Spain

The Madrid Provincial Court has today (Tuesday) ruled blood bags that serve as key evidence in the Operation Puerto affair, one of Spain’s worst doping scandals, should be given to authorities for further investigation.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has agreed to pay a fine of €5.5m ($6.13m) to the Spanish authorities to settle a long-running tax fraud case relating to the 2013 signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has suspended the accreditation of Madrid’s Anti-Doping Laboratory after it failed to meet international standards.

The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) has awarded its 2019 World Roller Games to Barcelona less than six months after the Catalan city elected to withdraw its hosting rights to the inaugural edition of the multi-discipline event.

Granada is poised to become the latest Spanish Liga football club to receive Chinese investment after a takeover deal was confirmed, while Atletico Madrid is set to acquire a 35 per cent stake in French Ligue 2 team Lens.

The Spanish city of Alicante will continue to serve as the main hub of the Volvo Ocean Race sailing event until at least 2024 after its local government reached an agreement with race organisers.

Betting industry services supplier SIS and sports betting and gaming technology company Genius Sports have signed a deal that will see them collaborate on the distribution of Spanish football in-play data.

LaLiga, the organising body that operates the football league structure in Spain, has established a partnership with the Nigerian National Professional Football League (NPFL) as part of a move to strengthen its sporting, cultural and business ties with the African country.

LaLiga, which operates the football league structure in Spain, will start rating its clubs on their financial performances from next season.

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with United Arab Emirates-based club Al-Ahli.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) announced on Saturday that Spain and Mexico are non-compliant with its regulations although Brazil, the host of the 2016 Rio summer Olympic Games, avoided sanctions.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has confirmed that Zaragoza in Spain will host this year’s U17 World Championships, while the 2017 men’s and women’s U19 World Championships will be staged in Egypt and Italy, respectively.

The Spanish High Court in Barcelona has elected to suspend the trial against Liga football club Barcelona and its former and current presidents, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, in relation to alleged tax evasion linked to the signing of Brazilian forward Neymar.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has awarded hosting rights for two of its major events in 2018 to Tampere in Finland and Valencia in Spain.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has selected a bid from Nikken Sekkei and Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes as the winner of the tender for the design of the redevelopment project for its Camp Nou stadium.

Golf’s European Tour has continued its policy of signing hosting partnerships with its leading players after striking an agreement with Sergio Garcia for the Spanish Open.