Spain

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has announced a revamp of its business areas, with a new department set to be led by a senior executive from Italian Serie A champion Juventus.

Galicia has been awarded the hosting rights to the opening stages of the 2016 Vuelta a España, with next year’s edition of the cycling ‘Grand Tour’ event set to commence in the region three years on from last doing so.

Six countries will host Hockey World League Round 2 events in early 2017, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced.

Spanish Liga football club Real Madrid has further consolidated its position as the financial powerhouse of world sport by revealing revenue and profit increases for its 2014-15 fiscal year.

Spanish football legend Iker Casillas has formed a new agency designed to represent and advise sports stars.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has provided updates in the governance disputes it has held with the national governing bodies of Brazil, Japan and Russia, while assigning staging rights for its 2016 U17 World Championships for Men and Women to Spain under a new hosting model.

Owen Evans looked at what recently re-elected president Jordi Bartomeu needs to do to improve Brand Barca in the next six years.

Frank Dunne spoke to Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish football league (LFP), about his attempts to reform his country’s football media rights landscape and why Fifa must not abolish third-party ownership.

Robert Sarver, the majority owner of NBA basketball franchise the Phoenix Suns, has failed in his latest efforts to acquire a European football club after his takeover bid for Spanish Liga team Levante was rejected.

Spanish Liga football team Real Madrid has agreed a partnership with e-commerce giant the Alibaba Group in a bid to further its presence in the Chinese market.

Josep Maria Bartomeu has been re-elected to serve a new six-year term as president of Barcelona, as the Spanish Liga football club’s members opted for continuity over the promise of reform put forward by former president Joan Laporta.

Barcelona has reported record turnover of €608m ($669m) for the 2014-15 financial year ahead of the Spanish Liga football club’s presidential election tomorrow (Saturday).

Spanish football club Elche has lost its appeal against relegation from the top-tier Liga over unpaid taxes.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that the Boston Celtics will travel to face Spanish side Real Madrid in a pre-season match on October 8, in the latest addition to the NBA Global Games 2015 series.

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta has been officially confirmed as a candidate for his former role and will face three rival contenders in this month’s election to determine the new leader of the Spanish Liga champion.