Lionel Messi gave a hat-trick of assists on Sunday as Barcelona ended their turbulent week with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Real Betis to stay in touch with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Madrid's 4-1 win away at Osasna earlier in the day put...
Lionel Messi admitted in December he could soon retire but Barcelona's frenzied attempts to make the most of his final years appear to be having the opposite effect. As Athletic Bilbao's players celebrated Inaki Williams' 94th-minute winner at San...
Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad were kept apart in the draw for the Copa del Rey semi-finals on Friday after the Basque rivals beat Barcelona and Real Madrid in the quarters. Bilbao will face Granada and La Real will take on Segunda side Mirandes...
Barcelona coach Quique Setien said on Wednesday he would not comment on the controversy between forward Lionel Messi and sporting director Eric Abidal. Messi hit back at Abidal on Tuesday after the Frenchman had earlier blamed slackness in the dressing...
Zinedine Zidane’s double substitution at half-time transformed the Madrid derby on Saturday as Real Madrid edged past Atletico 1-0 to move six points clear at the top of La Liga. Karim Benzema scored the winner at the Santiago Bernabeu after Zidane’s...
Zinedine Zidane on Friday left Gareth Bale out of the Real Madrid squad to face Atletico Madrid this weekend but said he is "not contemplating" the Welshman leaving before the end of the winter transfer window. Asked about the possibility of Bale being...
Barcelona and Real Madrid avoided each other in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey while giant-killing Mirandes drew Villarreal on Friday. La Liga leaders Madrid will play at home to Real Sociedad while Barca, who have won the cup four times in the...
Atletico Madrid have signed Yannick Carrasco from Chinese side Dalian Yifang on loan until the end of the season, the Spanish club confirmed on Friday. Carrasco returns to Atletico, where he spent three years before moving to China in 2018. "Our club...
Atletico Madrid said on Wednesday that Joao Felix has sustained a muscle injury, meaning the striker is likely to miss Saturday's city derby against Real Madrid. Felix's absence could persuade Atletico to accelerate their pursuit of Edinson Cavani,...
Lowers her previous best by more than half a minute
Barcelona were spared an embarrassing night in Ibiza on Wednesday as Antoine Griezmann scored twice, including a 94th-minute winner in a 2-1 victory to send them through to the next round of the Copa del Rey. Ibiza play in Segunda B, Spain's third...
Quique Setien said on Tuesday that Barcelona are considering signing another striker before the end of the January transfer window to stand in for the injured Luis Suarez. Suarez is unlikely to play again this season after undergoing surgery on his...
Mexico striker Javier Hernandez has joined Major League Soccer team LA Galaxy from Sevilla, the La Liga club announced on Tuesday. "Sevilla and Los Angeles Galaxy have reached an agreement for the transfer of Javier Hernandez to the American team,"...
Discussion on any independence referendum will be off the table
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Barcelona's appointment of Quique Setien, a fervent disciple of Johan Cruyff, came the day after Zinedine Zidane won his ninth final out of nine as coach of Real Madrid. With both teams level on points at the top of La Liga, Spain's closest title race...
Japan youth international Jun Nishikawa said Friday he heard Barcelona were keen on signing him through friends but denied there had been any contact from the Spanish giants. The 17-year-old attacking midfielder, who has represented Japan at the...
Brussels does not want to be sidelined - Josep Borrell
Xavi Hernandez may have just turned down the chance to coach Barcelona but "he will be manager one day", the Catalan club's president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Wednesday. Former Barca captain Xavi was approached for the Camp Nou job last week but...
Napoli have bought Slovak international midfielder Stanislav Lobotka from Celta Vigo, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. Neither club revealed the transfer fee but the Spanish press estimated that it was 25 million euros. Lobotka, who is 25, joined...
Quique Setien said on Tuesday that being appointed Barcelona coach was beyond his "wildest dreams" and has vowed to stay true to his beliefs in exciting, attacking football. Setien was unveiled at a press conference at the Camp Nou, after the club's...
Real Madrid will play Unionistas de Salamanca after a fairytale Copa del Rey draw on Tuesday while Barcelona were also handed third-tier opposition as they face Ibiza. Barca won the cup four years in a row between 2015 and 2018 before losing 2-1 to...
Ernesto Valverde took training on Monday morning but his future as Barcelona coach looks bleak, with the club expected to make a decision on his position later in a board meeting, a club source confirmed. Valverde arrived more than two hours early at...
Thibaut Courtois proved the hero on Sunday as Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico Madrid in a penalty shoot-out in Saudi Arabia to win their 11th Spanish Super Cup. Two imperious goalkeepers came out on top during a goalless final in Jeddah but...
Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday promised that his new minority coalition with the radical left Podemos party was heading in the same direction, despite past differences between the two parties. "It's a plural government, a...
Ernesto Valverde will take Barcelona training on Monday after Xavi told the club he would not be accepting the job of coach immediately, AFP Sport has learned. Xavi, who is currently in charge of Qatari team Al-Sadd, held talks with Barca’s sporting...
Lionel Messi has predictably been the star attraction but there will be no Clasico in Saudi Arabia this weekend, as Atletico Madrid’s defeat of Barcelona set up a clash with rivals Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday. Messi was...
Xavi is in talks with his former club Barcelona to take over as coach, his current team, Qatar's Al-Sadd said Saturday, although the Spanish great himself stayed tight-lipped about his "dream" job. Spanish media had earlier reported that Barcelona had...
Toni Kroos scored a wonder goal straight from a corner as Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-1 on Wednesday to reach the final of the controversial Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. Kroos caught Valencia goalkeeper Jaume Domenech napping with a brilliant,...
Turkish international Arda Turan ended his loan spell with Basaksehir Istanbul on Tuesday and will return to Barcelona after two years marked by violence on and off the pitch. "During a meeting yesterday, our player Arda Turan asked approval from our...
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