02.06.2010- Bayern's Turkey star Altintop extends contract

02.06.2010- Barcelona make official bid for Arsenal's Fabregas

02.06.2010- Marseille ready to splash out on Forlan: report

02.06.2010- Former Croatia defender Kovac hangs up his boots

02.06.2010- Redknapp expects Cole to snub Spurs

02.06.2010- Real's Mourinho eyes Gerrard: report

02.06.2010- Bent anguish at England axe

02.06.2010- Red Knights decide to halt United takeover bid

02.06.2010- Cannavaro signs for Dubai's Al-Ahli

02.06.2010- S.Africans learn tongue twister national anthem

02.06.2010- Barcelona make official bid for Arsenal's Fabregas

25.05.2010- Barcelona captain wants Fabregas to return

22.05.2010- Alves dismisses Kaka Brazil fears

21.05.2010- Barcelona confirm Fabregas keen to return

19.05.2010- Sevilla crowned Spanish Cup kings

19.05.2010- Barcelona seal Villa deal: reports

18.05.2010- Barcelona mull move for Fabregas - president

18.05.2010- Barcelona's Henry 'set for USA move'

18.05.2010- Barcelona in talks with Valencia over Villa

17.05.2010- Over 100 arrests as Barca celebrations turn violent

17.05.2010- Spanish title win fails to appease demanding Guardiola

15.05.2010- No easy ride for Sevilla in La Liga

15.05.2010- Barcelona eye La Liga title

14.05.2010- Fabregas - I'll only leave Arsenal for Barcelona

10.05.2010- Uncapped Barca keeper Valdes enters World Cup equation

08.05.2010- La Liga goes to wire as Barca and Real both win

07.05.2010- Nerves jangling as Barca and Real vye for the title

05.05.2010- Five-star Sevilla go fourth with Racing rout

04.05.2010- Messi brace pushes Barcelona closer to Liga title

02.05.2010- Negredo double boosts Sevilla Euro push

28.04.2010- Laporta labels Jose a 'second-rate psychologist'

26.04.2010- Pique wants packed stadium for Inter Milan clash

20.04.2010- Inter and Mother Nature barring Barca's path to final

19.04.2010- Guardiola expecting Inter to be tougher than Arsenal

17.04.2010- Barcelona face tricky derby test, Real host Valencia

16.04.2010- No pique for Real's Perez over hosting Champions League final

16.04.2010- Wenger refutes latest talk of Barca move for Fabregas

15.04.2010- Barcelona's Ibrahimovic set to face Inter Milan

14.04.2010- Brilliant Barca crush Depor to go six clear in Spanish league

14.04.2010- Barca will stay away from Fabregas: Arsenal

13.04.2010- Valladolid stun Champions League chasing Sevilla

13.04.2010- Barcelona aim to build on 'Clasico' win

11.04.2010- Henry has time to prove form, says Domenech

11.04.2010- Barcelona could rewrite history books, says Messi

10.04.2010- Lolo header boosts Sevilla's Champions League hopes

10.04.2010- Title judgement day as Real bid to stop Messi and Barca

09.04.2010- Bayern coach fancies chances against Barca

08.04.2010- Barcelona book 'China date'

