Real Madrid left Liverpool on the brink of Champions League elimination after fighting back from a two-goal deficit to win 5-2 in a classic game at Anfield. Reigning European champions Real Madrid had fallen 2-0 down inside 14 minutes after goals from Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah. But two Vinicius Junior goals hauled the…
Darwin Nunez will undergo tests on a shoulder injury that has made the Liverpool forward a doubt for Tuesday’s Champions League round of 16 first-leg clash against Real Madrid at Anfield. As reported on ESPN, Nunez, 23, scored his first Premier League goal since before the World Cup to set Liverpool on course for a…
The Real Madrid Foundation has organised its first basketball clinic in Singapore, in partnership with Spanish Sporting Ventures. The Singapore Basketball Centre played host to this technical improvement experience in basketball with values. Fifty boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 13 years old took part in the activity. The initiative was led…
The physical tests are starting to heat up at Valdebebas as Real Madrid’s fitness trainer Antonio Pintus has begun ramping up the team’s fitness levels as they prepare for their return to La Liga on December 30th when they face Real Valladolid. Today, Pintus had the players put on hypoxic masks for the first half…
Rumours broke out recently that Brazil have their eyes on Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti, for the national team job, with Tite stepping down following their quarter-final exit from the World Cup. Then reports came out in the Spanish media though that the Italian manager had no interest in leaving Santiago Bernabeu anytime soon. And…
The round of 16 in this season’s Champions League promises to deliver fireworks. And possibly some retribution. Monday’s draw produced several tantalizing matchups, including a rematch of last season’s final between Liverpool and reigning champions Real Madrid. The Spanish club claimed a 1-0 victory and record-extending 14th European Cup back in May. Not to be…
The Ballon d’Or is football’s biggest individual sporting achievement. The award is given to the best footballer of the year and since 2008, the top prize has been shared between arguably, the two best players in history: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. And while Croatian footballer Luka Modric took the prize home in 2018, the…
Karim Benzema crowned the best season of his career by winning the Ballon d’Or on Monday, becoming the first Frenchman to claim football’s top individual honor since Zinedine Zidane in 1998. With an astounding 44 goals in 46 appearances, Benzema helped Real Madrid win La Liga by 13 points and the Champions League for a…
Real Madrid hosted Barcelona on Sunday, October 16. The merengues defeated Barcelona 3-1, but there was a larger loser from the game. As reported by Marca, the Canadian rapper and R&B idol Drake lost more than $800K in a two-leg parlay that included the Blaugrana’s victory. In an image shared by Drake’s Instagram account, the…
Real Madrid’s Luka Modric will be out for eight to 10 days after returning from international duty with Croatia with a hip strain. The 37-year-old played every minute of both matches for his national team, with Los Blancos confirming the injury after some gym training. As a result Modric will miss matches against Osasuna (October…
