Sevilla FC Soccer News

LONDON (AP) _ Sevilla will host Tottenham in the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals Thursday in a match between two former champions. Sevilla beat Middlesbrough in last year's final, while Tottenham won the trophy in 1972 and '84. Bayer Leverkusen, the only other team in the last eight that has won the UEFA Cup, will play at Osasuna in another quarter-final match. Also, Espanyol hosts Benfica and AZ ...

Real Madrid visits Sevilla on Saturday, with the Spanish league's second and third-place teams looking evenly matched. Sevilla boasts a perfect record at its Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan this season but Madrid's away form is formidable, with five wins in six matches. The sides have emerged as the biggest threats to leader FC Barcelona's hopes of a third straight league title. Barcelona has 30 points, while Madrid has 29 and Sevilla ...

Fabio Cannavaro may miss Real Madrid's Spanish league game with Sevilla after spraining his left ankle during training on Thursday. Cannavaro, on his first day back in training following a muscle injury which forced him out of Madrid's last two matches, was hurt by a strong challenge from teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy. The defender reacted angrily and refused to shake hands with van Nistelrooy, news agency Efe said. Cannavaro, Italy's ...

Defending titlist Sevilla and four-time European champion Ajax are part of a handful of clubs that can qualify for the third round of the UEFA Cup this week. Sevilla can advance with a win over Grasshoppers in Zurich on Wednesday in Group C. Ajax will secure a place in the top three if it beats Group F leader Espanyol in Amsterdam on Thursday. English clubs Newcastle, Tottenham and Blackburn already ...

Sevilla coach Juande Ramos has apologized for suggesting that Frank Rijkaard will quit as FC Barcelona coach at the end of the season. ``It was a throwaway comment. If it has annoyed Rijkaard or anyone, I apologize publicly and to the whole of Spain,'' Ramos told Punto Radio. ``I respect Rijkaard's work very much.'' Ramos told Spanish TV on Sunday that he had ``a whiff'' that Rijkaard would leave the ...

Defending champion Sevilla was held to a 0-0 draw by Slovan Liberec in its opening group game in the UEFA Cup on Thursday while English teams swept all three of their games. Blackburn won 2-1 at Poland's Wisla Krakow, Tottenham posted a 2-0 victory at Besiktas and Newcastle beat another Turkish club, Fenerbahce, 1-0. Sevilla's failure to win in the Czech Republic means that Louis van Gaal's AZ Alkmaar, which ...

 Sevilla continues defence of its UEFA Cup title at Czech club Slovan Liberec on Thursday, hoping to bounce back from a 3-1 Spanish league loss to European champion FC Barcelona. Sevilla, which is fourth in the Spanish league, aims to recapture the form that saw it beat Greek team Atromitos 4-0 in the previous round of the UEFA Cup. The Spanish club is in Group C with 2004-05 semifinalist AZ ...

Ronaldinho scored twice as FC Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-1 on Sunday and moved atop the Spanish First Division soccer league standings. The Brazilian scored his first goal from the penalty spot after Julien Escude brought down Barcelona defender Juliano Belletti in the 26th minute. He added another from a free kick in the 40th. Lionel Messi also scored for the defending champions, taking a pass from Xavi Hernandez in the ...

Spanish league leader FC Barcelona doesn't need to look hard for motivation ahead of Sunday's visit by third-place Sevilla. The visitors upset Barcelona 3-0 in the European Supercup in August to deny the Champions League and Spanish winner the chance to lift its first silverware of the season. ``Sevilla has been playing well for some time and we have to go in hard, not just out of revenge for the ...

Defending champion Sevilla was the big winner in Tuesday's draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup. The Spanish team was drawn against AZ Alkmaar, Slovan Liberec, Grasshoppers and Braga in Group C _ one of eight groups of five. Each is set to play two home games and two away. Sevilla will open at Slovan Liberec on Oct. 19, then host Braga on Nov. 23, go to Grasshoppers ...