[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola compared him with MichaelJordan. Stuttgart coach Christian Gross compared him with Diego Maradona. LionelMessi‘s legend grows by the day. Three days after his phenomenal hat trick in Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Valencia, Messi put on another show with two golazos and an assist in Barca’s 5-1 win overStuttgart […]
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SA POLL: Who will win the 2010 UEFA Champions League?
The field is down eight teams in the UEFA Champions League: four former champions and four teams seeking their first title. Who do think will win?
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CSKA Moscow stuns Sevilla
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] First, Real Madrid. Now, Sevilla. Only Barcelona of Spain’s three entrants in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League remainsalive and it isn’t assured of beating VfB Stuttgart (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, Wednesday, 3 pm ET). Goalie Andres Palop was the goat for Sevilla, allowingJapanese Keisuke Honda‘s long free kick to […]
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Messi shows off all his magic [VIDEO]
[SPAIN] Lionel Messi put on his best performance of the season for Barcelona, scoring three second-half goals — thefirst two absolute golazos — in its 3-0 win over Valencia in La Liga action Sunday. On the first goal, the Argentine beat three defenders, eluding Migueland then turning Bruno and Angel Dealbert Ibanez inside out on […]
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Real Madrid covets Benitez to replace Pellegrini
Following Real Madrid’s exit from the UEFA Champions League, the Spanish club plans on firing Coach Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the 2010 season, and thefront-runner to replace the Chilean is Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. “Rafa is the preferred choice,” says a Real source. “He is a Madrid manand his agent, Manuel Garcia Quillon, […]
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$350 million for what?
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Make that six years in a row Real Madrid has exited the Champions League in the round of 16. Lyon added to Real’s misery, holding theSpanish club to a 1-1 tie in Madrid and going through to the quarterfinals, 2-1, on aggregate. The result is huge for Lyon, France’s richest club with […]
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Barcelona candidate considers shirt sponsor
Sandro Rosell, one of the leading candidates to become president of Barcelona this summer, said he would consider breaking the club’s tradition of not selling advertising onplayers’ shirts. Rosell, who aims to replace outgoing president Joan Laporta, said that financial issues must be taken into consideration with regard to shirt sponsorship. The clubhas never sold […]
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Guardiola supports Thierry Henry
It’s been a rough winter for Thierry Henry following his infamous handball incident during the France-Ireland World Cup 2010 qualifier. His form has droppedat Barcelona, and French fans booed him during France’s 2-0 loss to Spain at the Stade de France on Wednesday. Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola backedthe 32-year-old French captain, though. “We need him,” […]
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Jeers for Domenech and Henry
France played its first game since its controversial game against Ireland qualified it for the World Cup, and it was treated to a hostile reception from the home crowd at the Stade de France. It only got when worse as the Bleus were outclassed by European champion Spain and fell, 2-0. Captain Thierry Henry left […]
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Real Madrid revenues exceed $500 million
[MONEY MATTERS] For the fifth year in a row, Real Madrid is the largest revenue-generating soccer club with revenues of $543 million in 2008-09, according tothe latest edition of the Deloitte Football Money League. How big is Real? Its broadcast revenues of $218 million are more than the total revenues of all but the top […]