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Magic touch deserts Mourinho
Soccer:Jose Mourinho believes he is the ideal person to bring long-term stability to Real Madrid, and has played down the significance of their disappointing opening day draw at Real Mallorca.
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Mourinho unhappy with lack of strikers at Real
AFP - ROME (AFP) - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has hit out at his club for not backing him in the transfer market and leaving him short up front.
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Grading Real Madrid's Off-Season Acquisitions:
Overall It was an off-season of belt-tightening in the Liga BBVA, as MARCA eloquently put it, with only a few teams actually spending any money at all (and some of them totally ruining themselves in order to stave off the inevitable call of ...
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Jose: I'm no Harry Potter
JOSE MOURINHO has told Real Madrid fans not to expect miracles this season
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Row over Spanish TV film of 2008 plane disaster
Madrid- A row erupted Wednesday in Spain over a television film on one of the country's worst air crashes, which killed 154 people at Madrid airport two years ago. Television channel Telecinco refused to cancel the fictional movie Flight IL 8714, the ...
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AC Milan acquires Robinho
AC Milan acquired Brazilian striker Robinho on Tuesday from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee, just two years after City signed him for a British record transfer fee of $50 million from Real Madrid.
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Lw defends new Real duo against Mourinho gripe
Germany coach Joachim Lw has leapt to the defence of Real Madrid's new boys Sami Khedira and Mesut zil after their club coach Jose Mourinho grumbled about the German pair's lack of Spanish.
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Premier League confirms Van der Vaart to Spurs deal
London- The Premier League on Wednesday ratified Tottenham Hotspur's signing of Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid for a fee of around 9 million pounds( 13.9 million dollars). The club filed documents to confirm the signing shortly before Tuesday's ...
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Rafael van der Vaart 'to be offered to Copenhagen' if Spurs transfer rejected
Unwanted Real Madrid playmaker Rafael van der Vaart could still leave the club - even if Spurs have failed to submit the transfer paperwork to the Premier League on time - with a short-term loan move to FC Copenhagen today.
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Forlan powers Atletico Madrid to victory
Diego Forlan showed he has maintained his World Cup form by scoring twice to help give Atletico Madrid a 4-0 win against Sporting Gijon in their Spanish league opener in Madrid on Monday.
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Contador crashes in training, suffers knee injury
MADRID (AP) -- Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has slightly injured his right knee after crashing during training.
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Bolton sign Moreno from Benfica
London- Bolton signed Benfica striker Rodrigo Moreno on a season-long loan on Tuesday, subject to international clearance. The 19-year-old moved to Portugal from Real Madrid last month as part of the deal that took Angel di Mario to the Bernabeu. The ...
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Van der Vaart poised for Tottenham move
London- Rafael van der Vaart is on the brink of joining Tottenham Hotspur, but it remains unclear whether he was signed before Tuesday's transfer deadline. The Real Madrid midfielder was spotted a Tottenham's north London training ground shortly before ...
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Forlan at the double for Atletico
A double by Uruguayan star Diego Forlan inspired Atletico Madrid to an opening 4-0 victory over Sporting Gijon in Spain's Primera Liga.
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Pablo Pacheco : "Raul Castro can be a man for change in Cuba"
Cuban dissident Pablo Pacheco has been tasting freedom for the first time since the spring of 2003. The freelance journalist is in Madrid with his
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Soccer-Former Spain striker Morientes hangs up his boots
Reuters - MADRID, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Former Real Madrid and Spain striker Fernando Morientes has decided to retire from professional soccer, the 34-year-old said on Tuesday.
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Airbus Rolls Out First RAF Tanker for Trials
The first A330 MRTT Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) for the UK Royal Air Force has completed the indoor trials, such as systems trials, required prior to First Flight and has been rolled out of its hangar at Airbus Militarys Getafe, Madrid ...
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France suffer blow as Diarra misses qualifiers
Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra has been ruled out of France's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Belarus and Bosnia.
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Getafe sign right-back Pintos from Lazio
Madrid- Spanish football club Getafe announced on Monday the signing of Uruguayam right-back Pablo Pintos from Italian giants Lazio, for an undisclosed fee. Pintos, 23, has signed a five-year contract with Getafe, who will play in the Europa League ...
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Valencia take Stankevicius from Sampdoria, sell Viana to Braga
Madrid- Spanish giants Valencia announced late Monday that they have taken Lithuanian defender Marius Stankevicius on loan from Sampdoria and had sold Hugo Viana to Sporting Braga for an undisclosed fee. Stankevicius, 29, was on loan last season to ...
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Ronaldo out for 3 weeks with ankle injury
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo will be out three weeks after injuring his ankle in his team's Spanish league opener.
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Trapped Chilean miners ask for alcohol
Santiago de Chile/ Madrid- The 33 Chilean mineworkers who have been trapped 700 metres underground for more than three weeks have asked the authorities to send them alcohol, the Spanish daily El Pais reported Monday. Some of the miners could be ...
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Free e-book streaming and sharing with ad support
Just as ad-supported sites like Pandora and Spotify let music lovers listen to and share their favourite music for free, so Spanish 24symbols is gearing up to do something similar for electronic books.Based in Madrid, 24symbols is a platform that ...
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Veteran Trezeguet set to sign for for Hercules
Madrid- Veteran French striker David Trezeguet flew into Alicante on Monday to sign a two-year contract with Spanish Liga club Hercules. Trezeguet, 32, has just been released by Italian giants Juventus. ``I am very happy to be here in Alicante after ...
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Real blow as Ronaldo ruled out for three weeks
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will be sidelined for around three weeks due to an ankle injury picked up in his side's 0-0 draw with Real Mallorca on Sunday.
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Osasuna take right-back Nelson on loan from Betis
Madrid- Spanish Liga club Osasuna announced on Monday that they had taken Portuguese right-back Nelson Tomar on loan from second division Betis for one season. Nelson, 27, is a Portuguese international who wails from Cape Verde. He joined Betis in 2008 ...
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No love lost between Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez
Mourinho, the new Real Madrid coach, and Benitez, the new coach at Inter Milan, have taken over each other's former clubs and have been vocal about their dislike of each other. Mourinho, the new Real Madrid coach, and Benitez, the new coach at Inter ...
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Mourinho bemoans missed Real chances
Jose Mourinho admitted he was disappointed to begin his Real Madrid career with a 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca citing poor finishing as the reason for his team's failure.
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Moroccan police arrest 11 Spanish activists
MADRID (Reuters) - Moroccan police have arrested 11 Spanish activists in Western Sahara who were demonstrating for independence for the disputed territory, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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Mourinho, Real flop with draw
MADRID - JOSE Mourinho's Real Madrid career began on a low note with a disappointing 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca that did little to suggest his team can dethrone current champions Barcelona. Portuguese coach Mourinho and his proven track record have ...
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