Spain

Luis Rubiales has been elected as the new president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has announced its support for a proposal to relaunch the Fifa Club World Cup as a 24-team quadrennial tournament.

Euroleague Basketball, which organises continental club competitions in Europe, has announced that Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain will host the Final Four stage of its EuroLeague tournament in 2019, while it has also agreed a three-year partnership with ticketing company MytiGO for the event.

Spanish LaLiga football team Barcelona has formally signed a partnership with theme park company Parques Reunidos which it states will open a new revenue stream for the club.

Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) president Miguel Diaz has said talks have been held with Spain and FC Barcelona football star Gerard Pique’s Kosmos group about staging the finale of a revamped Davis Cup in Madrid or France next year.

Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has signed an endorsement deal with Chinese automotive manufacturer Wey.

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has reported on its best season financially after generating record revenues of €3.662bn ($4.55bn) for the 2016-17 campaign.

LaLiga, which operates the top two division of Spanish football, has revealed it is close to announcing a new partnership with a “massive conglomerate” that will support the organisation’s growth plans in the US, and has also confirmed a link-up with the Thai League.

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has claimed a first for the sports industry with the launch of a virtual reality app.

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has reached an agreement to lift the bureaucratic red tape surrounding the Espai Barça project, which will include a substantial redevelopment of its Camp Nou home.

The redevelopment project for Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium is facing further delays amid hold ups in regulatory approval, according to La Vanguardia.

LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of Spanish football, has launched its latest esports venture, with the new project to be sponsored by Spanish banking group Santander and French food products manufacturer Danone.

LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of Spanish football, has revealed details of a new esports competition that will be sponsored by fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s.

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has today (Friday) confirmed plans to introduce the video assistant referees (VAR) system into its top division, with the sport’s rule-making body expected to formally ratify the technology at its meeting on Saturday.

Spanish football’s LaLiga has launched an esports division with the aim of featuring in several projects that will be unveiled in the near future.

Quantum Pacific Group, an entity led by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer, has more than doubled its stake in Atlético Madrid after agreeing a deal to acquire the interest held in the Spanish LaLiga football club by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group.