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While comparing the Portugal international to Lionel Messi, the Swiss said "one spends more time at the hairdresser's than the other" Fifa president Sepp Blatter has issued a public apology to  Cristiano Ronaldo  for disparaging remarks he made about the  Real Madrid  star. During a debate at Oxford University over the respective merits of the Portugal international and Barcelona ace Lionel Messi, Blatter joked that "one spends more time at the hairdresser's than the other". Ronaldo took great offence, insinuating that the jibe merely underlined Fifa's bias against him and his club, but Blatter has now moved to calm the controversy by tweeting the 28-year-old attacker. "I apologise if you were upset by my light-hearted answer at private event on Friday," the Swiss wrote to Ronaldo's official Twitter account. "I never meant to offend you. "I am an honorary 'socio' at Real Madrid and explained we've many talented players...

The latest in a series of unexplained events involved a gang of strange men causing confusion at Juventus Stadium in Turin EXTRA TIME Eleven mysterious figures were spotted at Juventus Stadium in the latest of a bizarre sequence of unexplained football-related incidents across the world. Dressed in black robes with intriguing symbols on their chests, the conspicuous figures sat behind the goal at the north end of the stadium in Turin during Juventus' 2-0 victory over Genoa on Sunday. The gang made signals in unison during the match and they were also seen standing up in unison on several random occasions before returning to their seats. The latest sighting comes after 11 other figures, also in the mysterious black robes, were seen making similar movements in the crowd at Bayern Munich's 3-2 win over Hertha Berlin at the Allianz Arena on Saturday and at Chelsea's win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The insignia on the chests of the cloaks matches the symbo...

Rahul Bali highlights the Italian's faux pax in the most important game which left his side with decent possession but no penetration... In the aftermath of the 2-1 defeat Real Madrid suffered at the hands of Barcelona, it was the referee Alberto Undiano who grabbed all the headlines. While Madristas claimed that they deserved to have two penalty decisions awarded in their favour which could have turned the fervor of the game, the Catalonians stated that Sergio Ramos should have been sent-off and that Cesc Fabregas wanted a spot-kick after Pepe “took his legs off.” This certainly has become a trend of some sort in the post-clasico interviews where controversies hog the limelight. However amongst this entire hubbub, what cannot be ignored is Carlo Ancelotti’s tactics. The Italian had three central defenders in his line-up with Sergio Ramos being picked as a defensive midfielder, a position he hadn’t played in since the 2005-06 season. Ancelotti chose to be defensive in his set-up wi...

The Barcelona defender is happy the German won't be involved in the Clasico following his move to Arsenal on deadline day, but believes Gareth Bale will come good for Real EXCLUSIVE By Pilar Suarez | Barcelona correspondent Barcelona  defender  Adriano  admits he is relieved that  Mesut Ozil  will not be involved in Saturday's  Clasico clash with  Real Madrid  at Camp Nou. Ozil impressed in recent  fixtures between Spain's big two and the playmaker's understanding with Cristiano Ronaldo proved particularly problematic for the Catalan club over the last two seasons, but the German was surprisingly sold to Arsenal right at the end of the transfer window and will play no part this time around. "It's a relief that Ozil is not at Real Madrid," Adriano told  Goal  in an exclusive interview. "He is a major loss, a player who has shown how important he is when he is on the pitch and when he isn't, he is missed. For us it is an advantage tha...

# Team Pts P +/- 1 Barcelona 25 9 22 2 Atl.M. 24 9 14 3 Real Madrid 22 9 10 4 Villarreal 17 9 6 5 Getafe 16 9 3 6 Ath.B. 16 9 2 7 Espanyol 14 9 1 8 Valencia 13 9 -1 9 Levante 13 9 -5 10 Elche 12 9 -2 11 Sevilla 10 9 -1 12 Real Sociedad 10 9 -2 13 Valladolid 10 10 -3 14 Malaga 9 9 2 15 Rayo Vallecano 9 10 -17 16 Betis 8 9 -3 17 Granada 8 9 -5 18 Osasuna 7 9 -7 19 Celta Vigo 6 9 -5 20 Almeria 3 9 -9

The Real Madrid boss believes it is futile to focus on stopping individuals in Saturday's Clasico and admits he is happy to see Barcelona earmarked as favourites Carlo Ancelotti  has ruled out any specific tactical plans to nullify the threat of Neymar in Saturday's Clasico clash between  Barcelona  and  Real Madrid . The Brazilian is poised to make his debut appearance in Spain's most anticipated fixture, but Ancelotti believes it would be futile to focus on a plan to stop the 21-year-old when the  Blaugrana  are blessed with a wide array of attakcing talent. "We cannot think of a plan to rein in Neymar because if there is one for him, we must have others for [Lionel] Messi, Alexis [Sanchez] and [Andres] Iniesta," he told a press conference. Barcelona are favourites for the fixture despite not having beaten Madrid since 2011, but Ancelotti believes that could work to his side's advantage. "I do not know who is the favourite. Everybody thinks that is Barc...

The Italian says he has been surprised by the Portuguese's professionalism since his arrival in Spain and says he prefers Angel Di Maria to Mesut Ozil Real Madrid  boss  Carlo Ancelotti  believes it is  Cristiano Ronaldo 's time to win the Ballon d'Or this year, ahead of  Lionel Messi  and  Franck Ribery . The Portuguese star has played second fiddle to Barcelona ace Messi since winning the prize for the first time back in 2008, with the Argentine claiming the last four titles in a row, but Ancelotti believes he deserves to win the latest crown for the all-round impact he has on the Spanish giants. "It's Cristiano's moment to win it ahead of Messi and Ribery," Ancelotti told TV programme  El Larguero . "He has surprised me the most with his professionalism. He's very serious, he has amazing attention to detail. It's that which helps us the most - he doesn't just score." Ancelotti went on to explain his decision to allow Mesut Ozil to ...