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Real Madrid Signs Argentine Ace, 7

Rob Quinn — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:02:05 CDT

Seven-year-old Argentinean soccer ace Leonel Coira has been snapped up by one of the sport's biggest clubs. The prodigy has been signed by Real Madrid and will start training with its youth team next month, AP reports. Team officials say they they made their move for the boy, whose father...

Real Madrid Player Drops Trophy ... Under Bus

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:46:42 CDT

Sergio Ramos was probably flying pretty high after his Real Madrid soccer team won the Copa del Rey ... until he dropped the trophy. Off a bus. Which then ran it over. Hours after beating archrival Barcelona, Sergia Ramos and his teammates were celebrating atop the team bus when his grip...

Billionaire Buys Real Madrid 2 Soccer Stars —for $223M

Jason Farago — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:08:16 CDT

Cristiano Ronaldo is now the highest-paid soccer star in the world, after the Portuguese winger was traded from Manchester United to Real Madrid for a record-breaking $131 million. It's Real's second eye-watering acquisition; on Monday, the club signed Brazilian forward Kaká from AC Milan for $92 million. As the Times...

England Courts Fabio Capello for Head Coach

Zach Samalin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:41:19 CST

The British Football Association may finally have found its head coach, as CEO Brian Barwick zeros in on Real Madrid's Fabio Capello. Pending likely approval from Capello's lawyers, Barwick will formally propose Capello to the FA board today. If appointed, Capello would coach England in the 2010 World Cup, with...

Is Sneijder Better than Beckham?

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:44:59 CDT

Wesley Sneijder, newly signed by Real Madrid, isn't the best soccer player since Beckham, says an excited sports blogger—he's better. The 5-foot-7 Dutch footballer has already proved himself "bloody brilliant," he writes, and well worth Madrid's €27 million transfer fee. He's "the best player Madrid has signed since Zinedine...

Beckham Says Hello to LA

Joseph Fasano — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:13:03 CDT

Soccer superstar David Beckham addressed his new audience yesterday, looked tanned, ready, rested, and not at all like a man with the fate of an entire league on his shoulders. He and his Spice Girl wife, Victoria, attracted 700 media reps and 3,000 fans to the Galaxy's home pitch,...

PoshBecks Bare Souls—& More

Peter Fearon — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:14:00 CDT

They're ripped, stripped and determined to become American idols. Brit soccer superstar David Beckham and his former Spice Girl wife Victoria land in the US on the cover of W Magazine wearing little more than come-on scowls . The delectable duo claim they "like to lock the doors and wander around...