Kaka hopes to get a rare chance to impress for Real Madrid when Barcelona visit in La Liga on Saturday. ...
10:25 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Barcelona: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both in superb form as Barcelona and Real Madrid played out an enthralling 2-2 draw at Camp Nou in the first Liga Clasico of this season. Despite coming as just the seventh fixture of the season, the match was touted as having a potentially huge impact on the final Liga outcome. With Madrid in need of a win, Ronaldo got them off to...
01:05 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Madrid: La Liga leaders Barcelona will wait until the last minute to make a decision on Gerard Pique's fitness for Sunday's visit of champions Real Madrid, said coach Tito Vilanova. The central defender picked up a foot injury in the Champions League two and a half weeks ago and has been left out by Spain for the World Cup qualifiers against Belarus on Friday and France four days later. Pique...
10:51 AM, Oct 07, 2012
The fixtures for the 2012-13 Liga season have been released, revealing the dates for the two derby clashes between Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Blaugrana will entertain Los Blancos in the league season's first Clasico at home on October 7, with the return fixture taking place at the Santiago Bernabeu on March 3. The competition will commence on August 18 and will run through to June 1, with just the...
05:42 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola conceded the La Liga title to Real Madrid in the wake of the Catalan sides damaging 2-1 defeat in the clasico at Camp Nou on Saturday evening. Goals from Sami Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo gave Jose Mourinhos men a commanding seven-point lead at the top of the table with just four games remaining in the season, and Guardiola has been quick to offer praise to...
12:58 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Barcelona: It took 10 attempts and three clubs for coach Jose Mourinho to finally guide a team to triumph at Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo's 73rd-minute winner lifted Real Madrid to a 2-1 win over Barcelona on Saturday and seven points clear at the top of the Spanish standings with just four games to go. Madrid's 19th straight league match without a loss left them poised to claim their...
11:49 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Barcelona: Cristiano Ronaldo's late goal dealt Barcelona their first loss in 55 home games and put Real Madrid on the cusp of breaking the Catalan giants' three-year hold on the Spanish league crown with a record-setting 2-1 win on Saturday. Sami Khedira opened with Madrid's league-record 108th goal of the season and Ronaldo sealed the deserved victory with his own league-record 42nd goal moments after Alexis Sanchez levelled for Barcelona....
01:53 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Barcelona: Real Madrid have found an unlikely scapegoat for their 3-1 loss to fierce rivals Barcelona - leading scorer Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo set the Spanish league's all-time scoring record with 40 goals last season, but he had a miserable game on Saturday. The Portugal forward fired several free kicks into the defensive wall and missed his team's best chance to score after Karim Benzema had put Madrid ahead after just...
02:56 PM, Dec 12, 2011
Barcelona: The excuses for Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid are running out. After their latest 3-1 home loss to Barcelona on Saturday, there was no talk of referee bias or the Catalan side's supposed propensity for exaggerating fouls, just the last-ditch explanation left for any loser: pure bad luck. In blaming fate, Mourinho appeared to be resigned to accepting that for whatever reason, his Real Madrid are second best to a...
01:37 PM, Dec 12, 2011
