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Given the country’s obsession with football, it’s hardly surprising that so many like-minded Brits adore holidays in Spain. Many regions throughout the country are football-obsessed, and even the most uninterested of sports fans can name the top Spanish teams (for those living under a rock, they’re Real Madrid and FC Barcelona).

The sport was, unsurprisingly, introduced to the Spanish by the British, in the late 19^th century, however it wasn’t until the early 1900s that the sport really began to take off in Spain. Real Madrid is the most popular team in the whole country, with a whopping 32% of the population supporting the capital’s team. Originally called simply Madrid Football Club, the ‘Real’ (‘royal’) moniker was bestowed upon the team in 1920 by King Alfonso VIII.

Cheap holidays to Spain are often popular with football fans, particularly those who attend the famous Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the home ground of Real Madrid.

The second most favoured team in the country is FC Barcelona. Its location in the well-loved area of Catalonia means that trips to the amazing Camp Nou stadium (Barcelona’s 96,000 capacity home ground) are a regular feature on many people’s holidays in Costa Dorada.

The other most-supported teams in Spain are Atletico Madrid, Seville FC, Valencia CF, and Deportivo La Coruña. To give you an indication of just how football obsessed the Spanish are, let’s finish on a statistic.

Between 2010 and 2011, 11,039,808 supporters attended La Liga matches. This is 1.5 million more than those who attended Football League Championship matches in the whole of England and Wales. And they say the UK is football crazy – we’ve got nothing on the obsession and fever that grips the Spaniards when it comes to ‘the beautiful game’!

Carlos Tevez returns from Argentina to Manchester City

Carlos Tevez is back at Manchester City after returning from unauthorised leave in his native Argentina.
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“He pulled up in his black Hummer about 1645 GMT. A few minutes after the hour-long medical, he stopped at the gates to sign some autographs. I asked him if it was good to be back. He nodded and drove off”

BBC Radio 5 live reporter Steve Blears at Manchester City’s training ground

The 28-year-old met a club doctor at City’s training ground on Tuesday for tests to establish his fitness.

Tevez and his family were met by a large media pack at Manchester Airport after arriving from Buenos Aires.

The striker has not played since manager Roberto Mancini accused him of refusing to come off the bench against Bayern Munich on 27 September.

Tevez will return to Carrington for training on Wednesday but will not travel with the first team to Portugal for City’s Europa League tie with FC Porto on Thursday.

Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott said on Twitter : “All the players are excited to have Carlos, Kolo [Toure] and Yaya [Toure] back to help achieve our goal.”

Tevez has not been in Manchester since flying back to South America on 7 November without City’s permission.

City fined Tevez £1.2m for refusing to return from Argentina and they have not paid his £200,000-a-week salary since he has been there.

On Monday, Tevez told Argentine broadcaster Fox Sports that Mancini treated him “like a dog” in the incident that sparked their rift.

In the immediate aftermath of the touchline row in Munich, Mancini said Tevez was “finished” at City.

He was linked with moves to Inter Milan, AC Milan and Paris St Germain during the transfer window but nothing materialised.

Earlier this month Mancini named the Argentine in their 25-man squad for the remainder of the season.

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The state of Michigan will be represented in its own bowl game. The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, taking place at Ford Field in Detroit, will be a home away from home this year, as Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference plays Purdue of the Big Ten two days after Christmas.

This will be the 3rd all-time meeting between the schools, with the previous meeting in 2002. The Boilermakers won both contests at home – 28-13 in 1993 and 28-24 in 2002.

Checking out the latest Caesars Bowl odds, Purdue is favored by 2.5 points, while the total has been posted at 60 points.

Western Michigan

The Broncos won three of their last four matchups to finish third in the MAC West Division (5-3). The team is coming off a 63-19 triumph against Akron. Three of the squad’s five defeats have been decided by a total of 10 points. The squad is 5-2 in its home state, running up a 5-0 home record and losing contests at Michigan and Eastern Michigan.

WMU is one of the more potent offensive teams in the country, rating 18th in scoring offense (36 points per game) while recording 456 yards per matchup (329 via the pass, 127 on the ground). Alex Carder directs the offense by connecting on 67 % of his passes for 3,434 yards and 28 scores with 10 interceptions. The offensive line has given up 22 sacks.

Jordan White is the top receiving threat, listing as one of the best in the country with 127 grabs (more than twice any other player on the squad) for 1,646 yards and 16 touchdowns, while Tevin Drake anchors the run game with 570 yards and four touchdowns with 5.6 yards per tote.

On defense, the Broncos rank 72nd in points allowed (28 ppg), giving up 434 yards per game (218 via the pass, 216 on the ground), recording 26 sacks and enticing 27 turnovers – with one converted to a touchdown (Doug Wiggins, interception).

