DAVID VILLA, ARBELOA, XABI ALONSO & DAVID SILVA SALESMAN FOR A DAY

Imagine walking into your favourite Sports store & having David Villa try to sell you the new Spanish Team shirt? Imagine Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso or David Silva working as a store salesperson trying to earn a commission with the typical "salesman" pitch?Great marketing gimmick to profile the new Spanish Team kit & at the same time give the multinational sports company some free media space around

SPANISH FOOTBALL: IKER CASILLAS ON RECORD BREAKING COURSE OF INTERNATIONAL GAMES

Ever wondered who (which player) has the most International Caps with the Spanish National Team? The answer is Andoni Zubizarreta, who was also goalkeeper of FC Barcelona.The news is that another goalkeeper is on course (respecting injuries) to break records & almost certainly surpass the Zubizarreta milestone. Real Madrid player, current Spanish National goalkeeper & Captain IKER CASILLAS will

ATLETICO DE MADRID: THE RESURRECTION OF JOSÉ ANTONIO REYES

If Jesus spent 40 days in the desert, ATLETICO DE MADRID player JOSE ANTONIO REYES entered & got lost in the wilderness for years since he left English Premier League Club Arsenal FC in 2006. In fact, most had given the player as “professionally dead” until now with his Football resurrection reminiscent of Lazarus & the role of Jesus in this modern Football case being played by current Atletico

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM: LIST OF 23 PLAYERS GIVEN FOR UPCOMING FRANCE FRIENDLY

Spanish National Football Coach & Selector, Vicente Del Bosque, hasannounced his list of 23 called up players to represent SPAIN in theupcoming Friendly International match against France at Paris nextWednesday.Each list calls the attention of the media as the South African WorldCup Finals are just months away, & lists of this nature may give hintsto what the National Team Selector has in mind

REAL MADRID: CLUB LEYEND LUIS MOLOWNY DIES AT 84 YEARS OF AGE

Luis Molowny Arbelo, born on the Canary Island of Tenerife in 1925& legendary player & Coach of REAL MADRID, has died at the age of84. Real Madrid & Spanish Football farewells one of the great playersthat served as an example of class & professionalism who dedicatedhimself to the Sport & the Club that become part of his entiresporting life: Real Madrid CF.(photo: Luis Molowny)Molowny played a

REAL MADRID: IKER CASILLAS 500TH OFFICIAL GAME THIS SATURDAY

Considered currently as the "Best Goalkeeper in the World", REAL MADRID & Spanish National Team Captain IKER CASILLAS willnotch up this Saturday his 500th official game defending his teamsgoal posts against Xerez.Congratulations Iker, many you keep playing many more. Here is aVIDEO of Casillas in action with some awesome saves:

PABLO SARABIA: ARSENAL ATTEMPTS TO "GRAB" ANOTHER SPANISH PEARL

Spanish Football has another young pearl that is catching theattention of many scouts & International professionals. The nameof the young player is PABLO SARABIA & he plays for Castilla,the junior team of REAL MADRID. English Premier League ClubARSENAL via their Manager ARSENE WENGER has had his eyeon the youngster for some years & now wishes to incorporateto his team for 2011. The French Manager

L´EQUIPE "IDEAL 11 TEAM" 2009: 5 FC BARCELONA PLAYERS

French Football paper “L´Equipe” published today its “IDEAL 11TEAM” for 2009. The Spanish Club FC BARCELONA has 5 members:XAVI, INIESTA, TOURE, DANI ALVES & LIONEL MESSI, included withthe other representative of another Spanish Club being IKERCASILLAS from REAL MADRIDThe rest of the members the make up the team are:John Terry (Chelsea FC)Nemanda Vidic (Man Utd.)Patrick Evra (Man Utd.)Michael

FC BARCELONA: PEDRO MAKES FOOTBALL HISTORY

PERDO RODRIGUEZ LEDESMA, aka Pedro, 22 years of age & FCBARCELONA forward made Football History yesterday at Abu Dhabiscoring his teams third goal against Mexican side AtlantePedro is the only player in Football History to have scored in the 6competitions that his Club participates in one single year, i.e.European SuperCup, Spanish SuperCup, Liga, Spanish Cup, theChampions League & yesterdays

