By Chris Wright

Real Madrid fans unfurled this almighty casino-themed tifo during their side's 4-1 win in the Madrid derby on Saturday which, call me cynical, may just have been laid on by the club's principle sponsors an online betting firm.

Anyway, corporate tie-ins aside, it was a sight to behold.

The never-ending football transfer stories 1. Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid The ultimate annoying transfer saga. There was years of winking back-and-forth between Ronaldo and Real, secretly registered Spanish trademarks and a lot of bad feeling between Old Trafford and the Bernabeu. The deal seemed to be done in the summer of 2008, but the [.

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Having studied the habits of Kickette staff over the last four years, our data has demonstrated that emotional stress causes increased ingestion of cookie dough and white wine. As we approach the business end of the season, a review of our orders to the bakery suggests that we're in for a record year, and we predict that unfulfilled threats to join a gym will spike in late May.

Perhaps the two classiest teams of the past 20 years are Barcelona of today and AC Milan of the early 90's.
What if they played today? Jonathan Wilson breaks down the hypothetical match-up.

Should Barcelona win the Champions League this year, though, it would have good claim to be the best side since Sacchi's.

"He's the (expletive) boss, the (expletive) master and I can't compete with him at any instant," Guardiola said at the Bernabeu. "Off the field he's already beaten me. I gift him this off-field Champions League prize, I hope he takes it home and enjoys it.

"I'd just remind him that that we worked together for four years.

The bench is not a place where Lassana Diarra feels he should be and made his feelings known to the office members of Real Madrid by stating that he wants to the Bernabeu.

At just 25-years old, Diarra is definitely an impressive player but after the arrival of German midfielder, Sami Khedira, Jose Moruinho has not picked Diarra as one of the starting XI.

By CALEB SONNELAND

One of the most enticing soccer rivalries in the world revs up Saturday as Lionel Messi and Barcelona travel to the Bernabeu to take on Real Madrid in a key league match-up that is also part of a unique stretch of match-ups between the arch-rivals.

By Chris Wright

In which Zinedine Zidane stretches his legs and rolls back the years during a run out for a Real Madrid XI versus Bayern Munich's All-Star side in the 'Corazon Classic' charity match at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening...

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It might be summer but that doesn't mean that the ill feelings between Barcelona and Real Madrid have gone away.

The war of words between the two clubs intensified today when Barca president Sandro Rosell accused Madrid of anti-sporting behaviour and slammed Real coach Jose Mourinho.

Not much to report the past couple of days. At least nothing really THAT interesting.

We're linked with Sergio Ramos because he and CRon apparently don't get along. There was obviously only going to be one winner from that battle. The real question is whether or not Madrid will let him go or tell the 2 players to suck it up and coexist.

As Barcelona head into this weekends game against Atletico Madrid looking for a record 16th successive Liga victory, the question has be asked: Can anyone stop Barcelona this season?

It ha been an amazing season so far at the Camp Nou as Barca seem to set records on a weekly basis.

So far this season in La Liga, Barcelona have picked up 52 points from a possible 57 after 19 games, which beats their own record from 2008-09.

By Chris Wright

Things Jose doesn't miss about Chelsea No.1: Seb Coe's massive Tory face

With reports continuing to circulate that current incumbent Carlo Ancelotti is one draw away from the sack at Stamford Bridge, former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has issued a timely reminder that he is still very much 'in love' with the club.

Today's Champions League draw threw up some surprises, and arguably left football fans salivating in equal measure.

Many had hoped to avoid the much-fancied Barcelona who are red-hot favourites to emerge as European champions once again, but after Gary Lineker suggested that each ball was of the same temperature, the draw itself presented some mouth-watering ties.

Barca resume league action following the international break with a trip to Villarreal on Saturday. At the moment they have the comfort of a five-point gap back to second-placed Real Madrid.

Villarreal are locked on 54 points with third-placed Valencia as the two battle to be the best of the rest.

