The disciplinary committee of the Spanish FA (RFEF) totally capitulated when it had a chance to make a statement about the increasing acrimonious feelings between Real Madrid and Barcelona. At the start of the season Real Madrid and Barcelona met in the Supercup, which is played between the winners of the Spanish League title and […]

Sevilla President José María del Nido says that the La Primera clubs had a ‘heated debate’ on Monday at a meeting convened by Atlético Madrid and Valencia to address the distribution of television money and the organisation of Spanish football. Attending the meeting on Monday in Madrid were Manuel Llorente (Valencia), Fernando Roig (Villarreal), José […]

Adriano’s goal at Sporting Gijon on Sunday meant that Pep Guardiola’s team set another Spanish League record, chalking up the 24th away game on the run in which they have scored. Barça equalled the league record away to Valencia, which was previously held by Real Madrid since 1953, when they scored in every away game […]

Carlos Tevez and Manchester City club club officials met Monday as City try and find out what took place in Munich last week. Tevez was grilled for an hour by City representatives in Manchester where he gave his account of what happened a week ago in the Allianz Arena. According to Paul McCarthy, who the […]

Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain was understandably delighted after making the most of a rare recent start against Espanyol on Sunday by scoring a hat-trick in his side’s 4-0 win Since returning from a serious back injury in April, Higuain has been mainly used at a substitute by Jose Mourinho with Karim Benzema being Mourinho’s preferred […]

Villarreal have announced that striker Nilmar will undergo an operation on a right knee cyst on Tuesday in Barcelona. No details were given about his expected recovery time, or whether he will be available for the trip to Getafe on October 15 after the international break. The 27-year-old, who has scored two goals in four […]

As we head into the international break, here are the top scorers in La Liga after six matches. 8:  Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 7:  Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 5:  Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid) Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid) Roberto Soldado (Valencia) 4:  Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona) Miku (Getafe) Santi Cazorla (Malaga) Imanol Agirretxe (Real Sociedad) 3:  Fernando Llorente […]

Levante came out on top in the clash between two of La Liga’s surprise early pace-setters with a 1-0 win at promoted Real Betis putting them joint of the table. Juan Luis Morales’s volley went into the net off the legs of Betis keeper Casto Espinosa in the 33rd minute and from there on their […]