Sebuah fakta lama tentang Cristiano Ronaldo terungkap. CR9 ternyata rela membayar 30 juta euro demi Real Madrid. Mantan Presiden Los Blancos Ramon Calderon membocorkan rahasia tersebut.

Cesc Fabregas dikabarkan mencapai kesepakatan dengan jawaran Spanyol, Barcelona. Namun, kesepakatan itu masih sebatas pembicaraan verbal.

Arsenal kembali bereaksi seputar kegencaran Barcelona mendekati aset berharganya, Francesc Fabregas. Klub asuhan Arsene Wenger dikabarkan telah melayangkan surat kepada raksasa Spanyol untuk menghentikan lobi terbuka mereka terhadap kapten 22 tahun.

Barcelona dan Real Madrid boleh saja bersaing sengit di kancah La Liga. Namun, hal itu tidak menghalangi arsitek Barca Pep Guardiola dan kapten El Real Raul Gonzalez untuk menjalin persahabatan erat.

Pelatih Chelsea Carlo Ancelotti siap mendukung penuh bek sekaligus kapten John Terry, seputar skandal kehidupan pribadinya yang berujung pencopotan ban kapten Timnas Inggris miliknya.

Arsene Wenger sedang ngambek dengan media Inggris. Pelatih Arsenal mengklaim, pers Inggris telah memperlakukannya tidak adil karena memutarbalikkan kata-katanya yang mengklaim Chelsea bermain licik kala menumbangkan anak-anak asuhnya 2-0, akhir pekan lalu.

Werder Bremen rupanya masih terlalu kuat bagi Hoffenheim. Klub asuhan Thomas Schaaf berhasil melaju ke babak semifinal DFB Pokal usai melibas Hoffenheim 2-0, Rabu (10/2/2010) dini hari WIB.

Bomber muda Real Madrid Karim Benzema terancam batal melakoni laga reuni dengan klub lamanya Olympique Lyon di ajang Liga Champions. Mengapa?

Roy Jones jnr and Bernard Hopkins traded barbs as they touted a rematch almost two decades in the making.

Andy Robinson has urged Scotland to get more of a grip on their game after recalling Australia-born fly-half Dan Parks for Saturday's Six Nations clash away to Wales.

French Second Division side Guingamp's reign as French Cup holders ended on Tuesday when they were beaten 1-0 by First Division strugglers Boulogne-sur-Mer in their last 16 match.

Marian Gaborik, slated to play for Slovakia at the Vancouver Olympics, limped off the ice at New York Rangers practice Tuesday after he was cut on the right knee by the skate of a teammate.

South Korean pin-up Kim Yu-Na and American Shaun White are the top earning athletes at the Winter Olympics, each pocketing eight million dollars last year, according to Forbes magazine.

Novak Djokovic began with a runaway win at the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday, crushing Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 4-1 in his opening match as the Ukrainian had to quit after 54 minutes with a knee injury.

The 33rd America's Cup features the biggest and fastest boats in the 159-year history of sailing's most prestigious trophy -- but fickle winds at the Spanish port picked by a US court to host the event threaten serious disruption.

Manchester City moved back on to Liverpool's shoulder in the race for a place in next season's Champions League with a 2-0 win over Bolton on Tuesday.

How much did the Great Recession whack pro sports? It depends on who you ask. Many teams have suffered downturns in revenue and valuation, but for the richest franchises, life is still good.

When consulting firm Accenture dropped Tiger Woods--and Tag Heuer, Gatorade, Gillette and doubtless others to come put him on ice--you could chalk it up to his tarnished reputation. But the unceasing focus on Woods is concealing a more substantial trend in the world of corporate sponsorship spending: Marketers are growing wary of, if not downright antagonistic toward, sports endorsements and sponsorships.

Though sports-themed TV and magazine ads seem to be dominated by the same old crowd--LeBron James, Peyton Manning, Derek Jeter and (despite recent hiccups) Tiger Woods--the truth is that marketers are always looking for fresh faces. Talent, likability and charisma never go out of style.

Sports are the ultimate form of entertainment, especially in Los Angeles. At Lakers games, it's hard to tell who the bigger fan attraction is--the superstars on the court like Kobe Bryant, or courtside celebrities like Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio. Sometimes the athletes and celebrities come together, like reality TV star Khloe Kardashian and her new husband, Lakers forward Lamar Odom. But starstruck or not, there is one fact that is not up for debate: Lakers fans are the best in the NBA.

Tiger's cat is out of the bag. Without saying exactly what he did, Tiger Woods revealed Wednesday that he "let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all my heart." Tabloids sketched the rest: a cocktail waitress, a party planner, an angry wife, a golf club, a car crash, the cops.

This past weekend, when La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid faced Racing Santander, the Galacticos were without their brightest star, Portuguese national Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sidelined with an ankle injury. The absence of the reigning FIFA player of the year turned out to be no matter: Real won on a beautiful volleyed goal in the 22nd minute by Golanzo Higua�n.