The weekend preview
Spain – La Liga: Champions Barcelona are top of the table and host Atletico Madrid on Saturday night, while Real Madrid, who also have six points out of six, host newly-promoted Xerez on Sunday.
Valencia have started strongly with David Villa and David Silva (pictured) back in the goals again. They are at home to Sporting [...]
The weekend round-up
Spain-La Liga: Real Madrid tonked Espanyol 3-0 away at the host’s new stadium thanks to goals from Granero, Guti and Ronaldo as Manuel Pellegrini rested one or two key players but came up trumps in a win which maintain’s Real’s 100 per cent record.
Ironically it was Granero (pictured), a former Real youth team player who [...]
Hear the three lions squeak
England joined the likes of Holland, Brazil, Australia, South Korea and North Korea in qualifying for the World Cup early with a 5-1 victory over Croatia on Wednesday. Here, Chris Harby explains why for him the sound of the ‘Three Lions’ is often more of a squeak than a roar.
I don’t mean to be a [...]