sports

Middle East crisis

Spanish minister calls for Israeli teams to be banned from sports

Spanish sports minister Pilar Alegría said on Thursday that Israeli teams should be banned from sports in the same way that Russian sides broadly were in 2022 after the country's invasion of Ukraine, highlighting a "double standard".

racism

Real Madrid's Tchouameni victim of racist gesture after goal at Mallorca

Real Mallorca condemned Sunday a racist gesture made by a supporter as Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni celebrated scoring the only goal of Saturday's La Liga match.

sports

UFC champion Topuria promised Spanish citizenship by PM

Spain's newest sports star and UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria had just one achievement missing from his growing resumé: Spanish citizenship. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez vowed to make "his dream" come true.

sports

La Liga calls Super League 'selfish, elitist model'

Spain's La Liga reacted angrily Thursday to Europe's top court ruling UEFA and FIFA had broken EU law in stifling the Super League, declaring it is "a selfish and elitist model."

sports

Spain women's league players call off strike after pay deal

Footballers from Spain's women's top flight, Liga F, have called off a strike which postponed the first week of fixtures after an agreement over wages was reached, unions and the league said Thursday.

television

Sports-crazy Spaniards are Europe's top viewers

A study has revealed that Spanish people spend an average of 10.1 hours each week watching or reading about sports, more than any other European nation.