Daily sports news for 29 December 2016

BRASIL

All aboard the showboat! Neymar up to his old tricks again...

Neymar took to the Maracana Stadium pitch once again on Thursday as he partook in charity match 'The Game of the Stars' in Rio de Janeiro.

REAL MADRID

Jorge Mendes reveals €300m Chinese offer for Cristiano

BARCELONA 6-1 ATLETICO

Xavi Planas stars as Barça crush Atleti in LaLiga Promises final

CHELSEA

Conte eyeing Swans' Llorente to provide Costa backup

REAL MADRID

Five factors that could motivate Isco to move on

REAL MADRID

Bayern poised to hijack Real Madrid's move for Ghoulam

REAL MADRID

Vázquez layoff poses Zidane headache over Isco and James

REAL MADRID

How did Zidane welcome James back from the Christmas break?

REAL MADRID

What games will Vázquez and Kovacic miss?

MUBADALA ABU DHABI

Rafa Nadal thumps Berdych on return to action in Abu Dhabi

REAL MADRID

Vázquez and Kovacic ruled out of busy January schedule

WATERPOLO

Not sure you can do that...! Waterpolo star coins trick shot

BARCELONA

"Sing Dad!" Piqué teaches son Milan a few Barça songs

REAL MADRID

Isco and Cristiano's telepathic 6th sense on the training pitch

LEICESTER - WEST HAM

Drinkwater and Mahrez set for Leicester start vs Hammers

Tour of Qatar

Qatar cancels 2017 Tour due to lack of sponsor interest

REAL MADRID

Mayoral: "I've been studying Benzema since I was 15"

LIVERPOOL

Klopp brands Oxlade-Chamberlain reports 'nonsense'

Sunderland

Blow for Black Cats: Pickford ruled out for two months

LIVERPOOL - MAN CITY

City's Anfield struggles

LALIGA PROMISES

Barça score inside 10 seconds in the mini-Clásico

REAL MADRID

Are these the Real Madrid shirts for the 2017/18 season?

Hamburg

Former Barça promise Alen Halilovic offered to Leganés

SP | RANGERS-CELTIC

The Old Firm derby - sound, fury and sectarianism

ATLÉTICO MADRID

Filipe Luis gets the all-clear ahead of Al-Ittihad game

FOOTBALL ECONOMICS

Barcelona have the highest average LaLiga wage bill

PREMIER LEAGUE

Herrera's strange superstition tickles United team mates

REAL MADRID

Cristiano Ronaldo's 2016

REAL MADRID

Isco decides to shelve Real Madrid contract talks until June

LIVERPOOL-MANCHESTER CITY

How and where to watch Liverpool - Manchester City

LAS PALMAS

Big clubs' interest in Jesé could complicate Las Palmas move

DEPORTIVO

Deportivo keen on Deulofeu to replace Turkey-bound Babel

REAL MADRID

Real Madrid free-kick challenge: Team Spain v Team ROW

FRIENDLY | CATALUNYA 3-3 TUNISIA

Msakni hits the right spot as Tunisia see off Catalunya

TENNIS

Rafa Nadal: "I can still be competitive"

CYCLING

Bradley Wiggins retires at the age of 28

REAL MADRID

Xavi: "Madrid is a huge club; they never stop believing"

RELAÑO

Florentino and Real Madrid's women's team

Be wary of December 28 news in Spain As is the tradition every December 28 (Día de los Inocentes / Spain's version of April fools') we ran ...

CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE

Shanghai move makes Tévez world's best paid player

VIOLENCE IN FOOTBALL

Match called off after fists fly in Uruguayan free-for-all

CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE

Thursday, 29/12/2016