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Barca, Real continue awesome start

Sports | Soccer
2009-9-28

BARCELONA and Real Madrid maintained their perfect La Liga starts on Saturday, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting the champion on its way to a 2-0 victory at Malaga and Real winning 3-0 at home to Tenerife. Real...

Maradona drops seven; adds Higuain, Aimar

Sports | Soccer
2009-9-26

EMBATTLED Argentina coach Diego Maradona juggled his team for next month's two critical World Cup qualifiers, dropping seven players and giving a first-time call up to Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain. Maradona...

Ronaldo fails to sparkle on Real Madrid home debut

Sports | Soccer
2009-7-27

CRISTIANO Ronaldo made a disappointingly low-key home debut for Real Madrid against Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad in their Peace Cup match at the Bernabeu yesterday. Around 80,000 had packed the stadium for the...

Pellegrini aims for stability at Real

Sports | Soccer
2009-6-3

NEW Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini said yesterday he would bring stability - and new players - to the club as part of a "great project" to revitalize a team that failed to keep up with rival Barcelona this year. ...

Madrid confirms Pellegrini as new coach

Sports | Soccer
2009-6-2

REAL Madrid confirmed yesterday that Manuel Pellegrini will coach the club next season, Florentino Perez's first signing since assuming the presidency of the Spanish powerhouse. Madrid said on its Web site that...

Raul equals Real Madrid scoring record

Sports | Soccer
2009-2-1

RAUL Gonzalez joined Alfredo di Stefano as Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer with a second-half goal in the Spanish champion's 2-0 victory at Numancia yesterday. Raul was perfectly placed in front of goal...

Higuain and Robben on target as Real Madrid beats Osasuna 3-1

Sports | Soccer
2009-1-19

GOALS by Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain and Dutch winger Arjen Robben helped beleaguered Real Madrid rally from a goal down at halftime to a 3-1 victory over Osasuna in the Spanish league yesterday. Madrid's...

Barca beats Sevilla 3-0 to move 6 points up on Real Madrid

Sports | Soccer
2008-11-30

LIONEL Messi scored twice as Spanish league leader Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0 and moved six points clear of rival Real Madrid, which lost to Getafe 3-1 and incurred more injury problems yesterday. Samuel Eto'o...

Valladolid's 1-0 victory over Real Madrid puts pressure on coach Schuster

Sports | Soccer
2008-11-16

FABIO Canobbio's second-half goal gave Valladolid a 1-0 win over Real Madrid to end the Spanish league champion's nine-game unbeaten run and put further pressure on under-fire coach Bernd Schuster yesterday. Canobbio...

Real Union stun Real Madrid with 3-2 victory

Sports | Soccer
2008-10-31

THIRD-DIVISION Real Union upset Real Madrid 3-2 in the Copa del Rey yesterday, continuing the Spanish league champion's poor record in the knockout competition it hasn't won since 1993. Juan Dominguez scored...