Defending champions Barcelona play "a thousand times better" than Real Madrid, former Holland and Barcelona star Johan Cruyff said Thursday ahead of the sides much-anticipated weekend clash. read more
English Premier League strugglers Portsmouth on Thursday named former Chelsea and Israel boss Avram Grant as their new manager. read more
Italian want-away striker Luca Toni can leave German giants Bayern Munich in the January transfer window, coach Louis van Gaal said Thursday, but club bosses are hoping the pair can be reconciled. read more
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti hit out at his team following Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League defeat in Barcelona. read more
Celtic-bound Ki Sung-Yong has told fans of the Glasgow giants that he wants to be the new Steven Gerrard, not the new Shunsuke Nakamura. read more
German police have questioned two players from the Fortuna Duesseldorf soccer club Thursday in connection with the widening match-fixing scandal in Europe. read more
Serbia captain Nemanja Vidic has dismissed speculation that he wants to leave Manchester United by claiming that he would like to help the transition to a new generation of players at Old Trafford. read more
Star strikers Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed Barcelona's training session on Thursday and are in doubt for the club's weekend clash at home against arch-rivals Real Madrid. read more
Grant named manager of struggling Portsmouth read more
By Mitch Phillips read more