Spain overcame some stiff resistance to beat the Republic of Ireland 2-0 in an entertaining international friendly in New York. Substitute Roberto Soldado broke the deadlock on 68 minutes and, after the Irish had a Sean St Ledger effort chalked off for offside, Juan Mata settled the contest at Yankee Stadium with two minutes remaining. [...]
One more victory like Sunday’s 2-0 performance, and Barcelona can equal the record of 100-points in a La Liga season set by Real Madrid last year. Alexis Sanchez worked the give and go early with David Villa, and Pedro took advantage of Espanyol being down to 10-men for another goal in the 86th minute, and [...]
Neymar shed a few tears as he took the field for Santos for the last time ahead of his move to Barcelona. The Brazil star will move to the Catalan giants in the summer on a five-year deal but was emotional as he bade goodbye during the 0-0 draw with Flamengo. He released a statement [...]
Spanish champions Barcelona have agreed the signing of Brazil striker Neymar from Santos, leaving Manchester City and Chelsea disappointed. The highly-rated 21-year-old will sign a five-year contract, Barca added, with the player confirming he will put pen to paper on Monday. A Barcelona statement read: “FC Barcelona and Santos have agreed to terms for Neymar [...]
Goal.com reports that Man Utd are keeping a close eye on Thiago Alcantara’s situation at Barcelona and David Moyes is very interested in bringing the talented player to Old Trafford. The £15m-rated midfielder is also on the radar of Manchester City this summer, with the 22-year-old keen to leave Camp Nou in the pursuit of [...]
Lionel Messi could miss the remainder of Barcelona’s league campaign after suffering a recurrence of his left hamstring injury during the newly crowned champions’ 2-1 victory at Atlético Madrid. The Argentine World Player of the Year asked to be taken off with 20 minutes remaining, leaving his side with 10 men because the coach, Tito [...]
Lionel Messi came off the substitutes’ bench to score twice and help Barcelona to a 4-2 win over Real Betis at Camp Nou that moved them to within striking distance of the La Liga title. The world player of the year had missed Barcelona’s humiliating Champions League semi-final exit to Bayern Munich last Wednesday as [...]
Bayern Munich pulled off a stunning 3-0 victory over Barcelona at the Nou Camp to complete a record Champions League semi-final aggregate win. Arjen Robben opened the scoring shortly after half-time when he cut in from the right and found the top corner. Gerard Pique turned Franck Ribery’s cross into his own net before Thomas [...]
Wednesday May 1, 2013 Kick off: 19:45 Semifinal Camp Nou Sergio Busquets is out for Barcelona with a groin injury that ruled him out of Saturday’s Liga game against Athletic Bilbao. Alex Song is ready to deputise. Eric Abidal also misses the match with a calf injury. Jordi Alba is suspended after his yellow card [...]
Barcelona must wait at least another week to wrap up the La Liga title after they conceded a late goal in a 2-2 draw at Athletic Bilbao. Victory for Barça and defeat for second-placed Real Madrid at city neighbours Atlético in the later kick-off would have given the leaders an unassailable 16-point advantage with five [...]
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi admitted Bayern Munich were “stronger and superior” following their Champions League semi-final mauling. Barca were thumped 4-0 away by an impressive Bayern Munich in their first leg on Tuesday, putting in one of their most toothless displays in recent memory. On Wednesday, they were greeted with newspaper headlines such as ‘Historic beating’ [...]
Bayern Munich cemented their status as the growing power in European football by ruthlessly dismantling favourites Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final first leg. Jupp Heynckes’ newly crowned Bundesliga champions produced a magnificent performance laced with power, intensity and quality to give the Catalan superstars a mauling they will surely find impossible to avenge in [...]
Tuesday April 23, 2013 Kick off: 19:45 Semifinal Allianz-Arena Bayern striker Mario Mandzukic is suspended while Toni Kroos remains out with the injury picked up in the first leg of the quarter-finals. Bastian Schweinsteiger should be fit after a hamstring injury. Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has recovered sufficiently from a hamstring strain to feature in [...]
Chelsea have become the latest club to register their interest in Barcelona striker Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean has been on Manchester United’s and Arsenal’s radars in recent weeks, as he has been in and out of the Barcelona first team. The Gunners are looking to add more firepower to their squad, as the Olivier Giroud [...]
Barca’s 1-0 win moved them to within two victories of mathematically sealing the title, but without the injured Lionel Messi they struggled to break down a resolute Levante until Cesc Fabregas stroked home the winner eight minutes from time. “It was important to win this game, despite some people wanting to make it look like [...]
