Lionel Messi broke César Rodríguez’s Barcelona club record of goals in style by scoring a hat-trick as Barca beat Granada 5-3 on Tuesday night. Beginning the night one behind César’s 232-goal haul, Messi struck his first of the match after 17 minutes, volleying in, with the aid of the far post, a deflected cross from […]
Premier League
Real Madrid’s winning run was halted in dramatic fashion on Sunday as FC Barcelona were gifted a flicker of hope in the Liga race. While Madrid faltered, Manchester United and Bayern Munich both recorded big wins, the English champions moving four points clear and Bayern rattling in another six goals to keep the pressure on […]
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal is to undergo a liver transplant, the club have confirmed. The 32-year-old France international had a tumor removed from his liver on March 17, 2011, but returned to play the end of the season and showed few lingering effects since then. A statement on Barcelona’s official website read: “Here is the […]
It will go down as one of the best European nights at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea beat Napoli 4-1 after extra time at a loud and boisterous Stamford Bridge to progress into the Champions League quarter-finals. Chelsea were led tonight by the old guard; Petr Cech made some really important saves while Didier Drogba, John […]
Manchester United have replaced Manchester City at the top of the Premier League for the first time since October. At one point this season, City had a seven-point lead over their Manchester rivals. But lead has vanished, and City now trail the champions by a point with 10 games to go. City went into the […]
It was a day to remember in the Premier League for Didier Drogba and Nikica Jelavić as Drogba’s 100th goal in the Premier League helped Chelsea beat Stoke 1-0, while Jelavic’s goal gave Everton the win over Spurs. Chelsea struggled all day against 10-man Stoke, who played a man short for 65 minutes after icardo […]
This is not something that you need see every day. A player publicly criticizing his agent. But that is the case with Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi, who has criticised his agent Federico Pastorello for suggesting that he may leave Villarreal this summer. This has been a terrible season for Villarreal, who are usually in the race for […]