Barcelona were worthy winners of the latest edition of el Clasico with a thumping 5-0 victory over Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid at Camp Nou. Xavi opened the scoring on 10 minutes after a defensive

In the build-up to El Clasico, strongGoal.com/strong has been running a 1-on-1 series, pitting every player from Barcelona and Real Madrid's probable starting XI against each other. These are some of

Australian international Sasa Ognenovski has been voted 2010 AFC Player of the Year at a ceremony in Kualu Lumpur on Wednesday. The Seongnam Ilhwa defender shrugged off the competition of Bader Al

h2UEFA chief Michel Platini believes Barcelona and Spain ace Xavi should win the Ballon D'Or because he won the World Cup./h2 UEFA president Michel Platini has revealed his winner for the Ballon D'or

Real Madrid offered Diego Forlan for USD25m by city rivals Atletico Madrid, Spanish media reports. Reports from Spain suggest that Atletico Madrid have offered striker Diego Forlan to city rivals Real

a href=http://www.goal.com/en/people/argentina/123/walter-adrian-samuelWalter Samuel/a's season is over and he is not expected to return for eight months, according to former a href=http://www.goal

h2Barcelona full-back Dani Alves attracting interest from Manchester City, who are ready to spend USD48m for his services./h2 a href=http://www.goal.com/en/teams/england/109/man-cityManchester City/a

a href=http://www.goal.com/en/teams/spain/22/spainSpain/a midfielder a href=http://www.goal.com/en/people/spain/1310/xaviXavi/a is seriously considering international retirement in order to prolong

a href=http://www.goal.com/en/teams/spain/125/barcelonaBarcelona/a midfielder Xavi believes that team-mate Lionel Messi is already superior to legendary Argentine Diego Maradona, and that players of

Andre Dias' first-half volley was enough to earn Lazio a 1-0 victory over a resilient Palermo side in Serie A on Sunday afternoon that sees them go four points clear at the top of the table. The away