Nikola Zigic was the hero as Valencia snatched a last-gasp 1-0 victory over plucky Espanyol in the first Primera Division match of 2010. Espanyol frustrated the home side for long periods and looked good for a point as the game moved into stoppage time. But Zigic, a second-half substitute, headed a dramatic late winner to move Los Che provisionally into third place in La Liga and send the visitors back to Barcelona empty-handed... 

VILLAREAL held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw in the Spanish league on Saturday through David Fuster’s equalizer after Pedro Rodriguez had put the defending champions ahead. Rodriguez followed up a rebound to score in the seventh minute after Thierry Henry’s first-time volley had struck the crossbar. Fuster scored his third goal of the season by judging his run perfectly to tap in Ruben “Cani” Garcia’s... 

REAL Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka touched the ball during a training session on Thursday for the first time since he was sidelined at the end of November with a hernia, the Spanish club said. “Kaka appears to have recovered from his sports hernia and today got his first feel for the ball in several weeks. He and Cristiano Ronaldo teamed up during the second half of the session to work on various drills,” the...