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Spain's two most famous soccer clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, share a heated rivalry, known in Spain as 'El Clásico,' that dates back to the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. Real Madrid holds a 68-30-60 all-time edge in head-to-head match-ups, though FC Barcelona swept the two matches this year. (Pictured: Real Madrid's Michael Owen, left, vies with Barcelona's Giovani Van Bronckhorst during their Premier League football match in Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, April 10, 2005.)

Spain’s two most famous soccer clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, share a heated rivalry, known in Spain as ‘El Clásico,’ that dates back to the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. Real Madrid holds a 68-30-60 all-time edge in head-to-head match-ups, though FC Barcelona swept the two matches this year. (Pictured: Real Madrid’s Michael Owen, left, vies with Barcelona’s Giovani Van Bronckhorst during their Premier League football match in Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, April 10, 2005.)  (PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU, AFP/Getty Images)

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Which side of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is Connecticut on? The results of a recent poll by Quinnipiac University says 42 percent of baseball fans in Connecticut support the Yankees as compared to 38 percent who support the Red Sox. In honor of the great Red Sox/Yankees debate, here is a list of some of the greatest rivalries the world of sports has to offer.

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