Valencia striker Villa provides his own masterclass

BERLIN - Valencia's David Villa, forced to watch from the stands as Lionel Messi dismantled his team at the weekend, provided a masterclass of his own on Thursday with a hat-trick against Werder Bremen in the Europa League.

Humbled AC Milan turns focus back to Serie A

The Gazzetta dello Sport’s front-page headline Thursday read, “Once upon a time there was Milan.”

Freescoring Rooney eyes World Cup triumph

LONDON (AP)—Wayne Rooney has been up close to the World Cup trophy in a photo shoot and, with 30 goals already to his name this season, hopes he can get his hands on it for real in July.

Dramatic, Real Madrid the same points with Barcelona in Spanish league

Real Madrid had to fight until the last minute to beat Sevilla. The results were achieved after 0-2 Real first left.

Rafael van der Vaart hero Madrid.
Congratulations to Real Madrid !!!