Tottenham’s Premier League match with Everton on Saturday has been postponed because of the riots in London. Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has confirmed the fixture will not go ahead because the area around White Hart Lane is a crime scene called off in the wake of the London riots. Scudamore also confirmed that […]
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Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has defended all the squad withdrawals from today’s friendly against Italy. The Spanish season gets underway this weekend with the first leg of the Spanish Supercup at the Bernabeu on Sunday between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Real’s full-back Sergio Ramos was first to drop out of the Spain […]
It’s only a friendly but Wednesday’s match between Italy and Spain is a huge match for both clubs as he head towards the 2012 Euro’s next summer. Italy suffered a nightmare defence of their crown at the last World Cup, finishing below New Zealand at the bottom of Group F. They have shown signs of […]
The ink is barely dry on the £38million (€45m) transfer of Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City and already there are reports that Man City is only a stopover for Aguero and that he will be at Real Madrid in one to two years. Atletico Madrid repeatedly refused to sell Aguero to Real, […]
Paris Saint-Germain have shattered the French transfer record by signing playmaker Javier Pastore from Palermo for €42m. The fee for the Argentinian international, who has signed a five-year contract, eclipses the €33.5m PSG paid to Real Madrid CF for Nicolas Anelka in 2000 Qatar Sports Investments bought a 70% stake in PSG on 30 June […]
Chelsea have finally agreed a deal with Anderlecht to sign 18-year-old Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku. Lulalu has been called a mini version of Chelsea star Didier Drogba and if Lulalu can approach the performances of Drogba for Chelsea then this is a great signing for the Blues. Lukaku needs to agree personal terms with Chelsea, […]
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has called up Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara into his 22-man squad for next Wednesday’s friendly against Italy in Bari. Thiago has been impressing fans on two continents with his play this summer and he has some Barcelona fans asking Cesc Who? Thiago helped Spain’s Under-21 team win the European championship last […]
Real Madrid continued its impressive pre-seaon with its six victories out of six preseason games as they thrashed Chinese side Guangzhou 7-1. Just six minutes after the kick-off, Sami Khedira sent the stadium wild when he opened the scoring as he headed home a fantastic cross from Karim Benzema. It was his first goal in […]
Pep Guardiola is not unhappy with the work his team has been putting in during the pre-season, but is well aware that the first official games are on the horizon and last night’s defeat against Chivas was a backward step. Guardiola showed confidence in his players though and in their ability to overcome the shortage […]