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Reims' football club players parade in a double decker bus, on May 19, 2012 in Reims, northeastern France, to celebrate with supporters after Reims' club earned promotion to France's Ligue 1 championship on the eve. Reims have not appeared in L1 for 33 years and are one of French football's sleeping giants, having won six Ligue 1 titles and been beaten by Real Madrid in the first ever European Cup final in Paris in 1956, and also lost to Madrid in the 1959 final of the competition.

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  • Father, son explore Madrid's magic

    Europeans call soccer), and through pictures combined with key words and names of players we dissected the fortunes of Real Madrid and Barcelona from the fiercely partisan pages.Time flew and off we went, one day to Toledo, another to Segovia to discover Spain's   Read more »

  • Messi equals Ronaldo's record 41-goal mark

    spot kick to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory and equal rival Ronaldo, who set the record with a 74th-minute header in Real Madrid 's 3-1 victory over Sporting Gijon .Messi trailed Ronaldo by two goals going into the match and curled home a 64th-minute equalizer   Read more »

  • Report: Messi tops money earnings with $43.5M

    and bonuses and $27.7 million in endorsements.Former England captain David Beckham is next with $41.5 million, followed by Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo with $38.5 million.Madrid's Jose Mourinho is the highest earner among managers, with $19.5 million   Read more »

  • European Champions League Glance

    ) 0Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 3, Benfica (Portugal) 2 AC Milan (Italy) 4, Arsenal (England) 0CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1, Real Madrid (Spain) 1Napoli (Italy) 3, Chelsea (England) 1Basel (Switzerland) 1, Bayern Munich (Germany) 0Marseille (France) 1, Inter Milan   Read more »

  • UEFA urged to prohibit club owners' sponsor deals

    says "UEFA should prohibit clubs from sponsoring themselves or using associated bodies to do so."The report also cites Real Madrid and suggests a ban on clubs receiving "state aid." It says Madrid banked $525 million by selling training fields to city authorities   Read more »

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About Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish IPA: [ɾeal maˈð̞ɾið kluβ de ˈfutβol], usually known simply as Real Madrid) is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups. Real was a founding member of FIFA and the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.

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