La Liga

The Polish striker scored a hat-trick as Barca beat 10-man Valencia on Monday evening

Bonmati was again at the heart of everything for Barca in their semi-final decider with Chelsea after a busy week for the Spain midfielder

Saturday’s La Liga fixture between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao was stopped midway through the first half after Nico Williams was allegedly targeted with racist abuse. The game was paused after Athletic winger Williams, 21, drew attention to something said to him from the Metropolitano Stadium crowd. The winger’s older brother, Inaki Williams, also spoke to referee Martinez Munuera, who went over to the sideline and asked the stadium announcer to read the La Liga protocol statement against all racist, xenophobic and violent speech. Atletico captain Koke and defender Jose...

Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 1-0 on Friday evening with Kepa Arrizabalaga restored to the starting line-up

The chaotic situation at Spain's FA took several new turns this week - at the high point of La Liga's season

The history of a Spanish fourth-tier side helps reflect the country's troubled recent past

An independent association of Spanish football fans have requested a court “suspend the electoral process” for the presidency of Real Madrid. Madrid club president Florentino Perez will seek re-election for a sixth term in 2025, having most recently had his stay extended in an unopposed election in 2021. Perez, 77, has been president of the Spanish giants for a total of 21 years over two spells, from 2000 until 2006 and then since 2009. However, the Federacion de Accionistas y Socios del Futbol Espanol (FASFE) — an independent fan network formed by associations of supporters...

Xavi says his job at Barcelona is “unfinished” after it was confirmed that he would remain as head coach following the reversal of his initial decision to leave the club. It was confirmed on Wednesday that the 44-year-old would remain as Barca’s head coach following discussions with sporting director Deco, who later accompanied Xavi in an emergency meeting with Joan Laporta at the club president’s personal residence. Laporta announced the decision at a press conference on Thursday afternoon. Xavi said: “I believe this is an unfinished project. We have to continue...

After a series of key meetings on Wednesday, it was finally confirmed Xavi will now stay on as Barcelona manager, not leave in the summer

With high-profile managerial roles to be filled this summer, which managers could be moving and which are staying put?

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi asked his Barcelona counterpart Joan Laporta to give up on the “stupid” Super League, ahead of this month’s Champions League quarter-final between the clubs. La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only two clubs who continue to promote the Super League, after Italian club Juventus initiated the process of withdrawing from the project in July 2023. The Super League was launched by 12 clubs in April 2021, but nine clubs — Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Inter, Milan and...

La Liga president Javier Tebas insists league matches will be played abroad with his aim for games to be staged in the United States from the 2025-26 season. The possibility of playing domestic league fixtures abroad has increased after FIFA was dropped from a landmark lawsuit by the U.S. events promoter Relevent, who in 2018 were denied in their attempts to take a fixture between Girona and Barcelona in La Liga to Miami. Relevent, founded by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, accused FIFA’s directive, issued in 2018, of guiding that domestic games should be played in their home...

Manchester City goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck is set to join Barcelona at the end of the season. The 24-year-old, whose City contract expires in June, has signed a pre-contract agreement with Barcelona and, as reported by Sport earlier this month, will compete with Barcelona No 1 Cata Coll and reserve goalkeeper Gemma Font. Barcelona are also set to renew Font’s contract while in February, long-term No 1 Sandra Panos announced she would leave the Catalan club after nine years. This season, Coll and Panos have shared goalkeeping duties making 13 and 10 starts respectively in Liga F. In March,...

Antony is not the first player to feel the effects of an ill-judged celebration. Just ask these players

Lamine Yamal's strike on goal was ruled not to have crossed the line in Sunday's El Clasico victory for Real Madrid