The defense minister of Israel has criticized Barcelona’s teenage star Lamine Yamal for his waving of a Palestinian flag during celebrations of the Spanish league title win.
Watched by its grieving coach, Barcelona has won its second straight Spanish league title and 29th overall with a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Camp Nou.
Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has demanded the immediate release of a Spanish-Swedish activist detained by Israel after an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted in international waters.
Barcelona says forward Lamine Yamal will miss the rest of the club season but should be healed from a leg injury in time to play for Spain at the World Cup.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order.
It’s been almost two years since Kylian Mbappé left Paris Saint-Germain to join Real Madrid, in part to try and win the Champions League.
Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona.
Luis Díaz and Michael Olise scored late for the Bavarian powerhouse to beat Madrid 4-3 and advance to the Champions League semifinals.
Atletico Madrid has held on after an early charge by Barcelona to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in nearly a decade.
Atletico Madrid scored twice after Barcelona was reduced to 10 men to earn a valuable 2-0 road win and take the advantage in their Champions League quarterfinal.
Barcelona has routed Real Madrid 6-0 to reach its eighth straight semifinal in the Women’s Champions League.
Barcelona moved closer to a record-extending eighth consecutive semifinal in the Women’s Champions League with a 6-2 rout of rival Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarterfinals.
Spanish authorities say they have found the body of missing college student from Illinois who was missing for more than two days.
Joan Laporta has been reelected as the president of Barcelona for another five years after winning a leadership vote among members of the Spanish soccer powerhouse.
A Barcelona fan who planned to attend his team’s Champions League game at Newcastle ended up 360 miles away at third-tier Exeter City after going to the wrong stadium.
Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid took giant strides toward the Champions League quarterfinals with big wins in the first leg.
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church has reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ.
The Spanish league says it is stepping up its fight against audio-visual fraud by offering 50 euros for each verified tip on the establishments broadcasting games without proper permission.
Commuter rail service in Catalonia, Spain, was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona train crash killed one person and injured 37 others.
Premier League teams are powering ahead in the Champions League with five of England’s top flight clubs in position to advance to the round of 16.
A Barcelona commuter train has crashed after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, killing one person and injuring 15 others.
Raphinha scores twice as Barcelona beats Real Madrid 3-2 in the final of the Spanish Super Cup played in Saudi Arabia.
Chelsea and Bayern Munich advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League as the league phase ended with a hectic night of nine simultaneous games.
Barcelona needed late goals by Andreas Christensen and Marcus Rashford to defeat third-division club Guadalajara 2-0 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey in a game delayed because of problems with the stadium’s temporary grandstand.
Ewa Pajor put Barcelona on course for a 3-1 win against Benfica in the Champions League and moved within sight of Sam Kerr’s scoring record.
Defensive lapses cost Manchester City and Barcelona dearly as both teams slumped to notable losses in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Real Madrid has been held to a 2-2 draw at Elche in the Spanish league to see its winless streak extend to three matches in all competitions.
Barcelona’s next Champions League match at home will be at the renovated Camp Nou stadium with a partial capacity.
Barcelona will be back at the Camp Nou for its Spanish league match against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
Robert Lewandowski grabbed a hat trick and Lamine Yamal scored the other goal as Barcelona beat Celta Vigo 4-2 to move within three points of Spanish league leader Real Madrid.
Construction cranes loomed overhead and there were gaping holes in the upper tier but Barcelona’s team and several thousand paying fans were finally back inside Camp Nou on Friday for the first time in over two years.
Inter Milan remained among the teams with a perfect record by beating Kairat 2-1 in the Champions League, while Barcelona was held 3-3 at Club Brugge and Erling Haaland extended his scoring streak in Manchester City’s 4-1 home win over Borussia Dortmund.
The day after the first clasico of the season saw Real Madrid celebrating the end of its losing streak against Barcelona, and hailing the return to form of Jude Bellingham.
Real Madrid has ended its four-game losing streak against rival Barcelona with a 2-1 victory in the first clasico of the season.
Villarreal has blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States.
Paris Saint-Germain scored seven, Barcelona hit six and Erling Haaland struck his 24th goal of the season on an action-packed night in the Champions League.
