Valencia’s Champions League last-16 tie at home to Atalanta on Tuesday will be played behind closed doors in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. Spain’s health ministry says it wants to avoid “large gatherings of fans”. Serie A side Atalanta hold a 4-1 lead after last month’s first […]
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling is back in contention for the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie away at Real Madrid tonight. Sterling had been out for three weeks with a hamstring injury and midfielder David Silva could also play at the Bernabeu after a minor knee issue. […]
Barcelona FC make the trip to Italy to face Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie tonight having put together a three-match winning streak in La Liga. The home side have also enjoyed a strong recent run, registering three victories in all competitions to boost their […]
Spain’s top-flight women footballers have signed their first collective agreement on pay and conditions, breaking an impasse with sporting authorities which led to a strike last November. The agreement guarantees Primera Division players a minimum salary of 16,000 euros per year as well as paid holiday and maternity leave among […]
Valencia will be without suspended defender Gabriel Paulista for their Champion’s League last-16 first-leg tie at Milan’s San Siro tonight. The fixture, like Atalanta’s other home games in Europe this season, will take place at the home of AC Milan and Internazionale – because their Stadium in Bergamo, which is […]
Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot was told he was ‘too low’ as he flew through thick fog moments before slamming into a hillside in a crash which killed all nine on board. The NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died along with seven others yesterday when the Sikorsky S-76 (seen […]
Barcelona FC generated more money than any other club in Europe for the first time last season, a study has found. The Spanish club earned £741.1m in revenue in the 2018-19 season according to Deloitte’s Football Money League. Real Madrid swapped places with Barca and fell to second on £667.5m, […]
Gareth Bale will not be leaving Real Madrid in this month and is “unlikely” to leave this summer, according to his agent Jonathan Barnett. Bale’s contract at the Bernabeu runs until 2022 and despite being close to a move to China at the start of the season, he is now […]
Eden Hazard is set to miss the Clasico against Barcelona after further tests revealed a fracture in his right ankle, Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday. Hazard was forced off during the draw with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last week and despite Zinedine Zidane saying after the match he […]
Lionel Messi was presented with the golden shoe award for the sixth time in his career on Wednesday afternoon following his stunning 36 league goals for Barcelona last season. The award is won by the player to score the highest number of goals in Europe’s top divisions in a season, […]
Real Madrid could be without Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema when they meet Japan’s Kashima Antlers in the semi-finals of the World Club Cup in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Wales’ Bale missed the weekend win over Rayo Vallecano with an ankle injury, while France striker Benzema limped off with a leg problem. […]
Rafael Nadal could return from a hip injury next week after being named in Spain’s Davis Cup squad. Nadal, 31, has not played competitively since pulling out of his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic in January. He had planned to play in last month’s Acapulco Open before withdrawing, and then pulled […]
