Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Sevilla's fading La Liga title challenge could be over after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, giving Real Madrid the chance to move 10 points clear at the top of the table. Madrid will take their lead into double figures if they win away at […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's top football league announced Wednesday it has agreed in principle to sell 10 percent of its business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for 2.7 billion euros ($3.2 billion), a welcome boost to clubs whose finances have taken a hit due to the pandemic. The deal, the first of its […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's top football league announced Wednesday it has agreed in principle to sell 10 percent of its business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for 2.7 billion euros ($3.2 billion) to help finance long-term growth. The deal, the first of its type by a major European league, values La Liga at […]

After a delay of more than 90 days, Spain's LaLiga will return to action on Thursday, June 11 and will feature matches every day of the week until the season ends. LaLiga President Javier Tebas revealed the first seven days of fixtures today, which will include all of Spain's top division sides in action. Beginning […]

Seven days since Comcast Xfinity pulled the plug and removed beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español from its programming, there appears to be no resolution in sight to bring the two channels back that have exclusive rights to LaLiga, Ligue 1 and the Turkish Super Lig. With LaLiga's new season scheduled to begin on […]

With an exciting end to the 2016/17 Spanish season, Real Madrid won the title in La Liga while Barcelona defeated Alaves to win the Copa del Rey trophy. After a brief break, both the Spanish giants will be heading to the United States to play a series of friendly games. Plus, Valencia will be heading […]

Madrid (AFP) – The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) launched a formal investigation on Wednesday over suspicions of match-fixing in third division side Eldense's 12-0 defeat to Barcelona B on Saturday. "This disciplinary body considers the initiation of disciplinary actions pertinent to discover the nature and scope of the events and, if necessary, the corresponding sanctions […]

Madrid (AFP) – Police investigating suspicions of match-fixing arrested the coach and two players of third division Spanish side Eldense after their 12-0 defeat to Barcelona's B team, a police source told AFP on Tuesday. As well as Italian coach Filippo Di Pierro, two unnamed players and the head of an Italian investment fund running […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid moved five points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga despite a lacklustre performance as goals from Karim Benzema, Isco and Nacho secured a 3-0 win over Alaves on Sunday. Benzema volleyed home Dani Carvajal's cutback for the opening goal just after the half hour mark. However, the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ahead of a huge round of La Liga action at both ends of the table, AFP Sports looks at five things to watch out for this weekend: Valverde's Barca audition Real Madrid's trip north to the Basque country to face Athletic Bilbao is always a fixture laced with tension based on decades […]

Madrid (AFP) – The World Anti-Doping Agency expressed "alarm" on Friday after it emerged no binding drug testing has taken place in football by Spanish anti-doping authorities for nearly a year. Spanish anti-doping agency AEPSAD has been declared non-compliant with the WADA code since March 2016. A delay in updating Spain's anti-doping law has been […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's anti-doping body on Thursday claimed that 57 top-flight footballers have been drug-tested since the start of the season as they hit back at allegations that not one player had undergone a test in the last year. The El Confidencial newspaper claimed that no first division footballer had been tested since March […]

Madrid (AFP) – The Spanish football league on Thursday said they were pursuing legal action against 10 fans of Rayo Vallecano who accused Ukrainian international Roman Zozulia of having "neo-Nazi" sympathies. Zozulia, 27, spent just 24 hours on loan at the club from Spanish rivals Real Betis before being recalled following Vallecano fans greeting his […]

Tokyo (AFP) – Japan midfielder Gaku Shibasaki has signed for Spanish second division side Tenerife after his move to La Liga's Las Palmas collapsed, local media said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old, who announced himself on the international stage with two goals for Kashima Antlers in a losing effort against Real Madrid in December's Club World […]

“The best in the world.” For any sportsperson or any team from any discipline, is there a more satisfying moniker? It’s a tag Japanese champions Kashima Antlers and European champions Real Madrid will both be looking to secure on Sunday, when they meet in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup. Granted, in football […]