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I headed over to Madrid a couple weeks ago for an event with Konami as they announced their cover athlete for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012. The official event was held at Real Madrid's training facilities (which were amazing), while the city of Madrid played an amazing host for us while we were in town. I ended up landing in Madrid in the morning, and ...

via Guardian The Spain and Barcelona defender Carlos Puyol could be out of this summer's European Championship after his club announced he needs knee surgery. The 34-year-old experienced discomfort after Saturday's 4-0 defeat of Espanyol and he will now undergo arthroscopic surgery on Saturday, Barça said in a statement. "The estimated time he ...

via Guardian The Spain coach, Vicente del Bosque, says he has signed a contract extension. The 61-year-old Del Bosque told Onda Cero radio on Tuesday he had "renewed" his deal with the Spanish federation but did not divulge the length of the agreement. He has previously been offered a two-year contract, which would enable him to lead Spain's World ...

I'm out in Madrid for a couple of days (more on why soon), and I happened to land the same day that Real Madrid was playing in the Champions League against APOEL from Cyprus. It's not everyday that you find yourself in an amazing European city on a Champions League night. And although we didn't have tickets to the match, we figured why not head down by ...

Barcelona beat Granada 5-3 today but all the talk is about one thing. At 24 years old, Lionel Messi has now become Barcelona' sall time leading scorer by scoring his 232nd, 233rd and 234th goals for the club. Think about that for a minute and let that sink in. 234 goals for the club at the age of 24. It really is amazing to think of what Lionel Messi ...

via SkySports Chelsea's caretaker boss Roberto Di Matteo admits misfiring striker Fernando Torres has a 'psychological problem' he needs to overcome in order to start scoring again. The Spaniard has failed to make an impact at Stamford Bridge since arriving from Liverpool for £50million last January, scoring just five goals in 13 months. Di ...

via ea.com EA SPORTS™ today announced that, in partnership with the Leo Messi Foundation, a popular street football pitch in Barcelona will be brought back to life through a complete upgrade and refurbishment in 2012. The pitch, located in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona and in disrepair for several years, will be outfitted with a new ...

Barcelona Captain Carlos Puyol wasted no time in finding and throwing up a picture of Lionel Messi making an incredible save while messing around in goal following a Barca training session on his Twitter account @Carles5puyol with the tag line 'Tb de portero? Increíble..'