Spain
EHF Euro final attracts huge Croatian audience, Teledeporte audience under 500,000
Commercial broadcaster RTL attracted a peak audience of 1.6 million viewers in Croatia as the Balkan country’s national handball team lost out to Spain in the final of the men’s European Handball Championships.
RTVE appoints presenter Cañada as head of sport
Arsenio Cañada has been named head of sport at Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE.
Cañada will be responsible for RTVE’s sports output across television, radio and online.
Estrella Galicia returns to Real Valladolid with shirt sponsor deal
Spanish LaLiga football club Real Valladolid has unveiled beer brand Estrella Galicia as its new main shirt sponsor
Tebas condemns disruption caused by ‘intruder’ Fifa, calls out Saudi government
LaLiga president Javier Tebas has fired his latest broadside against what he believes are the key issues affecting European football, picking out Fifa’s move into the club game, the rising influence o…
Tebas: We’d want fan data from Amazon in any LaLiga rights deal
Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, has underlined the need for online retail giant Amazon and other major streaming platforms to provide consumer data details as part of any rights agreement
Hankook confirms four-year extension with Real Madrid
Korean tyre company Hankook Tire has signed off on an extension of its global sponsorship with LaLiga giants Real Madrid for another four seasons until the end of the 2022-23 season
Barcelona claims legal wins against Mediapro
FC Barcelona has claimed victory against Mediapro with regards two legal cases the agency filed against the Spanish LaLiga football club
Madrid mayor proposes Wanda Metropolitano as long-term Copa del Rey final host
José Luis Martínez-Almeida, the mayor of Madrid, has submitted a bid to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the Wanda Metropolitano to host the Copa del Rey final for the next four years.
Forex brand FBS signs global deal with Barcelona
Online trading platform FBS has signed a global sponsorship deal with LaLiga club Barcelona for four-and-a-half years, through 30 June 2024
Santander backs FIM’s Sidecar World Championship
Spanish banking group Santander has agreed a deal with the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) to support its Sidecar World Championship
Tecnocasa Group extends with LaLiga’s Getafe
Madrid-based LaLiga club Getafe has extended its main shirt deal with real estate company the Tecnocasa Group
Ironman ‘among interested parties’ to organise Barcelona Marathon
The Ironman triathlon series is reported to be among the interested parties in taking over the running of the Barcelona Marathon from the RPM-MKTG agency
Supercopa final in Saudi nets 1.97m Spanish pay-TV viewers
The first Spanish Supercopa to be played in Saudi Arabia yielded an average of 1
Barcelona tops Deloitte Money League as top 20 generate €9.3bn in revenues
Spanish league champion FC Barcelona has topped the Deloitte Football Money League for the 2018-19 season, with total revenues of €840.8m (£741.1m/$935.9m
LaLiga engages with skiers through Grupo Aramón tie-up
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has sought to embrace the winter sports market by agreeing a partnership with ski resort organisation, Grupo Aramón.
Sapporo, Salt Lake City, Barcelona in running for 2030 Winter Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed it is in talks with Sapporo, Salt Lake City and Barcelona about hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics
LaLiga and LFP buoyed by rising attendances
Attendances in the top two divisions of Spanish football during the first half of the 2019-20 season rose by 1
Mediaset prevails with court ruling in LaLiga highlights row
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has claimed a win in a legal row with LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of club football in the country, over the airing of 90-second highlights packages