Johnnie Simon paces the unit with 103 tackles (19 more than any other player), adding 2.5 sacks and two picks, while Drew Nowak has 8.5 sacks, 83 tackles, two forced fumbles, two blocked kicks and a fumble recovery.

Purdue

The Boilermakers did not win more than one matchup at a time this season, but ended the regular season with a 33-25 win at intrastate rival Indiana to end up third in the Big Ten Leaders Division. Purdue is 1-4 as a visitor, dropping the first four dates outside of West Lafayette.

Purdue rates 65th in the nation in points allowed (26 ppg), allowing 389 yards per game (203 through the air, 186 on the ground) while totaling 21 sacks and enticing 14 turnovers – two of which converted to touchdowns (Brandon Taylor, fumble recovery; Ricardo Allen, interception).

Dwayne Beckford leads the unit with 91 tackles, adding three sacks, a pick, a forced fumble and a recovery, while Joe Holland adds 85 tackles, 1.5 sacks and a pick. Kawann Short has 6.5 sacks, 53 stops, two forced fumbles and a recovery, while Allen has three interceptions along with 72 tackles, a forced fumble and a blocked kick.

Offensively, Purdue ranks 69th in the country in offense (26 ppg), compiling 372 yards per matchup (197 via the pass, 175 via the run). Caleb TerBush has connected on 62 % of his throws for 1,804 yards and 12 touchdowns and six interceptions. The offensive line has surrendered 27 sacks.

Justin Siller and A Edison are the top receiving targets with 88 combined catches for 994 yards and four TDs, while Ralph Bolden paces the rushing game with 674 yards with six touchdowns on 4.6 yards per carry.

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The Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences meet up in San Diego Dec. 28 in the second of two San Diego bowl matchups. California ended the regular season playing well, while the Longhorns have staggered to the finish line, but both squads played quality football to be invited to this bowl game. This will be a chance to end the season on a good note when they clash in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl.

Texas has won all four meetings vs. the Golden Bears, but the last meeting came in 1970.

The latest Holiday Bowl line list Texas as a 3-point favorite, while the total has been listed at 47.5 points.

California

The Golden Bears enter this meeting on a decent run, having came out on top in three of their final four games, with the only blip a 31-28 defeat to top-10 Stanford. Recently, the Bears won at Arizona State, 47-38, to finish fourth in the Pac-12 North (4-5) and finish with a 2-4 mark away from home.

The Bears rank 47th nationally in points (30 points per game) while compiling 418 yards per game (252 via the pass, 166 rushing). Zach Maynard has connected on 57 percent of his passes for 2,806 yards and 17 touchdowns with 11 picks. The offensive line has given up 22 sacks.

Keenan Allen paces the receiving crops with 89 grabs (34 more than any other player) for 1,261 yards and six scores, while Isi Sofele paces the running game with 1,266 yards and nine touchdowns on 5.5 yards per contest.

On defense, Cal ranks 52nd in the country in points allowed (24 ppg), surrendering 339 yards per game (209 through the air, 130 rushing) while recording 32 sacks and generating 23 turnovers – two of which converted to touchdowns (Trevor Guyton, fumble; Josh Hill, pick).

Mychal Kendricks anchors the defense with 96 stops, adding three sacks, a team-best two picks and two fumble recoveries, while D.J. Holt adds 81 tackles with two sacks. Guyton and Ernest Owusu have nine combined sacks, pitching in 69 stops, three forced fumbles and two recoveries.

Texas

Texas started 4-0 but have struggled coming into this game, losing three of their last four games – most recently a 48-24 loss vs Baylor. Overall, Texas was 3-3 as a visitor this year, but did win its only game in the state of California – a 49-20 victory at UCLA.

The Longhorns list 42nd nationally in points surrendered (23 ppg), giving up 316 yards per game (212 via the pass, 104 rushing) while compiling 23 sacks and forcing 21 turnovers – with one being taken back for a score (Carrington Byndom, pick).

Emmanuel Acho paces this defense with 122 stops (26 more than anyone else), chipping in three sacks and a forced fumble, while Alex Okafor has seven sacks, 54 stops, two forced fumbles and one recovery. Quandre Diggs adds a team-best three picks with 48 tackles and two forced fumbles.

Texas rates 53rd in the nation in scoring offense (29 ppg), compiling 404 yards per game (210 rushing, 194 via the pass). Malcolm Brown paces the ground game with 707 yards and five scores on 4.4 yards per attempt.

David Ash and Case McCoy switch off at quarterback, combining to connect on 59 percent of their attempts for 1,971 yards and 10 scores with 12 interceptions. The offensive line has allowed 26 sacks. Mike Davis is the best receiving target with 45 grabs for 609 yards and one touchdown, while Jaxon Shipley has 40 grabs for 593 yards and three scores in nine games.

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Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh reports from Egypt where violence following a football match between al-Ahly and al-Masry in the city of Port Said has left scores dead.

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