Babes of the Confederations Cup 2013
Italy 4-3 Japan Confederations Cup Highlights
Brazil 2-0 Mexico Confederations Cup Highlights
Arsenal officially open new contract talks with Wenger
Wenger convinced me to join Arsenal – Yaya Sanogo
Spain 4- 2 Italy Euro U21 Highlights
Real Madrid receives a €100m bid for Ronaldo
Tahiti 1-6 Nigeria Confederations Cup Highlights
Arsenal poised to sign Higuain and Asier Illarramendi this week
Gareth Bale is about to get richer even if he stays at Spurs
Arsenal also targeting Lille Striker Dimitri Payet
Barcelona and Bayern to bid for Laurent Koscielny
Spain 2-1 Uruguay Highlights Confederations Cup 2013
Mexico 1-2 Italy Highlights Confederations Cup 2013
Bale should join Man Utd NOT Real Madrid – Glenn Hoddle
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WAGS – Nagore Aranburu Wife of Xabi Alonso
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Polly Parsons Girlfriend of Thomas Vermaelen
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WAGS – Vanessa Lorenzo Girlfriend of Carles Puyol
Barcelona’s Carles Puyol has a new squeeze and it’s none other than 36-year-old Vanessa Lorenzo. Measuring at 5′ 7½”, Lorenzo is sometimes classified as a “petite model”, although the measurements for petite and regular fashion models are not strictly defined. Lorenzo started modeling when she was ten years old. Later, at the age of 17, [...]
WAGS – Iria Otero Wife of Diego Lopez
Iria Otero Rodriguez is married to Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Diego Lopez. According to sources, the couple met 7 years ago. They have a daughter together named Zoe. 28-year-old Iria said she loves soccer and enjoys watching her husband play. She describes her hubby as: “… very familiar and friendly, he loves spending time with his [...]
I Don’t Know if Szczesny can get his place back – Seaman
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‘Balotelli can be a champion’ – Seedorf (Video)
Clarence Seedorf, 4-time Champions League winner: (His analysis on the Champions League quarter-finals) “These games are very balanced. All good teams, a couple of surprises, like Malaga. Borussia Dortmund is a team that showed to be a surprise, but a dangerous team and, who knows, could make it all the way. In the group phase [...]
David Beckham goes on a 4 day tour of China
David Beckham has arrived in Beijing as China’s first global football ambassador. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, who is as big a star here as he is anywhere else, is spending four days on a whistle-stop tour across the country. Beckham’s role will involve helping to promote the Chinese Super League (CSL) to the world, raising [...]
Edgar Davids to Celebrate 40th Birthday by playing for Barnet
He’s older than Ryan Giggs and has enjoyed an equally illustrious playing career. Former Ajax, Juventus and Holland superstar Edgar Davids (“the Pitbull” ) turns 40 on Wednesday and will celebrate his birthday eve in action for Barnet against Oxford United tonight. Compared with the huge acclaim that greeted Giggs’s 1,000th appearance for Manchester United [...]
Paolo Maldini : Arsenal, Manchester United Wanted To Sign Me
AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini has revealed that he turned down offers from Manchester United and Arsenal during his playing career. The 44 year old former Italian international centre back played out his entire time with Milan. “Juventus wanted me, while Gianluca Vialli called me to Chelsea in 1996, but I preferred to stay with [...]
Stars Of The Future – Marco Verratti (PSG)
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Stars Of The Future – Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
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All you need to know about the Confederations Cup 2013
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Patrick Kluivert Predictions for UEFA Europa League Semi-Finals 2013
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Viktor Fischer Scores a beautiful chip goal
Ajax’s Viktor Fischer scored a goal similar to that of Cantona against Sunderland all those years ago. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Germany 4-1 Kazakhstan World Cup Qualifier 2014 Highlights
Germany, again playing without a recognised striker, hit three goals in eight minutes on the way to a 4-1 defeat of Kazakhstan that kept them in control of World Cup Group C. The Borussia Dortmund trio of Marco Reus, Mario Götze and Ilkay Gündogan scored in the first half and Reus added a fourth goal [...]
Netherlands 4-0 Romania World Cup Qualifier 2014 Highlights
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Video: Athletes who quit Twitter
In this week’s TRACE Sports have a look to these champions who left Twitter. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Djimi Traore Fantastic Strike for Seattle Sounders
Djimi Traore with the fantastic strike off the cross bar and into the back of the net to draw the net to put the Sounders up 2-1 in the second leg of the CONCACAF quarterfinals. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
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