Madrid (AFP) – Spain's tax office has ordered daily newspaper El Mundo to hand over documents related to its probe into alleged massive football fraud involving top players, the paper said Tuesday. The paper is part of a group of 12 European news outlets that began publishing on December 2 the results of months of […]

Madrid (AFP) – A Spanish judge is seeking a gag order on 12 European media outlets that leaked documents alleging football stars like Cristiano Ronaldo could have been involved in a multimillion-euro tax evasion system. The injunction, seen by AFP on Monday, claims that the so-called "Football Leaks" published last week could constitute an offence […]

Madrid (AFP) – Lionel Messi took just three minutes to score on his return from injury as Barcelona thrashed Deportivo la Coruna 4-0 on Saturday, but Barca remain two points adrift of free-scoring Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. Yannick Carrasco's hat-trick and Nicolas Gaitan's first two goals for Atletico inspired a storming fightback by Diego […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – La Liga may be the dominant championship on the field but now the Spanish top flight is aiming to wrest off-field supremacy from the English Premier League in the battle for TV revenue. Adolfo Bara, managing director of Sales and Marketing of La Liga, said a new three year television […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Lionel Messi will miss the next three weeks after suffering the recurrence of a groin injury as Atletico Madrid came from behind to hold Barcelona 1-1 at the Camp Nou on Wednesday. Ivan Rakitic headed Barca into the lead just before half-time, but Angel Correa slotted home on the hour mark just […]

Madrid (AFP) – President of La Liga Javier Tebas announced he will stand for re-election as he resigned from his role to kickstart the process for new elections on Wednesday. "I have formally presented my resignation as president of La Liga," Tebas posted on his official Twitter account. "A new electoral process is opened in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona's perfect start to the season came crumbling down with a shock defeat to Alaves, whilst Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann were back among the goals for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Here are five things we learned from week three in La Liga: – Barca still 'MSN' dependent Barcelona's movement in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spanish football officials want trials with video referees similar to those taking place in other countries to start as early as next season, La Liga confirmed on Saturday. La Liga has requested that the Spanish football federation (RFEF) contacts the International Football Association Board, which controls the laws of the game, to […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona and Real Madrid made it two wins from two, but both were thoroughly tested and trail surprise early leaders Las Palmas, whilst Atletico Madrid's title hopes continue to disintegrate already. Here are five things we learned for week two in La Liga: Atletico's title challenge over before it began? Writing off […]

Madrid (AFP) – Games in Spain's top two divisions will hold a minute's silence before kick-off over the weekend for victims of the devastating earthquake in Italy. "Professional football expresses its solidarity with all the Italian people and particularly with the families and friends of people who lost their lives in this natural disaster," the […]

A pulsating end to the 2015-16 La Liga season left the watching world enchanted and similar drama is anticipated in what will be another blockbuster edition of Spanish soccer’s top flight this term. Eventually, Barcelona clung on to their position at the top of the table and will be favorites to do so again in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Santander, the eurozone's largest bank, will sponsor the Spanish league for at least the next three seasons, the two sides announced Thursday. The Spanish bank will take over from BBVA, its main domestic rival, which has held the naming rights to La Liga since the 2008/09 season but decided last year not […]

Shanghai (AFP) – A Chinese businessman has bought a minority stake in the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, his company and the league said, after taking over Spanish La Liga football team Granada in a 37 million euro deal earlier this month. Jiang Lizhang, 34, runs a little-known Shanghai-based marketing firm called Double-Edged Sports (Desports), but has […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's professional football clubs will bring their total debt with the country's tax authorities to below 200 million euros ($290 million) by the end of the season, league president Javier Tebas said Wednesday. Spain's first and second division football clubs owed 317 million euros in September at the start of the season, […]

Barcelona suffered a second consecutive La Liga defeat to blow the title race wide open as Mikel Oyarzabal's header handed Real Sociedad a 1-0 win over the European champions on Saturday. Atletico Madrid are now only three points behind Barca after goals from the on-form Fernando Torres, Antoine Griezmann and Koke saw them come from […]