A 3-0 victory took Barcelona to the top of the Primera Liga.
Samuel Eto'o scored just before the break to give Barcelona a 1-0 win at Real Valladolid that briefly put them nine points clear in the Primera Liga on Saturday before Real Madrid reduced the lead to six points again with a 1-0 win at Malaga.
Barcelona went six points clear at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga with a 3-0 win away to Sevilla on Saturday after second-placed Real Madrid lost 3-1 at Getafe. Barca moved on to 32 points from 13 games, six ahead of Real. Third-placed Villarreal, with 25 points, visit bottom club Recreativo Huelva on Sunday.
Barcelona trounced visitors Atletico Madrid 6-1 at the Nou Camp on Saturday to move into second place behind Villarreal in the Primera Liga. Villarreal have 16 points from six games after coming from behind to beat Real Betis 2-1 while Barca are on 13 after a scoring spree led by a double from Samuel Eto'o.
Barcelona earned their first Primera Liga win of the season with a 6-1 rout away to promoted Sporting Gijon on Sunday.
A hat-trick from Giovani dos Santos helped Barcelona to a 5-3 victory away to relegated Real Murcia.
Barcelona surrendered a two-goal lead to slump to a shock 3-2 defeat at Real Betis in the La Liga.
Valencia stunned Barcelona 3-2 at the Mestalla to reach the King's Cup final 4-3 on aggregate on Thursday. Barca, who had scrambled an injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 in the first leg, were hit by a Ruben Baraja piledriver and a breakaway goal from Juan Mata before the break in an intense encounter they dominated throughout.
Mexican teenager Giovani dos Santos struck again to give a fatigued Barcelona a 1-0 win over Japan's Yokohama F-Marinos in the second game of their Asian tour on Tuesday.
African XI drew 3-3 with a Rest of the World team.
A Rest of the World XI will take on an Africa XI in Cape Town's Newlands Stadium on July 18.
Leaders Barcelona edged closer to their third consecutive league title with a 2-0 away win over struggling Real Sociedad in the Primera Liga on Saturday.
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard said his side's profligacy in front of goal was a concern.
Barcelona turned on the style to pull three points clear at the top of the Primera Liga with a 2-1 win over Deportivo Coruna on Saturday.
Manchester City's Yaya Toure will be favourite to collect a record fourth successive African Footballer of the Year crown.
Holders Barcelona must beat Levski Sofia to make sure of avoiding a shock exit from the UEFA Champions League.
Barcelona eased to a 3-0 win over Racing Santander to keep pace with leaders Sevilla in the Primera Liga.
Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is the first player ever to be sent off in a European Cup final.
Samuel Eto'o said the example of Liverpool's dramatic fightback victory in last year's final inspired his side to come from a goal behind to beat Arsenal.
Samuel Eto'o scored his 24th goal of the season as Barcelona beat Villarreal 1-0.
Henrik Larsson and Samuel Eto'o scored in Barcelona's 2-0 win at Real Sociedad
With Samuel Eto'o on duty at the African Nations Cup, the youngster's electric pace and eye for goal will be crucial to the Catalan side's success.
Barcelona continued their irresistible form this season with a 15th straight win in all competitions after a 2-1 victory over city rivals Espanyol.
Leaders Barcelona set a club record of 12 consecutive wins in all competitions with a 3-1 victory at Cadiz in the Primera Liga.
Barcelona recovered from two goals behind to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Real Zaragoza in the Spanish Primera Liga.
The Brazilian's side beat Andriy Shevchenko's XI 6-3 on Tuesday in a tsunami relief benefit match expected to raise 8 million euros ($10.38 million).
Primera Liga leaders Barcelona produced a sparkling display of fluent, attacking football to outclass arch-rivals Real Madrid.
Liverpool rested Michael Owen for their 2-0 Champions League qualifying win over Graz AK on Tuesday, increasing speculation that the England striker may be set to leave.
Victory for Barcelona took them to within a point of third-placed Deportivo Coruna and kept second-placed Valencia in their sights.
The Spanish League leaders slipped to a 2-0 defeat at home to Real Mallorca.
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