Even great survivor Manolo Preciado may not be able to ride out this storm | Sid Lowe
Sporting Gijón's 5-1 hammering by Sociedad raises real questions about the future of La Liga's longest serving managerHis wife died, his son too, and then his father passed away. He got knocked down but he got up again. And again. And again. "I could,...
Real Madrid cruise past Ponferradina in Copa del Rey
• Madrid win 7-1 on aggregate• Mallorca, Sporting and Sevilla also progressReal Madrid's José Callejón scored twice and Nuri Sahin scored his first goal for the club as the holders beat Ponferradina 5-1 in the Copa del Rey last-32 second leg on T...
Sporting Gijon 0-3 Real Madrid | La Liga match report
Real Madrid continued their exceptional form when Angel Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo struck in a 3-0 win at La Liga strugglers Sporting Gijon on Saturday.It was Real's 10th consecutive league victory and their 14th in a row in all competitio...
Sid Lowe on the end of Jose’s home run
Real Madrid's defeat to Sporting Gijón ended José Mourinho's mind-blowing unbeaten home league record – and his title hopesOf all the people in all the world, it had to be him. Nine years they had been trying and failing. Nine bloody years. Hundred...
Sporting Gijón end José Mourinho’s nine-year run of home success
• Real Madrid now eight points behind league leaders Barcelona• Mourinho concedes that title is 'virtually impossible'José Mourinho's astonishing nine-year run came to an unexpected end and virtually killed off Real Madrid's hopes of winning the S...
Jose Mourinho’s incredible record comes to an end
After just over 9 years unbeaten in home league games, Jose Mourinho has this evening finally tasted defeat as Real Madrid were beaten 1-0 by Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu. A 79th minute strike from Sporting’s Miguel de las Cuevas was enough to all but end Real’s title hopes and sadly, end Mourinho’s unbeaten home...
