As was to be expected, the IOC has finally thrown in the towel. It was natural that the body would cling on to any remote hope, but unfortunately reality has bitten.
ByAlfredo Relaño
La Séptima, their seventh title as European champions, was their exit from a long tunnel lasting 32 years, one that Madridistas had suffered through.
ByAlfredo Relaño
The Olympics are due to start on 24 July. Tokyo is out to ensure they go ahead, and the International Olympic Committee isn’t giving up on them.
ByAlfredo Relaño
This time we were obliged to follow the Club World Cup from a distance and maybe even with an added degree of indifference
ByAlfredo Relaño
Spain took a decent group of players to the Under-17 World Cup in Brazil, but, having witnessed them go out to France in the quarter-finals...
ByAlfredo Relaño
All of a sudden Barcelona appear to be readying for a clearance sale, exactly as Real Madrid are
ByAlfredo Relaño
Yesterday, I spent the day with a Barcelona-supporting chap who I've got a lot of time for. A fellow who knows what he likes, he's happy to see the Blaugrana winning games and trophies...
ByAlfredo Relaño
After making such a bad start, Valencia have certainly got their centenary season back on course: they're into the final of the Copa del Rey and the last four of the Europa League...
ByAlfredo Relaño
Barcelona's 3-1 win over Manchester United in the 2010/2011 Champions League final was one of the great nights for Pep Guardiola as a head coach.
ByDani Garrido
The big wheel of football today has Marcos Llorente sitting on top, just as it has Isco sitting at the bottom. The same could be said of Solari and Lopetegui.
ByAlfredo Relaño
On 24 August 2017, Barcelona signed the young French forward Osumane Dembélé from Borussia Dortmund for 105 million euros plus another 40 in add-ons.
BySanti Giménez
Spain will be happy, if not getting carried away, after earning a commendable draw with world champions Germany in Düsseldorf...
ByAlfredo Relaño
The ferocious cry of football from the north, foretold the goal of Quini.
ByAlfredo Relaño
Every now and again a change is news
ByAlfredo Relaño
Our resident referee Iturralde González analyses the controversial talking points from Celta Vigo's 2-2 draw with Real Madrid.
ByIturralde González
Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to the World Cup draw and hopes that amidst the problems that exist there, that the competition can do good for the country.
ByAlfredo Relaño
Moscú ya bulle con el Mundial. El sorteo es mañana, y ayer fueron cayendo ya todos los personajes que en el mundo del fútbol son.
ByAlfredo Relaño
Partidazo en Mestalla, digno homenaje al presidente desaparecido, Jaume Ortí, con el que el Valencia vivió tiempos felices que ahora quiere reverdecer.
ByAlfredo Relaño
With both Real Madrid and Atlético struggling form-wise, Valencia have emerged as the main candidates to challenge FC Barcelona
ByAlfredo Relaño
Italia se queda sin ir al Mundial
ByAlfredo Relaño
En Málaga esperan a España con una ilusión: Isco
ByAlfredo Relaño
There was a degree of concern over Real Madrid having to visit Girona at such an acute point in the Catalan crisis...
ByAlfredo Relaño
Iker Casillas has been dropped suddenly from the FC Porto line-up, with young José Sá his replacement. He is a victim of the club's adherence to FFP.
ByAlfredo Relaño
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