Casillas back in training

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas is continuing to make good progress from his broken hand injury and is back in light training.



Just over a month after he suffered the injury, the Real captain has returned to training and appears ahead of schedule with his rehabilitation.



Real have confirmed that the Spain international was training on Thursday and was even able to do some work with the ball alongside his rehabilitation physio, Carlos Lalin.



Casillas sustained the injury on January 23 during the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final against Valencia at the Mestalla and was initially expected to be out for up to three months.



Real acted quickly to replace Casillas by drafting in Diego Lopez from Sevilla on a short-term deal.

Casillas: 'We must keep impressive form for United clash'

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has insisted that his teammates must take their impressive form against Barcelona into their Champions League second-leg clash against Manchester United.



The Spanish giants managed to secure a 3-1 victory in the return leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against their fiercest rivals at the Camp Nou last night.



"We have to transfer this to the match against Manchester United," BBC Sport quotes Casillas as saying. "It is also 1-1 and we have to score and keep a clean sheet. That's the aim that we're going with. We have to take what we have done [against Barca] to Old Trafford."



Casillas was sidelined for Madrid's first leg against United at the Bernabeu with a broken hand.

Casillas, Best Keeper in World for fifth time

Iker Casillas scooped the Best Goalkeeper in the World award for the fifth time by the International Federation of History and Statistics of Football (IFFHS).



From a shortlist composed by journalists from five continents, Casillas accumulated 224 points, ahead of Italian Gianluigi Buffon, who totalled 128.



Czech keeper Petr Cech (Chelsea) came third with 92 points; German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) came fourth with 85 points; Englishman Joe Hart (Manchester City) finished fifth on 26 points and another Spaniard, Victor Valdés (Barcelona), came sixth with 15 points.



It is the fifth consecutive time that 31-year-old Casillas has won the award after he came second, third and fourth on two occasions between 2003 and 2007. and fourth on two occasions between 2003 and 2007.