Star striker Cristiano Ronaldo trained alone Friday after feeling pains and could be a doubt for Real Madrid's game against Eibar. 

The clash of heads reverberated around the stadium, everyone watching feared the worse, but Fernando Torres was only looking forward to getting back to training on Friday.

Arsene Wenger has told his Arsenal side they "owe themselves" a good performance as they look to revive their faltering Premier League campaign away to Liverpool on Saturday.

Luis Suarez admitted he and his Barcelona team-mates were caught off-guard by coach Luis Enrique's announcement that he will leave his position at the end of the season.

Argentina footballers will go ahead with a strike on Friday over unpaid wages despite a payout of $22 million dollars from the government, the players' union said.

Gareth Bale complained he had been harshly treated after the first red card of his Real Madrid career cost the European champions in a thrilling 3-3 draw at home to Las Palmas on Wednesday.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique's decision to remove any suspense over his future by confirming he will step down as coach after three trophy-filled but turbulent seasons at the Camp Nou at the end of the campaign was met with surprise on Thursday.

Arsene Wenger said he had no interest in succeeding Luis Enrique as Barcelona coach on Thursday, but admitted his future as Arsenal manager remains up in the air.

Kimi Raikkonen posted the fastest time of a wet fourth morning of pre-season testing in Barcelona for Ferrari as an electrical fault brought Lewis Hamilton's week to a premature end.

German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski has formally joined Japan's Vissel Kobe, the J-League club said Thursday, bucking a trend of big-name players moving to cash-rich China.