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Have you joined the rediff fan club to support your favourite football team in the World Cup 2006?
Barcelona moved two points clear at the top of the table on Saturday after notching a 1-0 win at home to Real Sociedad while title challengers Sevilla beat Real Madrid 2-1.
A Thierry Henry special and two trademark free kicks from Ronaldinho earned Barcelona a 3-0 win at home to Real Betis that put them within a point of leaders Real Madrid at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday.
Ronaldinho's goal gave Barca a 1-0 win at home to relegation-threatened Cadiz.
The new managers of Manchester United and Manchester City will face an early confrontation when the teams meet in a friendly in Beijing on July 25. Jose Mourinho, officially confirmed as United boss on Friday, and old adversary Pep Guardiola, who is replacing Manuel Pellegrini at City, will renew hostilities in the pre-season International Champions Cup. There was little love lost between the pair when Mourinho was in charge at Real Madrid and Guardiola led Barcelona. The rivalry is likely to be just as fierce when United attempt to make up ground on their neighbours, who have finished above them in the Premier League for the past three seasons.
"There are lots of great players in circulation, but nobody is worth as much as him," Ancelotti was quoted as saying in Corriere dello Sport on Thursday.
Although Ronaldinho scored a hat-trick in Barcelona's 4-1 victory over Udinese, it was the club's Argentine youngster who attracted the biggest cheer of the night.
A solo goal by the Brazilian striker and some outstanding goalkeeping from Iker Casillas earned Real Madrid a 1-1 draw with leaders Barcelona in the Spanish league.
The former world champions extended their unbeaten run to four matches under new coach Dunga, who replaced Carlos Alberto Parreira after their disappointing campaign in Germany.
Barcelona eased to a 3-0 win over Racing Santander to keep pace with leaders Sevilla in the Primera Liga.
The Chelsea midfielder was voted by the fans as England's Player of the Year for the second successive year.
Ludovic Giuly gave league champions Barcelona a 1-0 victory over the King's Cup winners in the Spanish Super Cup.
A roundup of weekend action in the main European leagues.\n
Ronaldinho says not having scored a goal in Germany doesn't bother him.\n
Barcelona surrendered lead to arch-rivals Real Madrid after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Real Betis.
Barcelona beat AC Milan on a 1-0 aggregate, after the second leg semi-final ended goalless.
Ludovic Giuly's goal earned the Spanish giants a 1-0 win over AC Milan in their semi-final first leg at the San Siro stadium.
Lionel Messi may lack a World Cup for Argentina but his 10 years with Barcelona have seen him rewrite the history books and become symbolic with the club's golden era.
Henrik Larsson and Samuel Eto'o scored in Barcelona's 2-0 win at Real Sociedad
The Spanish champions went through on 3-2 aggregate after the second leg pre-quarter-final ended 1-1. Juventus and Villarreal also made it to the quarter-finals.
Lionel Messi completed a hat-trick to earn 10-man Barcelona a 3-3 home draw with Real Madrid.
Ronaldinho and Henrik Larsson scored in a 2-0 win over Real Zaragoza and extended Barcelona's lead to nine points at the top of the Primera Liga.
Barcelona were knocked out of the King's Cup after Zaragoza registered a 5-4 aggregate victory.
The World champions beat the host nation 3-2 to enter the Confederations Cup final.
Twice in arrears the Asian giants rallied to hold the World champions 2-2 in the Confederations Cup.
A team led by Brazilian Ronaldinho will face a side captained by Andriy Shevchenko in the match to raise money for victims of the Asian tsunami.
