Brazilian midfielder Kaka and retired soccer star Zinedine Zidane are to play an exhibition game in Lisbon on Jan. 25 to raise money for earthquake-hit Haiti. The Match Against Poverty is being organized by the United Nations Development Programme and Portuguese club Benfica, which will host the game ...

Brazilian international striker Kaka, who joined Real Madrid from AC Milan in June, said on Tuesday he enjoys playing in Spain more than in Italy because the football played here is "technically richer". "I enjoy myself more here than in Italy because here there is a more open football, that is technically richer. Italian football is more tactical," he told ...

Real Madrid has no plans to replace injured Brazilian defender Pepe, or any others players, during the mid-season transfer window, Spanish media said Friday. The club's management told coach Manuel Pellegrini that he could not expect any new signings this month, the Marca sports newspaper said. Real has notably rebuffed interest from Jonathan Cicero Moreira of Brazilian side Cruzeiro ...

Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Kaka touched the ball during a training session on Thursday for the first time since he was sidelined at the end of November with a hernia, the Spanish club said. "Kaka appears to have recovered from his sports hernia and today got his first feel for the ball in several weeks. He and Cristiano Ronaldo ...