06.04.2010- 'Phenomenal' Messi receives universal acclaim

06.04.2010- Messi magic crushes Arsenal's Champions League dream

06.04.2010- Casillas plays down importance of Barcelona clash

06.04.2010- Arsenal confident of exploiting Barcelona soft centre

05.04.2010- Possession the key for Guardiola

01.04.2010- Season over for Arsenal skipper Fabregas

30.03.2010- Guardiola wants Barcelona to go for the kill

30.03.2010- Ibrahimovic tells Arsenal to add prizes to plaudits

29.03.2010- Henry in Barca squad to face old club Arsenal

28.03.2010- Barcelona's Iniesta to miss Arsenal match

26.03.2010- Cruyff named honorary Barcelona president

26.03.2010- Alvarez to coach Sevilla for rest of season

25.03.2010- Aragones rejects Sevilla offer

24.03.2010- Barca back on top of Spanish league after Osasuna win

24.03.2010- Jimenez given the boot by Sevilla

20.03.2010- Lionel Messi: key in Barcelona title dreams

19.03.2010- Barcelona to face Arsenal in Champions League

19.03.2010- Champions League hopefuls keen to avoid Barca

18.03.2010- Alves warns Barcelona against complacency

17.03.2010- Barcelona cruise into Champions League quarters

17.03.2010- Barcelona to unleash magical Messi on Stuttgart

16.03.2010- Sevilla rue Palop howler as CSKA progress

14.03.2010- Magical Messi hat-trick sends Barcelona top

06.03.2010- Messi double rescues Barca

05.03.2010- Sevilla travel to Bernabeu looking for upset

28.02.2010- Romaric off as Sevilla fire blanks against Bilbao

26.02.2010- Madrid's Galacticos on form, warns Higuain

26.02.2010- Blanc says Barcelona Champions League favourites

24.02.2010- Gonzalez wonder goal earns CSKA draw against Sevilla

24.02.2010- Barcelona boss demands more from champions

23.02.2010- Stuttgart to provide stiff opposition for Barca

20.02.2010- Depleted Barca a class apart from Santander

18.02.2010- Pique confident Fabregas will return to Barcelona

14.02.2010- Atletico stun Barca to blow title race open

14.02.2010- Fabiano header sees off Osasuna challenge

12.02.2010- Barca prepare make-shift defence for Atletico game

10.02.2010- Barcelona deny Fabregas deal

31.01.2010- Negredo double keeps Sevilla on European path

30.01.2010- Barcelona hit 50th goal, open eight-point lead

30.01.2010- Relentless Barcelona look to keep pressure on

29.01.2010- Barcelona to elect new chairman in June

23.01.2010- Barcelona go eight clear at the halfway point

23.01.2010- Luck shines on Sevilla as Negredo downs Almeria

20.01.2010- Guardiola renews Barca contract for one year

19.01.2010- Xavi confident Guardiola will renew Barcelona contract

18.01.2010- Centurion scorer Messi hungry for more success

15.01.2010- Barcelona eye swift revenge against Sevilla

10.01.2010- New leaders Real on cloud nine after Mallorca win

04.01.2010- Barcelona coach rules out new signings

04.01.2010- Barcelona braced for triple test against Sevilla

01.01.2010- High-flying Barcelona hope for more joy in 2010

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacts after not scoring during their Spanish King's Cup football match against Sevilla at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla. Barcelona lost the first of the three titles they won in an extraordinary 2008/09 season, as despite beating Sevilla 1-0 they went out of the Kings Cup on the away goal rule when the last 16 tie finished 2-2 on aggregate.

Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola - who guided Barca to the Cup, league title and Champions League trophy in an amazing debut season as coach - did not take the match lightly playing essentially his first choice team against a side whose league form has fallen away alarmingly having lost their last three matches.

However, it was the hosts who turned on the early pressure with first midfielder Koffi Romaric - who was controversially left out of the Ivory Coast African Cup of Nations squad - powering a header which was punched away by Barcelona goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto.

Sevilla - who last won the Cup in 2007 - had the ball in the net in the 20th minute but striker Alvaro Negredo was somewhat harshly adjudged to have impeded Pinto.

This woke up Barcelona and they poured forward desperate to get back on terms in the tie.

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic unleashed a fierce shot in the 28th minute only for the ball to go narrowly wide and then saw his 52nd minute header saved by Sevilla goalkeeper and club captain Andres Palop.

The pressure told off eventually in the 64th minute when Spanish international midfielder Xavi's right foot shot beat Palop leaving Barcelona tantalisingly close to reaching the quarter-finals.

Argentinian wizard Lionel Messi then took over the show going close in the 67th minute as his effort scraped the post, then hitting the post with a left footed shot in the 69th minute and then seeing a shot brilliantly turned round the post by Palop five minutes from time.