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Spanish Liga football club Atletico Madrid’s ongoing stadium development project has suffered another delay after construction partners reportedly halted work at the site.

The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) has announced that Barcelona and Lima will compete to host the inaugural edition of its Roller Games World Championships in 2017.

The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the governing body of the Top 14, has announced that the final of the 2015-16 season of the top division of French club rugby union will be played at Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium.

Spain has submitted a bid to host the 2018 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s World Cup.

The English Premier League looks set for another bumper increase when it sells its domestic broadcast rights next year. But what strategies are currently being discussed to try and replicate that kind of increase in the other big four European football leagues? Frank Dunne, Editor of TV Sports Markets, asked the decision-makers in Spanish, French, German and Dutch football at last month’s SPORTELMonaco.

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said he is considering running for his old position after being cleared of accusations levelled at him by the current administration that his tenure left the Spanish Liga football club saddled with debt.

Singapore businessman Peter Lim is closing in on finalising his long-running bid to take over Spanish Liga football club Valencia after a sales and purchase agreement was signed.

Madrid has emerged as the latest potential destination for a Formula One race with the motor-racing series’ chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said to be in advanced talks with a group of Spanish businessmen, according to El Confidencial.

International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has confirmed the governing body has not received a WorldTour application from the proposed Fernando Alonso Cycling Team (FACT) for the 2015 season, but believes the outfit could still race at the second-tier ProContinental level.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is set to face trial over alleged tax fraud after a Spanish court today (Friday) rejected his appeal against being named in the case.

Vuelta a España director Javier Guillen has slammed a proposal that has emerged to reduce the length of the cycling showpiece from three to two weeks.

Spanish Liga football club Real Madrid has reported record turnover of €603.9m ($797.1m) for the 2013-14 financial year after winning the Uefa Champions League in May.

The 98 clubs in the top five European football leagues – Germany’s Bundesliga, the Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain), Ligue 1 (France) and Serie A (Italy) – will generate a combined €580.4m from

The Spanish province of Malaga has been awarded the hosting rights to the opening stages of the 2015 Vuelta a España cycling race.

Barcelona will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after football’s global governing body Fifa today (Wednesday) rejected the Spanish Liga club’s appeal against a transfer ban beginning in January 2015.

A Spanish court has halted Real Madrid's proposed construction work at its Santiago Bernabeu stadium due to an ongoing investigation into allegations that the Liga football club benefited unfairly from state support.