Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has re-iterated his desire to keep Nemanja Vidic at the club

Rumors about Vidic wanting to move to Barcelona/ Real Madrid or AC Milan have been popping up in the newspapers

The United boss said: “Of course we want him to stay. He is a great player; one of the world’s [...]

France’s Thierry Henry will not be punished for his hand-ball against Republic of Ireland in a world-cup play off match

The French international handled the ball twice in a build up of a goal scored by Gallas

Hand-ball by the Barcelona striker proved costly for Ireland as they did not qualify to play in the world cup

The [...]

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been named European Footballer of the Year to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award.

French magazine France Football said that Messi beat last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second place by a massive margin – 473 points to 233.

Messi, 22, won the treble of Champions League, the Spanish championship [...]

Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid

Barcelona beat Real Madrid to leapfrog their arch rivals and move to the top of La Liga.

Substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic got Barca’s winner after volleying in a delightful Daniel Alves cross.

Sergio Busquets was sent-off after 62 minutes for a second yellow card but Barca survived to secure victory.

Cristiano Ronaldo had earlier missed a [...]

Debreceni VSC 0-1 Liverpool FC
ACF Fiorentina 1-0 Olympique Lyonnais
FC Rubin Kazan 0-0 FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Barcelona 2-0 FC Internazionale Milano
Rangers FC 0-2 VfB Stuttgart
FC Unirea Urziceni 1-0 Sevilla FC
AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Olympiacos FC
Arsenal FC 2-0 R. Standard de Liège

Group-E

Fiorentina [...]

Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure and defender Eric Abidal have contracted swine flu.

Both players have been isolated and will miss the Primera Liga clash with Athletic Bilbao on Saturday night.

The news will come as a huge blow for the Spanish champions who have an important week of fixtures ahead.

Pep Guardiola’s side face Inter Milan in the [...]

Manchester City have been told by Benfica that star forward Angel Di Maria will cost them £36m after they made him their top target to replace Brazilian Robinho, who has been linked with Barcelona.

Di Maria has emerged as an integral part of a free-scoring Benfica side who have set their sights on a Portuguese [...]

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has indicated he would like to spend the rest of his career at Old Trafford.

Barcelona are reportedly interested in Rooney but the 24-year-old England forward does not envisage leaving the club he joined from Everton in 2004.

“It is nice to be noticed but I am really happy at United,” he [...]

Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, who committed suicide on Tuesday, had been battling depression and was first treated for the illness in 2003.

His widow Teresa said he feared their adopted daughter Leila would be removed if his illness became public knowledge.

He had also struggled to overcome the death of their biological daughter Lara, who died at [...]

BARCELONA want to make Wayne Rooney the world’s most expensive footballer.

According to News of the World:

The Spanish and European champions are lining up an incredible £85million summer swoop for the Manchester United striker.

The Nou Camp club have identified the 24-year-old as the star of the next World Cup and have already put plans in [...]