Newly crowned La Liga champions Real Madrid piled the misery on arch rivals Barcelona with an embarrassingly comfortable 4-1 victory at the Bernabeu. Barca were forced to form a guard of honour for Bernd Schuster’s men prior to kick-off, and they were a goal down inside a quarter of an hour thanks to a typically [...]

Real Madrid went six points clear at the top of La Liga with a convincing 3-1 defeat of Sevilla. Goals from Gabriel Heinze, Raul and Gonzalo Higuain signalled a return to form for Bernd Schuster’s side, who dispatched the visitors with an assured performance.
Madrid went ahead after eight minutes, when Heinze ghosted in to head [...]

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has moved to quash speculation about a rift between the club and an out-of-form Ronaldinho. “There is no divorce between Barcelona and Ronaldinho,” Laporta said.
“We hope Ronaldinho will be back as soon as possible, but at the moment he is suffering some pain and we have to respect that. While he [...]

Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga was cut to four points after they were beaten 3-2 at home by Valencia and second-placed Barcelona won 4-1 against Valladolid. In the game at the Bernabeu, Valencia took the lead through a composed finish from David Villa after half an hour, but Raul hit [...]

Valencia stunned Barcelona 3-2 at the Mestalla to reach the Copa del Rey final 4-3 on aggregate. Barca, who had scrambled an injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 in the first leg, were hit by a Ruben Baraja piledriver and a breakaway goal from Juan Mata before halftime in an intense encounter they dominated throughout.
Substitute Thierry [...]