Real Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano ripped into Jose Mourinho for his tactics in the 1-1 draw against Barcelona, saying the team played like a mouse against a lion of a Catalan side.

Di Stefano, Madrid's honorary president, wrote in his weekly column in sports newspaper Marca on Monday that the Portuguese coach's team showed no "personality" after a result Saturday that practically clinches Barcelona's third straight league trophy.

Jose Mourinho's paranoia has to be growing after Andres Iniesta escaped a UEFA ban after getting a 'deliberate' booking for time-wasting.

Iniesta has been cleared of picking up a deliberate yellow card against Shakhtar Donetsk and will not face any action from UEFA's disciplinary committee, which means he can now play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on April 27.

MADRID — Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo broke the La Liga goal-scoring record with his 39th and 40th league goals of the season as Real Madrid hammered relegated Almeria 8-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Ronaldo poked home from close range on four minutes for his record-breaking goal to overtake the previous best of 38 [.

By Chris Wright

In which Zinedine Zidane stretches his legs and rolls back the years during a run out for a Real Madrid XI versus Bayern Munich's All-Star side in the 'Corazon Classic' charity match at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening...

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After all, that's the question that is asked over and over again. Not just at Old Trafford, but at the Bernabeu, the Emirates, and a host of other places that aspire for European glory. New Signings Patrice Evra believes that our new signings are the key to finding success in Europe next season. As much [.

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, but rumours in Spain suggest a secret deal has been struck between City owner Sheikh Mansour and Real president Florentino Perez.

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 squad, followed closely by Barca's Xavi, leading some to speculate that the two sides' players were more interested in El Classico at the weekend than the international friendly in midweek.

Pipita Scored and Kaka had another good game. Great Signs ‘Assumptions are the mother of all Fuckups!' – I once heard my brother (who's an associate Regional Director of a Fortune 500 Company) scold one of his subordinates. Filipinos have a similar adage: ‘Maraming Namatay sa Maling Akala' (Many have died from the wrong assumptions), I was often told when I was young.

MADRID, Spain — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational hat-trick as Real Madrid twice came from behind to defeat Villarreal 4-2 on Sunday to maintain their perfect home record and close to within two points of leaders Barcelona. Portuguese star Ronaldo took his season's tally to 22 league goals with strikes in the eighth, 44th and [.

Liverpool is reportedly monitoring Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
According to 4-4-2, the Reds will make their move for the Frenchman if they fail to pull off a deal for Ajax captain Luis Suarez, whose protracted move to Merseyside continues to rumble on.
Benzema – who joined Real from Lyon for £30 million in 2009 – remains on the fringes at the Bernabeu and Liverpool are prepared to offer him a fresh start.

Real Madrid's signing of Emmanuel Adebayor has been as shocking as it is brilliant by Mourinho and co. at The Bernabeu. Since his arrival at the Spanish capital in the summer of 2010, the Portuguese tactician has gone about strengthening areas that needed development bringing in the likes of Angel Di Maria, Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil to name but three players that have arrived in the Spanish capital over the past six months.

Real Madrid's signing of Emmanuel Adebayor has been as shocking as it is brilliant by Mourinho and co. at The Bernabeu. Since his arrival at the Spanish capital in the summer of 2010, the Portuguese tactician has gone about strengthening areas that needed development bringing in the likes of Angel Di Maria, Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil to name but three players that have arrived in the Spanish capital over the past six months.

Real Madrid's shocking 1-0 loss at Osasuna on Sunday begs the question: Is the La Liga title race over?

The tables show that Real Madrid are now seven points behind Barcelona in second place. That is effectively eight points since Barca destroyed Madrid 5-0 in November. Unless Madrid can beat Barca by more than five goals, they will lose to Barca on head-to-head record should the two teams end up level on points at the end of the season.

