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MICHAEL OWEN will make his Premiership return with struggling Newcastle after the club pulled off their biggest transfer coup since landing Alan Shearer.

RONALDO may be delighted to see young Brazil international Robinho arrive at Real Madrid, but the signing of the 21-year-old striker is not such good news for Michael Owen.

SOME good news for Chelsea. Bayern Munich’s two top strikers, Claudio Pizarro and Roy Makaay, were injured in their 3-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday.

REAL MADRID slumped to a 2-1 defeat at lowly Getafe as the 29-times Spanish champions fell 11 points behind league leaders and bitter rivals Barcelona in the race for the title.

A GLANCING header from Ivan Helguera gave a dominant Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League knock-out tie at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.

REAL MADRID are anxious to avoid the mistake they made in their previous Champions League meeting with Juventus when the two heavyweights go head-to-head again tonight.

Real Madrid may have enjoyed six straight wins following the appointment of Wanderley Luxemburgo but defender Ivan Helguera insists there is still much work to do.

IN-FORM Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has urged his team to win for the fans tonight as they prepare for the showdown with Real Madrid.

Real Madrid defender Ivan Helguera has added some spice to England’s clash with Spain on Wednesday by questioning Wayne Rooney’s big-match temperament.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s ultimatum to midfielder Patrick Vieira to decide by this weekend if he wants to move to Real Madrid has been taken in the Spanish press as an admission of defeat and that the Frenchman’s arrival in Spain is imminent.

Nuno Gomes scored the all-important goal to send Portugal into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 and set up a possible date with England.

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It took Spain more sweat and toil than they had anticipated but, in a game that saw a red card for Roman Sharanov and a glut of bookings, Inaki Saez’s side got off to the start to the Euro 2004 finals they had dreamed off.

Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes has been left out of Spain’s Euro 2004 squad announced today by coach Inaki Saez in Madrid.

REAL MADRID president Florentino Perez is an expert businessman, but he still has a lot to learn about football.

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REAL MADRID claimed a place in the Champions League quarter-finals after a first-half strike from Zinedine Zidane gave them a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in a fiery encounter at the Bernabeu last night.

BARCELONA continued their slide into mid-table obscurity after slumping to a 3-0 defeat away to a lively Racing Santander in the Primera Liga last night.

Real Madrid midfielder Ivan Helguera has heaped praise on the attacking abilities of David Beckham, but claims the England captain is not a patch on Claude Makelele when it comes to defending.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has played down rumours that Sylvain Wiltord could join Paris St Germain during the winter transfer window, revealing he has offered the France international a contract extension.

A stunning 25-yard effort from David Beckham put Real Madrid on their way to a 2-1 win over Albacete at the Bernabeu.

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REAL MADRID overcame the loss of an early goal to beat Porto 3-1 and maintain their winning start in Group F.

REAL MADRID clinched their 29th league title last night as two goals from Ronaldo and a thunderous Roberto Carlos free-kick earned them a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

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Ivan Helguera has scored an own goal to give United slight hope in tonight's Champions League quarter-final.

Holland coach Dick Advocaat watched his side fight back from a goal down to beat Moldova in Tiraspol but was less than pleased.

REAL Madrid may have been less than impressive in the Champions League, yet they are still strong favourites going into tonight’s clash with Borussia Dortmund, according to midfielder Santiago Solari.

The Spanish FA have decided to lodge an official protest against referee Gamal Ghandour and his two linesmen following yesterday’s controversial World Cup exit at the hands of hosts South Korea.

Spain arrived in the Far East riddled with self-doubt, fearful of history and aware of the nation’s lack of confidence in anything to do with World Cup finals.

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Fernando Morientes came off the bench to send Spain through to the last 16 of the World Cup with two goals against Paraguay.

RIVALDO was in unrepentant mood after FIFA’s disciplinary committee fined him £4,500 with £680 costs for feigning injury during Brazil’s 2-1 win over Turkey.

Glasgow welcomed back Real Madrid to the scene of one of their greatest European triumphs.

Real Madrid have reached the Champions League final after drawing 1-1 with Barcelona tonight to win the semi-final 3-1 on aggregate.

Vicente del Bosque has told his Real Madrid players their dreams of Champions League glory will be shattered unless they are on top form in tonight's semi-final second leg.

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Ivan Helguera has put Real Madrid ahead of Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final.

Real Madrid extend their lead at the top of Group C with an away win over bottom team Porto.

Porto have pulled a goal back against Real Madrid in their Champions League game at the Das Antas stadium.