Tag: Madrid

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho took a firm grip of the Spanish giants on Friday when he added the title of sporting director to...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in a devastating nine minute second-half spell on Wednesday to propel Spanish giants Real Madrid to a 3-0 victory...

Cristiano Ronaldo netted a deft second-half goal as Real Madrid dominated David Beckham's Los Angeles Galaxy Saturday in a 4-1 friendly victory. Jose Callejon and...

Madrid announced Wednesday it will fight to host the Summer Olympics in 2020, believing it had a "great probability" of winning its third bid...

Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar and Antonio Banderas were among 25 Spanish film stars honoured with a sidewalk plaque on Madrid’s new Walk of Fame,...

Novak Djokovic extended his victory streak to 34 matches when he stunned Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-4 to win the Madrid Masters on Sunday, handing...

Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka moved to within one victory of a third title from her last four WTA events when she ended the hopes...

Rafael Nadal overcame Roger Federer 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the Madrid Masters final on Saturday on an emotional day that had started with...

Novak Djokovic equalled Ivan Lendl's 1986 record of a 29-0 winning start to a season on Thursday when he reached the Madrid Masters quarter-finals. The...

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki began her campaign at the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Japan’s Ayumi Morita 6-2,...

Francesca Schiavone won her first clay court match of the season here Sunday, the French Open holder defeating China's Peng Shuai 7-5, 7-6 (7/2)...

BERLIN - Real Madrid target Nuri Sahin could be set to quit Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, the German league leaders admitted on Sunday. The 22-year-old Turkey midfielder is under contract until 2013, but Dortmund's bosses say they may lose him once the season ends on May 14.
"We're not crazy, we are aware that with the type of football we play, our players attract attention," said coach Jurgen Klopp after his side's 3-0 win over Freiburg on Sunday. "But we are in a

MADRID - Barcelona took a giant stride towards a third straight La Liga title when they drew 1-1 at 10-man Real Madrid on Saturday to preserve their eight-point lead over their arch rivals at the top with six games left.
In a tense encounter at a packed Bernabeu, the first of four clashes between the teams in three competitions in 18 days, Lionel Messi put Barca ahead from the spot in the 53rd minute after Raul Albiol was sent off for a foul on David Villa.
The champions

MADRID - Real Madrid responded in style to Barcelona's record breaking, 16th consecutive league victory with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the way in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday. Ronaldo was charged up for the game after being criticised for not scoring in four matches and having seen Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick in Barcelona's 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
That victory saw Pep Guardiola's side surpass the run of 15 victories set by Alfredo Di Stefano's Real

MADRID - Real Madrid, one of the world's richest football clubs, have announced they have reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia's Prince Salman Foundation to build a sports academy in the Middle Eastern country.
The deal will officially be signed in Madrid on Monday, the Spanish club said in a statement published on their website late on Friday. "The Real Madrid Foundation and the Prince Salman Foundation will join forces on Monday 7 February in order to build a new

MADRID - 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 78th minutes after third-place Villarreal had threatened an upset after twice going in front in a pulsating first half at the Santiago Bernabeu. Barcelona's

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 18th and 19th league goals of the season as Real Madrid started 2011 with a tense 3-2 win at derby rivals Getafe on Monday to close to within two points of champions Barcelona at the league summit. Portuguese star Ronaldo smashed home an 11th-minute penalty to open the scoring before Angel di Maria set up German international Mesut Ozil for a second on 19 minutes.
Ronaldo grabbed his second on 57 minutes after Getafe had got a foothold in