Raúl González Blanco

Raúl: The Spanish football legend

 January 1, 2014   Kirti Daga

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Regarded as the Champion’s League all time leading goal scorer, Raúl González Blanco; popularly known as Raúl, spent sixteen long years of his career playing for Real Madrid; his home team. Fifa’s 100 list 2004 stated him as one of the greatest living footballers on earth. As the captain of Real Madrid for seven long […]

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Raúl González Blanco Leading Goal-Scorers in the UEFA Champions’ League

All-time Leading Goal-Scorers in the UEFA Champions’ League

 December 19, 2013   Paranjoy Goswami

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With 9 goals so far in this current UEFA Champions’ League campaign, Real Madrid’s flamboyant no. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo set a new tournament-record for the scoring the most goals in the group-stages. His Barcelona rival Lionel Messi only made just three appearances this season yet has 6 goals to his name. Over the past five […]

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Real Madrid-Bale

Bale Hat-Trick Livens up Proceedings at Bernabeu on Saturday

 December 2, 2013   R K Gupta

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The 85000 capacity Bernabeu stadium in Madrid came alive on November 30 as fans forgot their favorite footballer and Real Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for 90 minutes. The occasion was Real’s home game against Valladolid on Saturday night and what a game it turned out to be for the locals. On display that day was Real’s […]

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Cristiano Ronaldo during World Cup Play-off match

UEFA World Cup Play-off drama may affect moral at club level

 November 21, 2013   John Welsh

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Following a dramatic night of World Cup play-off action in Europe, four teams emerged to join the nine group winners as UEFA representatives in the 2014 summer tournament to be staged in Brazil. The victories of Greece and Croatia were perhaps fairly predictable but for the other two ties, the impact may not just affect […]

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Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale Turning Into a Charmer

 November 6, 2013   R K Gupta

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Ever since Gareth Bale joined Real Madrid, not an instance has elapsed that the Spanish press stopped watching him with a microscope. The focus would not have so intense if Real had drafted Kaka or say Wayne Rooney, instead. The scribes are keeping track of Bale’s every small nuance with the hope of proving somehow […]

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Gareth Bale

Journey of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid

 September 25, 2013   R K Gupta

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Six years ago, in 2007, Tottenham Hotspur struck a 10 million euro transfer deal with Southampton to get a little known 18-year old footballer going by the name Gareth Frank Bale. No one took any notice. The year 2007 belonged to the superstars like the Brazilian Kaka, Argentinian Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. Other […]

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Ronaldo-Bale Real Madrid

Real Madrid already cashing in on Gareth Bale

 September 17, 2013   Maria Mitsova

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Yup, it’s the talk of the summer, and everyone’s business – Gareth Bale`s move to Real Madrid, with a record-breaking deal. And after the deal is sealed, and the transfer rumors are over, it’s finally time to play. There, on the sidelines, before Gareth Bale entered the field on Sunday, the big question weighed on […]

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