Levante defying all the odds
"Our aim remains to avoid relegation," said Juan Ignacio Martinez after his Levante side had given near neighbor and Champions League team Villarreal …
Everything is clicking for Real Madrid
Before Tuesday's Champions League match against Olympique Lyonnais, Jose Mourinho stated that taking four points off the team that eliminated Real Mad…
The Nadal family feud with Mallorca
The world's second-best tennis player, Rafael Nadal, is not noted for outspoken comments. So it was with some surprise when fans of Mallorca, which …
The reinvention of Valencia
Unai Emery has not had an easy task since he joined Valencia in 2008, but along with Pep Guardiola, who ascended the Camp Nou throne from the club's…
Malaga poised to make splash in La Liga
"We want to build a team that will be capable of battling with the best in the league." These words, posted on Malaga CF's official website by owner S…
Real has edge over Barca right now
What did we learn among the big Spanish sides from the first group-stage games in the Champions League? Here's some thoughts? Barca's defense under …
Spain trying to put rift behind it
A year ago, just about any coach in the sport would happily have swapped places with Vicente del Bosque. The mustachioed mastermind had brought all hi…
Are Real and Barca killing Spanish football?
Anybody expecting anything other than a two-horse race in La Liga this season would have been swiftly deflated after the first round of fixtures. Re…
Player strike delays La Liga season
On what was scheduled to be the first weekend of the 2011-12 season, stadiums stand empty across Spain as a dispute between the Association of Profess…
Supercopa thoughts on Real, Barca
The first leg of the Spanish Supercup on Sunday largely expunged the residual dirt, on and off the field, which marred what should have been a feast o…
