Spain

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has been given full approval by Madrid City Council to push ahead with its long-held plans to undertake a major redevelopment of its Estadio Santiago Bernabeu home stadium.

Ángel María Villar Llona has been re-elected as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has partnered with the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) in a move designed to develop the professional game in the east African country.

A Spanish judge has opened proceedings in a corruption and fraud trial over the 2013 transfer of Barcelona striker Neymar from Brazilian football club Santos to the Spanish LaLiga team.

Dermot Ledwith looks at how Atlético Madrid is stoking an unprecedented level of fan interest through its state-of-the-art new stadium.

The Mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero, has maintained that the Spanish city will continue its work to redevelop the home of Celta Vigo after the LaLiga football club’s president, Carlos Mouriño, said the team is ready to leave the city in order to develop its own stadium.

LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has reported significant rises in revenue and profit, with the switch to a collective broadcast rights model having played a part in the organisation’s improved financial outlook.

LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has continued its brand-building exercise by partnering with the Sela Sport agency to exploit its commercial rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced that the Spanish city of Bilbao will host its showpiece Champions Cup, Challenge Cup and Continental Shield finals in 2018, while Newcastle in England will stage the events in 2019.

A free report, commissioned from SportBusiness by the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid, surveying attitudes to, and media consumption habits around, the Olympic Games.

LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has opened a new office in Singapore.

Spanish LaLiga football club Atletico Madrid is set to add to its portfolio of teams after agreeing a deal to acquire a stake in Mexican outfit Atletico San Luis.

The Spanish city of Barcelona has elected not to pursue a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games after deciding it did not have enough time to develop a winning proposition.

Atletico Madrid has sealed a deal with the city council to acquire the land where its new stadium is being built, with the agreement set to grant the Spanish LaLiga football club exclusive use of the venue.

World football’s governing body Fifa today (Thursday) stated that the United States would have to permit entry to players, officials and fans from any country that qualified if it won the right to host the 2026 World Cup, while reports have detailed a potential rival joint bid for the tournament from Morocco, Spain and Portugal.

The 2016-17 season has been a watershed for the broadcast product of Spanish football’s top-tier – not only in how the rights are sold and revenues distributed, but how it is presented on TV across the world. Broadcasters and fans at home – and on the move – are benefitting from LaLiga’s innovative and ambitious new broadcast presentation.