Santos accepts offers for Neymar; player deciding
Brazilian club Santos accepted the offers made by Barcelona and Real Madrid for young striker Neymar, who will now decide where he wants to go.
Brazilian club Santos accepted the offers made by Barcelona and Real Madrid for young striker Neymar, who will now decide where he wants to go.
Lionel Messi might have powered Barcelona to this season’s Spanish league crown, but it fell to humble crosstown rival Espanyol to finally finish off Real Madrid’s title defense with a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
Lionel Messi has never been short on late-game heroics, and not even a sore hamstring stopped him from going on as a substitute to help Barcelona rally for a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain and a place in the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi scored once and set up two goals as Argentina beat Venezuela 3-0 to remain in control of the South American qualifying race for the 2014 World Cup here Friday.
Barcelona assistant coach Jordi Roura on Friday sought to ease the pressure on Lionel Messi as the Catalans prepare to face Real Madrid for the second time in five days.
Record-breaking Lionel Messi is poised to become the first player to win four successive Ballon d’Or awards on Monday, sealing his status as the greatest player of his generation.
Starting September, when most kids his age are in school, 9-year-old Sandro Reyes will be leaving the comforts of home in Manila to pursue his dream of football greatness in the school run by one of the biggest—and most successful—clubs in the world, FC Barcelona in Spain.
It felt like the balance of Spanish power was changing as Real Madrid prepared to host Barcelona in the first league “clasico” of the season on Saturday.
Madrid was on a 15-game winning run — equaling a 50-year-old record — while two-time defending champion Barcelona was huffing and puffing to keep up, three points behind in the standings despite having played one game extra.
BUENOS AIRES – Two factors ought to weigh heavily in Argentina`s favour as they embark on the Copa America, Latin America’s answer to the European Championship, from Friday. First of all, they should be able to count on vociferous support as the host nation – although as players of relegated River Plate will reflect, it [...]
LONDON—Lionel Messi cemented his status as the greatest player of his generation as two moments of magic from the Argentine maestro inspired Barcelona to Champions League glory on Saturday. Messi arrived at Wembley widely regarded as the sport’s preeminent force but the likes of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney also had [...]
