Zinedine Zidane

Bale urges patience after Madrid’s slow start

Under-fire Gareth Bale has called for calm amid Real Madrid’s stuttering start to their La Liga title defence.

Zidane hails ‘best in the world’ Ronaldo after UCL brace

Zinedine Zidane reiterated the importance of Cristiano Ronaldo after the talismanic attacker alleviated Real Madrid’s goal-scoring concerns with a trademark brace in Wednesday’s 3-0 defeat of APOEL.

Real Madrid’s poor pre-season form never worried Zidane

Wins against Manchester United and Barcelona have allayed fears over Real Madrid’s pre-season form – not that Zinedine Zidane was worried.

Something is up – Zidane questions Ronaldo ban

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane disputes RFEF’s decision to ban Cristiano Ronaldo for five matches and hopes an appeal succeeds.

Madrid edge United to win Super Cup

Casemiro and Isco gave Real Madrid a 2-1 Uefa Super Cup win over Manchester United, despite Romelu Lukaku’s debut goal.

Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo

Zidane wants to keep BBC as Mbappe rumours persist

Zinedine Zidane hopes Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema all remain at Real Madrid, while the coach confirmed the club are “working on things” in the transfer market, amid persistent links with Kylian Mbappe.