Spain

Spanish Liga and Segunda Division football clubs cut their debt to the country’s tax authorities by 20.8 per cent between January 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013, according to the Spanish government.

Javier Faus, vice-president of Spanish Liga football club Barcelona, has called for the expansion of the Uefa Champions League as well as the reduction of national top divisions by up to four clubs.

Spanish Liga top-tier football club Barcelona has revealed further details concerning the masterplan behind the proposed redevelopment of its Nou Camp, stating that the project will cost €420m ($571.2m) and will result in a final capacity of 105,053.

Cycling’s 2014 Road World Championships are set to take place as planned in Ponferrada in September after the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced that the organisation of the event in the Spanish city has been guaranteed.

Real Madrid has selected a proposal from GMP Architekten and L35 as the winner of the international design competition to transform its Santiago Bernabeu home into what it claims will be the best stadium in the world.

A quarter-final clash in Spain’s leading club cup competition, the Copa del Rey, came to an abrupt conclusion yesterday (Thursday) evening after Racing Santander footballers refused to play against Real Sociedad in protest at the non-payment of their wages.

Barcelona has confirmed that the deal to sign Brazilian superstar Neymar cost the Spanish Liga club €86.2m ($117.2m) – nearly €30m more than originally disclosed.

Sandro Rosell announced his resignation as Barcelona president yesterday (Thursday) evening amid growing controversy surrounding the transfer of Brazilian forward Neymar to the Spanish Liga football club last summer.

The controversy surrounding the transfer of Brazilian superstar Neymar to Spanish Liga football club Barcelona is to be investigated by a Spanish court, it was announced today (Wednesday).

The board of directors at Barcelona have thrown their support behind redeveloping the Spanish top-tier Liga football club’s Nou Camp home rather than building a new stadium.

The main creditor of financially-embattled Spanish Liga team Valencia, Bankia, has received “multiple offers” for the top-tier football club after the expiry of yesterday’s deadline for bids.

Leading Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has revealed that it paid €40m ($54.4m) to a company owned by the parents of Neymar as part of the transfer deal to acquire the Brazilian forward in June 2013.

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has announced that it will commemorate the 85th anniversary of professional football in Spain by launching a World Challenge friendly competition.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has announced that Barcelona will once again host the finale of its Nations Cup Jumping series, but the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany will not be part of the 2014 calendar due to commercial reasons.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has claimed a new record by announcing that it has become the first sports club to gain 50 million fans on social networking platform Facebook.

Bans have been handed out to Spanish tennis player Guillermo Olaso and several football players and officials in Malaysia as the sporting world continues to fight match-fixing.