Back with the squad. This Tuesday, the Spanish Football Federation announced, to everyone’s surprise, that Lamine Yamal would miss the matches against Georgia and Turkey. The RFEF didn’t miss the opportunity to take a jab at FC Barcelona, who had Lamine Yamal undergo surgery on Monday morning to treat his pubalgia, without informing the Roja’s…
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring his side’s opening goal from the penalty spot during the Spanish La Liga match against Celta Vigo on Sunday, November 9, 2025. | Photo: AP/Lalo R. Villar Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring his side’s opening goal from the penalty spot during the Spanish La Liga match against Celta Vigo on…
Player protests across La Liga this weekend were not widely broadcast after the Spanish league asked TV companies not to show them, according to multiple people familiar with the request. La Liga sides did not start play for the opening 15 seconds of matches after the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) said on Friday the players…
It was an image that told the story of the friendship between Lamine Yamal and Vicky Lopez — as well as the characteristic playful side neither has lost on their way to the top. Last November, the two Barcelona players were named Europe’s best under-21 footballers; Lopez winning the Golden Girl award and Yamal the…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid needs to bounce back from its thrashing in last weekend’s Spanish capital derby when it hosts a red-hot Villarreal on Saturday in La Liga. Xabi Alonso’s side was embarrassed when it lost 5-2 at Atletico Madrid, marking the first time its crosstown rival scored five times in the derby…
A long-running debate over La Liga’s salary rules was reignited during the summer transfer window. Barcelona were the most high-profile of the many clubs to struggle with the constraints, which are widely seen as the tightest in any top European league. Essentially, they limit how much teams can spend on wages, with each club’s limit…
After three weeks on the road to start the La Liga season champions Barcelona play their first home match on Sunday, although it won’t be the glorious return to the rebuilt Spotify Camp Nou they had hoped for. The Catalan giants will host Valencia at their 6,000-capacity Johan Cruyff training ground stadium as they bid…
MADRID (AP) — Barcelona approaches its first home game in La Liga missing a few injured players — and a proper stadium. Among a few off-field problems for unbeaten Barcelona, the biggest is its inability to get the newly renovated Camp Nou stadium reopened. Advertisement The permits to return to the Camp Nou have not…
Atletico Madrid overhauled their squad this summer in the hope of being able to compete with giants Barcelona and Real Madrid for the Spanish title but have started La Liga with one point from a possible six. Diego Simeone’s side visit Alaves on Saturday already playing catch-up to their rivals, after their worst start to…
A European league match being played in the United States looks closer than ever. On Sunday, The Athletic reported that La Liga held preliminary discussions to relocate December’s La Liga fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona to Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. A day later, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) approved the move and said it would…