Sporting Fare’s Weekend Preview

What can we all look forward to this weekend in the world of sport? Here's our weekly round-up of what we'll be checking in on. La Liga: Barcelona versus Real Madrid 'El Clasico' takes place at the Camp Nou on Sunday. In the UK you can watch the first half of the match via the red button on Sky Sports One from 6pm. Second half coverage is on the same channel normally from 7pm. Ridiculous, right? The same game last year resulted in a 2-0 victory for the Catalan side, then a humiliating...

Hits and Misses from the Champions League

This season's Champions League is shaping up to be one of the most interesting in terms of potential winners and losers. With some big names teetering and some new names challenging, it seems a good time to check out the hits and misses so far. Hits RUBIN KAZAN: The current Russian Champions have been a breath of fresh air this year. Combining a resolute defensive stability with the occasional creative foray they have already beaten Barcelona at the Camp Nou and held them to a 0-0 stalemate...

BERLUSCONI: Nobody better than me

It probably doesn't come as a surprise that dear old Silvio, Prime Minister of Italy and owner of AC Milan, thinks nobody is better than him. In this case he was referring to any potential buyer of his football club. Having overseen the sale of Kaka to Real Madrid for £59.9m and NOT buying too many replacements to help balance the Rossoneri books, it's a fair question to ask if he would ever sell. There are interested parties, not least the Albanian Rezart Taci, but Berlusconi has always...