derbi Barceloni.” Real Madrid canmove to […]
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City derbies headline weekend action
[EUROPEAN RACES] Four city derbies– all available on cable television — could impact league races this weekend. In all four cases, the home team couldplay the role of the spoiler against the title contender: England (leader Chelsea at Tottenham and second-place Manchester United at Manchester City), Italy (leader Roma at Lazio) and Spain (leaderBarcelona at Espanyol). […]
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Real Madrid-Barcelona telecast tops ratings
[TELEVISION WATCH] Saturday’s broadcast of El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona on ESPN Deportes was the highest rated and most watched telecast onSpanish-language cable this year. The afternoon telecast was seen by an average of 466,000 Hispanic homes and 783,000 Hispanic viewers ( P2+), based on a 9.0 rating. VisitingBarcelona won the top-of-the-standings clash, […]