TORONTO, September 4, 2008 – Below is a list of soccer matches that will air live on GolTV from September 5-12, 2008. Among this week's highlights include: A pair of LIVE 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches featuring Spain, the defending 2008 Euro Cup Champions, as they take on Bosnia this Saturday, September 6, at 4:45 p. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes that there are a lot of similarities between the Gunners and the Spanish national side and has revealed he enjoys playing in both systems. Fabregas has played 32 times for his country and the 21-year-old believes that the style of football for both Spain and Arsenal is quite similar. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, we heard from Valencia president Vicente Soriano, who said he never considered Real Madrid's bid for Valencia star striker David Villa.

In light of Robinho's recent transfer from the sunny shores of Madrid to the rainy heartland of Manchester, crying, whining and causing a scene the entire way, I saw it fit to revisit the near transfer of our star David Villa one last time.

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Albert Riera today vowed to prove his worth at Anfield and insisted fans shouldn't judge him on his last spell in English football with Manchester City.

On the day Rafael Benitez unveiled his deadline day signing to the media at Melwood, Riera insisted his game has developed during the three years he has since spent in Spain - and now he can't wait to make an impact on Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool right back Alvaro Arbeloa is certain that his team mate Fernando Torres can move past his 33 goals, which he scored last season and make an even bigger mark in the Premier League.

Torres, who joined the Reds last season from Atletico Madrid for a fee of £20million and became the first Liverpool player to score 20 league goals in a single campaign since Robbie Fowler along with breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record for Manchester United, for most Premiership goals by a foreign player in their debut season. Click to continue reading...

Spain stays on top. The U.S. and Mexico climb a little.

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Here, an interesting interview with Valencia president and majority shareholder Vicente Soriano in today's Las Provincias.

It's an illuminating read and to that end, I've done the hard work and translated it for you, my dear readers.

Please understand I'm not 100% fluent in Spanish.

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It was in the Serie A that the tradition of putting a star above the team crest originated. A star was placed above a clubs crest to represent at least 10 league championships. Since then most great European club sides have adopted the tradition of decorating their jersey's with stars that represent past glory and give weight to a teams pedigree for all opponents to see. Click to continue reading...

Fifa rankings for August 2008 (previous position in brackets): 1. (1) Spain 2. (3) Italy 3. (2) Germany 4. (4) Netherlands 5. (5) Croatia 6. (6) Brazil 7. (7) Argentina 8. (8) Czech Republic 9. (9) Portugal 10. (13) Turkey 11. (12) France 12. (10) Russia 13. (11) Romania 14. (15) Cameroon 15. (14) England 16 (16) Scotland 16 (17) Bulgaria 18. Click to continue reading...

Albert Riera did not consider joining another club after discovering he was a target of Liverpool.

The former Espanyol winger moved to Anfield on Monday as Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez paid an undisclosed fee ahead of the transfer window deadline.

And having completed his move to Merseyside, Reira, who had a loan spell at Manchester City in 2006, is looking forward to the challenge. Click to continue reading...

A shock start to action in Spain where both Barcelona and Real Madrid lost on the opening weekend...


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For the first time in almost 70 years that Spain's two leading clubs both lost their opening games of the season.Way way back (many centuries ago) in the1939/1940 campaign Real Madrid lost 3-1 to Sevilla and Barcelona lost 1-0 to Espanyol. Since then, neither side have lost simultaneously in the first match of the season.

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Dimitar Berbatov is a United striker. Finally. After a long courtship, the Spurs striker has move to Manchester United. The move also includes Fraizer Campbell going to White Hart Lane on laon for this season. Newcastle have raided Spain again,... Click to continue reading...

Newcastle have completed the signing of Spain Under-21 striker Xisco, 22, on a five-year deal worth £4.8m from Deportivo. Necessary move before Owen heads to Tottenham so that Berbatov can head to United so that Campbell can go to Hull so that everyone go home and sleep? "Newcastle sign Xisco for £4. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have completed the signing of Spain under-21 striker Francisco "Xisco" Jimenez Tejada. The 22-year-old has penned a five-year deal at St.James' Park and joins from La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna.

Xisco, who will wear the No.19 shirt, joins former Depor team-mate Fabricio Coloccini on Tyneside after the Argentine became the most expensive defender in the club's history last month. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have signed Spain winger Albert Riera from Espanyol for an undisclosed fee.

The 26-year-old has signed a four-year contract at Anfield after choosing Rafael Benitez's side over a host of other clubs including neighbours Everton.

Riera, who has been given the number 11 shirt at Anfield, has previously played in the Premier League in the 2005-06 season when he was on loan at Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

According to the very latest news Spurs Chairman Daniel Levy has made it clear that he has NOT given United permission to speak to Dimitar Berbatov, yet earlier reports in the day claimed that Ferguson himself had collected the Bulgarian striker from Manchester Airport and drove him to the Reds Carrington training ground for talks. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is waiting to know the exact nature of Fernando Torres' hamstring injury, while acknowledging that to lose the star striker close on the heels of captain Steven Gerrard's groin surgery, is a problem.

The Spain international damaged his hamstring in the first half during Sunday's stalemate at Aston Villa, and on first reports it appears that the 24-year-old could be out for a minimum of two weeks although a scan will determine the extent of the problem. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has reiterated that he wants to keep Xabi Alonso at Anfield.

The midfielder has been linked with Juventus and Arsenal throughout the summer transfer window and it was thought he could leave to finance a move for Aston Villa's Gareth Barry.

However, with a deal for Barry having been ruled out last week, Benitez has confirmed he will not be allowing Alonso to leave in any deadline day deal. Click to continue reading...

As first games go, this is about as good as you can get.

Valencia crushed Real Mallorca 3-0 at the Mestalla on Saturday night in the opening match of the new season. If you compare this to last season's shenanigans, a 3-0 defeat to Villarreal, we're doing ok.

The Basque Kevin Costner Unai Emery (I hear Gol TV used that line in their game commentary?

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Stay updated on the latest transfers in the Premier League today on deadline day, which marks the end of the August transfer window (extended one day because the last day of August was a Sunday): Vedran Corluka (Croatia) joins Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester City, Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) joins Tottenham Hotspur from Spartak Moscow, Xisco (Spain) joins Newcastle United [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez was satisfied with the point his side secured away to Aston Villa, but believes his men need to improve their final ball if they are to challenge for a top-two finish.

In a drab affair at Villa Park, both teams lacked potency in the final third as Robbie Keane, Martin Laursen and John Carew spurned the only real clear-cut chanced of the game. Click to continue reading...

Spain's big two opened La Liga with away defeats. First Barcelona went to newly promoted Numancia and left with a 1-0 defeat. Mario Martinez put the underdogs ahead in the 13th minute and Barca never came back. Samuel Eto'o and Leo Messi hit the woodwork (side note: are we going to call it woodwork for [. Click to continue reading...

There is a Brazilian exodus from Spain. Click to continue reading...

Espanyol 1-0 Valladolid ESP:  Luis García (48′) Valencia 2-0 Mallorca VAL:  Villa (34′), Mata (38′) Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...