FRANCE FOOTBALL - TOP 10 CANDIDATE LIST - GOLDEN BALL 2009

France Football has released its list of 10 players who are the finalcandidates for their “Golden Ball Award 2009”. The prize will bemade official next Tuesday with FC BARCELONA player LIONEL MESSIfavourite. The rumour has it that Cristiano Ronaldo will be second &Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona) will be third. The other Spanish playeron the list is Barça midfielder Andres Iniesta.Here is the list:

FRANCE FOOTBALL GOLDEN BALL 2009: 6 SPANISH PLAYERS & "LA LIGA" DOMINANTE

The list of 30 candidates for the 2009 France Football Golden BallAward has been made public with 6 Spanish players on the list. TheLeague that has most players is “La Liga” which has 12 players onthe candidate list below:(photo:as.com) Andreï Arshavin (Arsenal) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Diego (Juventus) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Edin

FC BARCELONA: GERARD PIQUE THE NEXT BEST DEFENDER IN THE WORLD

GERARD PIQUE was born 2nd of February 1987 in the city of Barcelona.This 22 year old FC BARCELONA defender is already,along with ACMilan Clarence Seedorf, the few who have won UEFA ChampionsLeague titles back to back in different Clubs. However, theachievements do not stop here, with such a young age the defenderhas earned a permanent & important place in the Spanish NationalTeam. Everything

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

ANDRES INIESTA TELLS US HIS DRIBBLING SECRETS

FC BARCELONA & Spanish International midfielder ANDRES INIESTAgives us a “Masterclass” on how he does his famous dribble. This isfor our young readers from around the global:To the sponsor that appears...please send me your cheque asap :)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2009: AUSTRIA 1 - SPAIN 5

SPAIN ended its last International Football game for 2009 with aconvincing 1-5 victory over AUSTRIA in Vienna tonight. The Austriansstarted with aggression & surprised a "cold" Spain in the 6th min when JANTSCHER scored for the home team.This awoken the "red beast" as Spain turned on the machine with Xavi,Iniesta, Silva, Villa & CESC FABREGAS taking over the ball & equalizingvia the later in the

SPANISH FOOTBALL: CONGRATULATIONS IKER CASILLAS - 100 INTERNATIONAL CAPS

The Real Madrid & Spanish International Goalkeeper IKER CASILLASreaches a milestone tomorrow when he lines-up to play the FriendlyInternational against Argentina: his 100th International Cap.(Iker Casillas debut year 2000)The 28 year old Spanish National Team Captain will only have aheadof him Real Madrid team-mate Raúl (102 Caps) & ex-GoalkeeperAndoni Zubizarreta (126 Caps), both of which with

FOOTBALL: SPAIN PRESENTS ITS NEW UNIFORM FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP

The Spanish National Football Team presented to media the new shirtsthat will make their debut on Saturday in the Intertional Friendly againstArgentina to celebrate The Spanish Football Federations 100thanniversary.These same new look uniforms will be the same that will be used bySpain in the upcoming FIFA World Cup Championships of South Africanext year.There are "retro" elements incorporated in

12 SPANISH PLAYERS CANDIDATES FOR "ONZE" TOP 11 TEAM 2009 (FULL LIST)

The French Football Magazine “Onze” has made public the 57candidates in which the public can vote to make up the “ideal”11 Team for 2009, Best Player for 2009 & Best Coach 2009.The notable news is that six REAL MADRID & up to 10FC BARCELONA players are included in the list, includingGuardiola as “Best Coach”. The number of Spanish born playersamount to an impressive 12 players.Voting is open till

SFS FLASHBACKS: YUGOSLAVIA 0 - SPAIN 1. JUANITO & HIS FAREWELL GIFT

It was the 30th of November the year 1977 in Belgrade, Capital of the thenYugoslavia. The Spanish national team was playing the Yugoslavian nationalside for their Group ticket to the 1978 Argentina World Cup finals. Thegame was a violent affair with outrageous tackles, as the Yugoslavs used allthe dirty tactics in their “hidden” box to stop Spain. Real Madrid defenderPirri was brutally tackled &

GERMAN "SPORT BILD" VOTES MESSI BEST FORWARD IN EUROPE. SEE THE TOP 10 LIST

(photo courtesy of Sport Bild)German magazine “Sport Bild” has published its Top 50 list of "BestForwards in European Football". Spain grabs all the attention as out ofthe Top 10, 7 play in Spanish Football (3 are Spanish born). ArgentineInternational & FC BARCELONA star LEONEL MESSI tops the list asNº1 , with ex- German Football player, ex-National Team Selector & nowGeneral Manager of Bayern