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Real Madrid Overcomes Hostility to Clinch Second Straight Title By Alex Duff May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Real Madrid clinched the Spanish championship at one of the stadiums where it is least welcome. Facing a hostile 18,000 crowd waving Basque flags, Arjen Robben and Gonzalo Higuain scored in the last 3 minutes as 10- man Madrid rallied to beat Osasuna 2-1 at the Reyno de Navarro stadium in Pamplona ... [link]

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WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World - Cinco de Mayo Edition
Published 5/5/2008 by Empshel at World Club Rankings
A lot to go through this week, let’s see if I can cover at least a portion of it. First of all, bonus points have been eliminated for teams that have been eliminated from their continental competitions. The big losers in the Top 25 this week are Barcelona, Liverpool and Deportivo Saprissa. The big winners turn out to be everybody else who move up to ...

Real Madrid, Bayern, AC, Boca fans loving life
Published 5/5/2008 at Soccer y Fútbol
... May 05, 2008 Real Madrid, Bayern, AC, Boca fans loving life Morning, folks! Rejoice as a new week full of news lies ahead. Speaking of which, lots of headlines came from abroad Sunday. Let's review: • Real Madrid wins its second consecutive Spanish Liga title -- 31st overall -- and first under Schuster. ...

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