Sports Shorts: Spain keeper Valdes to miss World Cup, out for seven months

Spain goalkeeper Victor Valdes will miss the World Cup after being ruled out of action for seven months following knee surgery.He had been in good form this season for Barcelona, who are in......

Barca's Alves out for up to eight weeks

Barcelona defender Dani Alves will be out of action for up to two months after having surgery on a fractured right collarbone sustained during training on Wednesday. "Dani fell after colliding......

Barca's Villa on way to recovery after successful surgery

Barcelona striker David Villa had successful surgery on his broken left leg on Monday and doctors said it would take him four to five months to recover. Spain's all-time leading scorer has said he......