There are rumours coming out of England that MANCHESTER CITY has its eyes firmly on REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN. These rumours are persistent & now Argentine & Manchester City out of grace player CARLOS TEVEZ comes into the equation. Gonzalo Higuain However, some local journos believe this could be a strategy by the representatives of Higuain to force, or let Real Madrid know, that a

It was always going to be a diificult away game for SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID at Moscow. Sub-zero temperature, artificial grass surface & a "rocky" CSKA MOSCOW that was not going to be allowed to be pushed around on home turf. The final result of this away CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ( last 16 ) match ended in a 1 - 1 result that although good for Real Madrid, leaves a sour & bitter taste on how the

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with the Monday Night game that concludes Round 24 of LA LIGA.  Real Betis scores REAL ZARAGOZA looked last week as if they had made a timid step forward in their difficult endeavour of attempt to avoid possible relegation. Tonight they took two steps backwards as they lost 0 - 2 at home to REAL BETIS. The star was RUBEN CASTRO who scored both goals for Betis, the

The FIFA backed "Internationational Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has released another of its "Best of" lists. This time its the "Best Football (Soccer) Leagues in World Football" in what we have of this 21st Century. The English Premier League started strong this century & leads the classification, but has been caught by the Spanish Football League which is currently second

SPANISH FOOTBALL today/tonight with the continuation of Round 24 with six matches played of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a resume of events, scorers & the final results. Granada back in winning groove GRANADA made a comeback in devastating fashion to win 4 - 1 REAL SOCIEDAD. The visitors got ahead in the 10th min via GONZALEZ & Granada equalized immediately a minute later via LOPEZ. Both sides

Big SPANISH BASKETBALL afternoon/evening with the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) Final between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID. The final result of this "clasico" was BARCELONA  74 - REAL MADRID 91, thus giving the title to Real Madrid after waiting 19 years, as that was the last time they last lifted the Basketball Spanish Cup. Real Madrid win Cup after 19 years. Real Madrid dominated from the

SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight with three games scheduled as part of Round 24 of the SPANISH LEAGUE. Here is a brief summary of the main events, with all the final results & all the scorers. Getafe-Espanyol An evenly fought out encounter between GETAFE & RCD ESPANYOL which had its most exciting action the last half hour of the match. During this period the opportunities appeared & Espanyol got

Its rumour time again folks, & the end of this season is still months away. From Italy, we get the news locally that REAL MADRID is following closely 22 year old Argentine Central Defender for NAPOLES, FEDERICO FERNANDEZ. The Spanish Football Club has even put a price, 10M€ which will obviously now raise seeing it is Real Madrid showing the interest. Ferderico Fernandez If there is any truth

This post is purely for the fans, especially the LIONEL MESSI followers, although it is also a bit of a curiosity piece. Below is the Catalonian Football Federation card , with the Barça stamp, of today's Nº1 Football player & FC BARCELONA star, LIONEL MESSI Messi I personally find curious the signature, its very young man in its forms. I bet its much more sophisticated as he has plenty of

Just got in, a nightmare day at the office, although I did see the matches. You will need to excuse me as this post will be super brief...family responsibilities :O) LAZIO lost 1 - 3 to an very good ATLETICO DE MADRID, that did impress. The goals came via KLOSE who put Lazio ahead early in the 19th min, but Atletico took over the game via goals from  ADRIAN in the 25th min & FALCAO with two in

All quiet - relatively speaking - on the SPANISH FOOTBALL front. Perhaps this has motivated Spanish Sports daily "Marca" to put the following "RED ALERT" warning on their front cover today. Although the European Football Nations Cups is still months away, there seems to be some concern that the low form & string of injuries to "key players" of the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM may "weaken" the

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE action was back after a break with Spanish representative FC BARCELONA travelling to BAYERN LEVERKUSEN for the 1º leg last 16 teams match. The final result was a 1 - 3 victory for Barcelona which "virtually" puts them into the quarter-final with the exception of a surprise result (possible) at "Camp Nou" in the 2º leg return match in two weeks. Alexis My perception was the

SPANISH FOOTBALL action tonight with the Round 23 Monday Night Liga game. REAL SOCIEDAD defeated SEVILLA FC 2 - 0 with new Sevilla FC Coach Michel not being able to hit the correct buttons to get back the early season good Football of his new side. The novelty from Michel was the line-up of veteran goalkeeper PALOP which was interpreted as a sign of bring back some of the experienced  "old

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued this Sunday with six games of Round 23 scheduled in LA LIGA. Lets get straight into the round-up of the matches, the final results & all the scorers. Espanyol - Zaragoza RCD ESPANYOL lost surprisingly to bottom placed Club REAL ZARAGOZA 0 - 2. It was the first away victory for Zaragoza this season which is desperately attempting to string together some good games &

Great night for SPANISH SPORTS & FOOTBALL as SPAIN proclaimed themselves the 2012 EUROPEAN INDOOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS after defeated 3 - 1 RUSSIA in the Final tonight. Spain Indoor Football Team: Euro Champs 2012 SPAIN keeps dominating this Sport in its Indoor category & gets its sixth European Title tonight. Spain vs Russia : 2012 Euro Final Russia got ahead via a 34th min goal by PULA,