Carles Puyol is hopeful Barcelona can pull off a miracle in the Champions League and overturn their 4-0 first-leg defeat ...

Carles Puyol was the dictionary definition of what it meant to be a centre-back for a generation of football fans across the world, the gold standard of defenders with Catalan blood running through ...

Carles Puyol is a player who knows all about El Clasico and has revealed his favorite ever match between eternal rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid. Perhaps unsurprisingly the former center-back has ...

While the Dutch are poised to end Spanish defender Carles Puyol's World Cup run this Sunday in the final, it may be instructive to consider how a different Dutchman almost ended Puyol's career before ...

Uncrowned is a new destination for all things MMA, boxing, wrestling, and more, featuring Ariel Helwani. Since we can't just recognize a handful of players as being really, really good and we ...

The recent wound on Pau Cubarsi’s face has opened up a strong possibility for young defender Sergi Dominguez to start for Barcelona in their upcoming match against Real Sociedad. At 19 years old, ...

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona captain Carles Puyol reluctantly retired from soccer on Thursday, his right knee no longer able to endure the demands of defending after a 15-season career that included 21 ...

Who is the greatest captain of all time? From Aug. 18-29, ESPN FC will reveal its 10-man shortlist of the finest skippers to have graced the game, before conducting a vote for the winner. The result ...

Barcelona captain Carles Puyol says he will leave the club at the end of the season, preferring to take some time off after several injury-filled seasons. The 35-year-old defender debuted with ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puyol reluctantly quit football on Thursday, his knees no longer able to endure the demands of the Barcelona defense after 15 years, the most successful period in the ...