A potential stadium conflict could arise if the Miami Hurricanes host a first-round College Football Playoff game.
Arsenal has started its Women’s Champions League defense with a 2-1 loss to Lyon on Tuesday.
Goncalo Ramos struck a 90th-minute winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League.
Barcelona says its upcoming Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain will be played at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, its home for the previous two seasons.
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower over the coming months and become the tallest Christian church in Europe.
Marcus Rashford proved the perfect replacement for Lamine Yamal in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Newcastle in the Champions League and Kevin De Bruyne watched mostly from the sideline as Napoli lost 2-0 at his former club Manchester City.
A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza has left Barcelona's port for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad weather conditions.
At the Champions League draw in Monaco this week, UEFA hosted European soccer officials and marketing executives from the United States with a radical plan on their minds.
The startup Olympic-style sports festival promising no drug testing has filed an $800 million antitrust lawsuit against its main critics for what it claims is an illegal campaign to make athletes boycott its own event.
Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé and England forward Chloe Kelly are among the contenders to win the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or award.
The women's soccer players of Spain have gone from nobodies to title contenders in less than a decade.
The Spanish Football Federation says midfielder Aitana Bonmatí has rejoined the Spain squad in Switzerland ahead of the team's opener in the Women’s European Championship on Thursday.
The Spanish soccer federation says midfielder Aitana Bonmatí has left the hospital and is expected to rejoin the Spain squad in the next few days to try to play in the Women’s European Championship.
Major heat waves have pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius or 104 degrees Fahrenheit in southern European countries including Italy, Spain and Greece.
Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí, the two-time Ballon d’Or holder, has been hospitalized with viral meningitis less than a week before the Women’s European Championship begins.
The Spanish league says four people who hung an effigy of Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior off a highway bridge two years ago have been convicted.
The humble water gun — the cheap, squirt-squirt variety — has become the weapon of choice and symbol of Spain's anti-tourism protests.
Referees at the Club World Cup will wear eye-level cameras to finally allow fans to see exactly what the officials are looking at during a soccer match.
Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris as McLaren continued its early dominance of the Formula 1 championship.
Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.
Lionel Messi has revealed his favorite goal, and it wasn’t one of the hundreds he has scored with his legendary left foot.
American Magic has put its participation in the next America’s Cup in serious doubt after it cited what it considered “transparency” concerns related to Team New Zealand’s decision to hold the 2027 regatta in Naples, Italy.
Spain’s government says it has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules.
Barcelona has clinched its 28th Spanish league title after Lamine Yamal starred in its 2-0 win at crosstown rival Espanyol.
DeVonta Smith enjoyed his first international game experience last September when the Philadelphia Eagles opened what became a Super Bowl championship season by beating the Green Bay Packers in Brazil in the NFL’s first game in South America.
Barcelona took a huge step to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid despite Kylian Mbappé’s hat trick in a mesmerizing “clasico” and opened a seven-point lead over its second-placed rival with three matches remaining.
Inter Milan beat Barcelona 4-3 after extra time in another rollercoaster encounter to reach a second Champions League final in three years.
Scoring three away goals should make Inter Milan feel confident heading into the return leg of its Champions League semifinal against Barcelona.
Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi says talents like Barcelona's Lamine Yamal come around only once in a half century.
Barcelona and Inter Milan have delivered a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal.
A widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal upended the lives of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.
A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people.
Serhou Guirassy has scored a hat trick and still ended up on the losing side as Borussia Dortmund’s 3-1 win over Barcelona wasn’t enough to prevent a 5-3 aggregate loss to Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinals.
Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski have struck again to lead Barcelona to a commanding 4-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Cyprus says it will make money available to subsidize construction of private desalination plants at hotels on the tourism-reliant island nation as dwindling fresh water reserves in 108 dams are reaching alarmingly low levels.
The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects worldwide and firing staff following funding cuts led by the United States.
Emergency services in southern Spain are searching for a married couple after flash floods swept away their vehicle as rising waters prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes.
Paris Saint-Germain has defeated Liverpool in a penalty shootout to join Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Defending champion Real Madrid, Liverpool and Barcelona all have one-goal leads to protect going into the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 this week.