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 […]

The first third of La Liga's season has been a topsy-turvy ride, though you wouldn't necessarily know if by looking at the top of the table. At the summit, Barcelona have continued their excellence despite the absence of Lionel Messi for large portions of the season. Of course, much of this is due to the […]

The Spanish league announced on Wednesday that it has agreed a domestic television deal worth a minimum 2.65 billion euros ($2.8 billion, £1.86 billion) for the next three seasons. A subsidiary of telecommunications giant Telefonica, Movistar, will have first choice of one match from each round of fixtures for 250 million euros a season. Meanwhile, […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spanish soccer clubs have reduced their huge debt with the country's tax authorities by over 50 percent in the past two years, a report by the league and the country's sports council said on Friday. The debt to the tax authorities has dropped from a high of 650 million euros in 2013 […]

After a hectic final day, the European transfer window is finally closed, and fans around the globe can stop with the incessant refreshing of Gianluca Di Marzio’s Twitter page. Needless to say the “silly season” surely lived up to the hype this year, with ‘technology mishaps’ in particular playing a staring role. The David De […]

Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona, May 2, 2009 Throughout the storied history of Clasico matches, the number five is symbolic. There’s a host of occasions when one of the sides has scored an quintuple of goals—a manita—in a show of resounding dominance against the other. So you can imagine how significant it was when in 2009, […]