Liverpool, Tottenham and Everton are battling to secure the signature of Real Madrid midfielder Fernando Gago.
The Argentine midfielder has failed to command a regular first-team place at the Bernabeu since Jose Mourinho took charge of the club.
Gago still has two years left on his contract, but he is expected to be sold during the summer with Real Madrid looking for at least £10m.

On loan Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will move to Real Madrid permanently this summer according to talkSPORT.
The deal hinges on whether or not Los Blancos can win a major trophy this season - either La Liga or the Champions League.
Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been impressed by Adebayor since he moved to the Bernabeu on loan in the recent January transfer window.

Try as I might, I cannot recall another weekend which sucked that much. In a season that promised so much, with a handful of games left to play, we are all but assured of another trophy less season. Compounding my misery was the fact that I lost a good friend who was also a faithful fellow gooner.

Video: Brawls at the Bernabeu Thank goodness the embarrassing spectacle of Real Madrid against Barcelona in the Champions League was played out in the semi-final of the tournament instead of the finale. The first leg of the semi-final was an example...
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The fifth and final Clasico of the season will determine which Spanish club advances to the UEFA Champions League final.

Barcelona scored a 2-0 away result at the Bernabeu in last week's tense and heated first leg to take a commanding lead heading into today's return leg at Camp Nou (2:45 p.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has been cleared of racial abuse by UEFA and will be able to play in the Champions League final against Manchester United.

Uefa has dismissed claims from Barca's Spanish rivals Real Madrid that Busquets racially insulted Brazilian full-back Marcelo in their semi-final.

Benfica defender Fabio Coentrao has revealed he wants to join Real Madrid - quashing reports in the Portuguese press today he has signed a deal with Liverpool.
Tabloid newspaper Correio da Manha had claimed the left-back had agreed a big-money deal with the Merseyside club, however the 23-year-old has expressed his desire to seal a switch to the Bernabeu.

29.05.2011 - Tratando de no perder la capacidad de asombro y de no torcer la mirada sudamericana sobre Europa, a propósito de la final que consagró a Barcelona campeón del continente, un fresco del momento catalán.
Más allá de un césped de villar, una organización perfecta, una celebración de brillo, un fútbol inmejorable, un estadio sin alambrados y un público sentado encontramos un país que, económicamente, vive días que nosotros, salvando distancias, ya vivimos.

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Liverpool and Aston Villa are going head to head in the battle to sign Real Madrid defensive midfielder Fernando Gago. Liverpool, according to the Spanish media are the slight favourites, however Aston Villa are still considered a very live option for the Argentine.
Gago, who has made 92 appearances for Real Madrid, has been told by manager Jose Mourinho that he can leave the Bernabeu and this has prompted the likes of manager-less Aston Villa and Kenny Dalglish, the Liverpool boss, to enquire further about the 25 year old, an interest that has apparently hardened up significantly over the last few days.

Liverpool and Aston Villa are going head to head in the battle to sign Real Madrid defensive midfielder Fernando Gago. Liverpool, according to the Spanish media are the slight favourites, however Aston Villa are still considered a very live option for the Argentine.
Gago, who has made 92 appearances for Real Madrid, has been told by manager Jose Mourinho that he can leave the Bernabeu and this has prompted the likes of manager-less Aston Villa and Kenny Dalglish, the Liverpool boss, to enquire further about the 25 year old, an interest that has apparently hardened up significantly over the last few days.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is keeping a close eye on the situation at Real Madrid with regards to the future of winger Angel Di Maria.
Di Maria enjoyed a successful debut season at the Bernabeu, however according to reports in Marca, he has infuriated Real Madrid bosses by going public about wanting a pay rise at the club.

So it's pretty much a known fact that Emmanuel Adebayor is a dead cert to leave Manchester City. Manager Roberto Mancini admitted that the sooner the Togolese striker leaves the club; the better is the opinion of the Italian. Adebayor already wants his move to Real Madrid, where he spent the latter half of last season on loan.