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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 119th goal for Real Madrid and the 4000th in the club's history with a wonderful 30-yard strike in a 4-2 home win over 10-man Levante . Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his hat-trick with coach José Mourinho Photo: Getty Images After Gustavo Cabral gave Levante a surprise early lead, Ronaldo got his first from the penalty spot following a handball by Vicente Iborra, who was also dismissed for his second yellow card. Ronaldo headed home his second five minutes into the... Read Full Story

Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League table thanks to a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park. The only goal of the game came after 63 minutes as James Milner 's corner corner to the far post was met by a knock back from Gareth Barry into the danger area of the six-yard box for Joleon Lescott to delightfully hook home. Don't forget to check us out on Twitter and Facebook for more soccer updates! Related links: Premier League standings Also see: Premier League: Man... Read Full Story

Real Madrid came from a goal down to beat 10-man Levante 4-2 at home and move 10 points clear at the La Liga summit. Gustavo Cabral headed Levante into a surprise early lead, but the 43rd-minute dismissal of Vicente Iborra, who picked up a second booking for handling in the area, swung the game in the hosts' favour. Cristiano Ronaldo opened his account from the resulting spot-kick before adding another five minutes into the second half and completing his treble with a wonderful long-range... Read Full Story

Rock-bottom Novara claimed a first Serie A away win in 56 years following a surprise 1-0 success at Inter Milan . Andrea Caracciolo scored the game's only goal on 56 minutes when he took the ball down well before turning inside and curling his shot unstoppably into the far corner. The visitors even held onto the win with just 10 men for the last 10 minutes of the game after Ivan Radovanović was sent off for petulantly kicking the ball away after Yuto Nagatomo was awarded a free-kick. Don't... Read Full Story

Here is a compilation of the best goals in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. So sit back and enjoy. Don't forget to check us out on Twitter and Facebook for more soccer updates! Also see: Goal of the day: Juan Arango (Borussia M'gladbach) vs Schalke Best Goals of Week #2 February 2012 Goal of the day: Alexandre Oliveira (Londrina) vs Iraty Goal of the day: Juan Mata (Chelsea) vs Man United Best Goals of Week #1 February 2012 Read Full Story

Juan Arango scored a fantastic, tricky free-kick as Borussia Mönchengladbach enjoyed a 3-0 win at home to Schalke 04 on Saturday. Borussia Mönchengladbach player Juan Arango scores a goal from a free-kick against Schalke Photo: Getty Images Marco Reus put Gladbach in front in the second minute before Mike Hanke added the second in the 15th minute. Arango made it three in the 32nd minute with a well-worked free-kick from almost 25 yards. It was an indirect free-kick but Arango touched the ball... Read Full Story

Watch this week's Soccer AM Showboat featuring Adel Taarabt , Karim Benzema , Lionel Messi , Dirk Kuyt and Cristiano Ronaldo . Don't forget to check us out on Twitter and Facebook for more soccer updates! Also see: David Beckham scores amazing foosball goal Soccer AM: Showboat - 4th February 2012 Soccer AM: Showboat - 21st January 2012 Shunsuke Nakamura hits free-kick into window of moving bus Soccer AM: Showboat - 7th January 2012 Read Full Story

Luis Suárez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra will forever overshadow the Premier League match between Manchester United and Liverpool on Saturday. Patrice Evra reacts after Luis Suárez ignored his handshake Photo: Reuters Suárez was making his first start for Liverpool since returning from an eight-match suspension after being found guilty of racially abusing Evra in the reverse meeting between the two clubs back in October. Much of the pre-match build-up had centred around whether... Read Full Story

In the latest example of how racism is blighting football, Manchester City defender Micah Richards now decided to close his Twitter account after being the victim of racist abuse. Micah Richards has left Twitter after receiving racist abuse over the past three months Photo: Reuters A spokesman for Richards told The Observer that the England player had reluctantly decided to close his account, @officialMR2, on Friday after being attacked on at least 20 occasions. "He was getting loads of... Read Full Story

Wayne Rooney 's two goals in three second-half minutes proved enough to hand Manchester United a 2-1 victory against Liverpool in a hostile encounter at Old Trafford. The first half had seen little goalmouth activity but that all changed within a couple of minutes of the restart as Rooney volleyed beyond Pepe Reina from close range following a flick-on at a corner. Rooney added a second in the 50th minute when he coolly slotted his 17th Premier League goal of the season after a mistake by Jay... Read Full Story