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Dani Alves has admitted that he would be open to the prospect of moving to another club in the summer, with the defender having been linked with Arsenal and PSG in recent months. Alves has been an important part of the successful era at Barcelona ...

MADRID. Barcelona stars Gerard Pique and Alex Song appear to have been scrapping while on top of the team's double-decker bus to celebrate their La Liga triumph.Former Arsenal midfielder Song and Pique looked like they were fighting while the bus ...

Nadal beats Berlocq in Barcelona Nadal defeats Ferrer to enter Madrid semifinal Nadal faces Wawrinka in Madrid Open final Murray bows out, Nadal advances Rome, May 18 (IANS) World No.3 Roger Federer moved one step closer to his first title this ...

Rafa Nadal won his eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow Spaniard and fourth seed Nicolas Almagro on Sunday.

Barcelona: Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday after seeing off Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 in the final.

Rafa Nadal overcame another hurdle on his way to a possible eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years when he recovered from a poor start to beat Benoit Paire 7-6, 6-2 in their delayed third-round match on Friday.  Nadal had been set to meet the 13th-seeded Frenchman on Thursday before rain washed out the day's play and he is due to play his quarter-final against Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori or unseeded Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos later on Friday. However, more rain is forecast in ...

Nicolas Almagro will face Juan Monaco in the Barcelona Open quarterfinals after both won third-round matches in straight sets on Thursday.

Top seed David Ferrer summed up his error-strewn defeat by qualifier Dmitry Tursunov as "one of the worst I have played" after falling at the first hurdle at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday. The Spaniard lost 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to the Russian but seven-time champion Rafa Nadal eased past Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 6-2. Four-time finalist Ferrer had pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters event last week with a thigh muscle injury picked up when losing in the Miami final to Andy Murray last month. "It was a ...

Rafa Nadal moved closer to an eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years when he breezed through two matches to set up a semifinal against Milos Raonic.