FC BARCELONA DENIES "VERBAL AGREEMENT" WITH CESC FABREGAS

FC BARCELONA has put this announcement on its Club website:"Given the exceptional repercussions created by the stories that have appeared in different media with respect to an agreement with Arsenal FC player Cesc Fàbregas, FCB flatly denies that there have been any negotiations or agreements with the player.In accordance with FIFA regulations, FC Barcelona’s contract policy has always made it a

FC BARCELONA: XAVI HERNANDEZ NAMED "BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD 2009" BY IFFHS

Yesterday the IFFHS (the statistical & historical records arm of FIFA)named REAL MADRID goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS as the “BestGoalkeeper in the World” for 2009. Earlier that same organizationnamed FC BARCELONA the “Best Club”, FC BARCELONA CoachGuardiola “Best Coach” & SPANISH National Team Coach VicenteDel Bosque “Best National Coach”.According to Spanish sports media today, FC BARCELONA

IKER CASILLAS: BEST GOALKEEPER IN THE WORLD 2009

Local sports daily “AS” advances that next Monday at the FIFA ceremonyat Zurich, REAL MADRID goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS will be named“Best Goalkeeper in the World” by the Football Players Union –the “FIFPro”.Iker Casillas competes with other notable goalies like Víctor Valdés(Barcelona), Van der Sar (Manchester United), Julio César (Inter),Reina (Liverpool) & Neuer (Schalke).However, the Spanish

WORLD FOOTBALL: THE GAME FIXING CANCER

Is this the "new" mass threat to World Football (Soccer)?Dodgy referee decisions, intencional red cards to leave your team with less men, own goals, off-sides not called, goalkeeping mistakes...theoptions are long as "betting" money has entered as a possible factor ingame results. In Germany they are investigating up to 200 games; local,Europa League & Champions League.Game fixing is not

FIFA/FIFPro "BEST WORLD XI" 2009: 11 SPANISH CANDIDATES

FIFA & FIFPro (the players Union) have combined to announce thisyear the "FIFA/FIFPro WORLD XI Team" which will be announced the21st of December in a Gala at Zurich (Switzerland).For the moment the organizations have handed in their 55 candidatesof which 11 are Spanish players:Casillas, Reina, Sergio Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Iniesta, Xavi, Xabi Alonso,Cesc, Torres & Villa.The “World XI” will be voted

WORLD CUP 2009: FRANCE vs IRELAND HANDBALL VIDEO - NOW WHAT?

The FRANCE vs. IRELAND game has transcended all frontiers.This is the French goal from Gallas that eliminated a brave Irelandside from the 2010 World Cup:(LOWER THE VOLUMEN!, incident replay 1.15min)Two points:1. There was off-side2. Thierry Henry handled the ball twice.According to the player:“Yes it was handball, evidently I would have wishedit to be differently, but I am not the referee”It is

FC BARCELONA: WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 DRAW

The draw for this years “World Club Champions” has been celebratedin the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), the capital of thehost country,with FC BARCELONA knowing who they will meet in thesemi-finales.(courtesy of Sport.es)The “World Club Championship” gathers the Club Champion of eachof the FIFA Confederations plus the host country Champion, forexample FC Barcelona represents UEFA as

REAL MADRID: PORTUGAL CALLS UP THE INJURED CRISTIANO RONALDO

The battle lines have been drawn. Portuguese National Selector &Coach Carlos Queiroz has included the injured REAL MADRID playerCRISTIANO RONALDO in the list of 23 players for the upcoming 2010World Cup elimination games against Bosnia. The Portuguese Coachhas not taken into account Real Madrid & the medical opinion ofDr.Van Dijk (World Nº1 ankle specialist) who recommends total restfor 15 days &

U/20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: NIGERIA 0 - SPAIN 2

SPAIN defeated NIGERIA 2-0 this afternoon in their Group Bqualifying game of the U/20 FIFA World Championship beingheld in Egypt. The victory guarantees that Spain will be in thenext phase & quarter finals, although they still have to playVenezuela.FRAN MERIDA scored the two goals for Spain, the first in the 14th min& then he transformed a penalty in the 83rd min in “Panenka” style.Special

U/20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: SPAIN 8 - TAHITI 0

Great start by the SPANISH U/20 National Team defeating TAHITI8-0 in its Group B match of the U/20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSbeing held in Egypt.Spain dominated from start to finish against an expected weaker teamwith goals from AARON ( 10th & 15th m), N´SUE (17th & 32nd min),FRAN MERIDA ( 74th min),KIKE ( 79th & 85th min) & HERRERA(89th min). (photo: as.com)With this victory SPAIN begins the

BAYERN THREATEN TO TAKE REAL MADRID TO FIFA: RIBERY IS FURTHER AWAY THAN CLOSER!

BAYERN MUNICH is getting tough, real tough with REAL MADRID &FRANCK RIBERY after their President Karl-Heinz Rummeniggewent publicly on the Sunday German paper “Bild am Sonntag”threatening to take the Spanish Club to FIFA.According to Rummenigge, Bayern Munich hasn’t given permissionto Real Madrid to talk to Franck Ribery or his agent on any transfermatters. They demand that Real Madrid

RAFAEL BENITEZ, XABI ALONSO, MASCHERANO, RIBERY, VILLA, REAL MADRID, LIVERPOOL FC, FC BARCELONA, BAYERN MUNICH...& THE "ARTICLE 17" OPTION

Not every piece of news comes out of Spain only, SFS surfs the netto read English, Italian media & when possible understand German& French media. Here is an interview from “YouTube” withLIVERPOOL FC Coach RAFAEL BENITEZ with his latest views onXABI ALONSO & JAVIER MASCHERANO both on the agendas ofReal Madrid & FC Barcelona respectively. In colloquial terms; here´swhat comes straight out of the

THE FUTURE FOR SAMUEL ETO´O IS AT AC MILAN?

The gossip & the speculations were let loose this weekend when it wasrevealed that FC BARCELONA forward SAMUEL ETO ´O had madesome interesting comments to French media – “Sportweek” - concerninghis future. When asked, will he stay at Barcelona, the player answeredthat he has already decided his future but could not say anything for themoment. This & the fact that he is holding ( its also been