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Nadal, a five-times champion in Madrid, is looking to win a first claycourt title of the season before he begins his French Open title defence after exiting the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open at the semi-final stage. (Photo: AFP/AP)

Madrid Open: Nadal starts strong, Ferrer exits Madrid, Osaka reaches Quarters

Ferrer, 37, announced earlier in the year he would end his 19-year career at the Madrid Open.

09 May 2019 10:58 AM

Marca’s ratings, which judge individual performances by awarding players between one and three stars, gave seven of Barca’s starting 11 no stars at all. (Photo: AFP)

Spanish media reacts to Barcelona's collapse against Liverpool; see pics

Barca’s Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets apologised to fans after the game, as did Valverde.

08 May 2019 4:08 PM

The Swiss player dismantled Gasquet 6-2, 6-3 in a match lasting just 52 minutes and marking his triumphant return to the clay court. (Photo: AP)

Federer defeats Gasquet in Madrid Open

The 37-year-old tennis star easily won the first set and finished with 28 winners to 20 unforced errors.

08 May 2019 3:19 PM

Godin’s departure will leave another hole in Atletico’s defence, with France international Lucas Hernandez already agreeing to join Bayern Munich in June. (Photo: Diego Godin/Twitter)

Atletico Madrid captain Diego Godin to leave the club

He is the club’s longest-serving player, and its latest high profile servant to leave after Fernando Torres and Gabi Fernandez.

07 May 2019 8:47 PM

Villarreal hit back in the 11th when Gerard Moreno slammed the ball inside the near post from outside the area after Real midfielder Casemiro was dispossessed. (Photo: AP)

La Liga: Madrid beats Villareal 3-2 in-front of a low crowd

Madrid got off to an ideal start when Mariano Diaz netted in the second minute after teenager Brahim Diaz had chased down Santi Cazorla.

06 May 2019 12:12 PM

Barca said in a statement the 21-year-old would undergo further tests on his right hamstring on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Ousmane Dembele likely to miss Barcelona’s UCL semi-final 2nd-leg vs Liverpool

Demebele was one of few regulars to face Celta as coach Ernesto Valverde made 11 changes.

05 May 2019 3:41 PM

La Liga: Espanyol crushes Atletico Madrid 3-0

Espanyol took the lead right before halftime when Atletico's Diego Godin slid the ball into his own net as he scrambled to clear a cross.

05 May 2019 1:50 PM

19th-placed Rayo Vallecano became the first team to be relegated, after a 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Levante left them on 31 points from 36 games. (Photo: AP)

La Liga: Celta Vigo beats a weak-Barcelona side by two goals to nil

The win took Celta on to 40 points and a step closer towards guaranteeing survival.

05 May 2019 12:21 PM

Xavi further confirmed his intention to follow in the footsteps of Dutch footballer and coach Johan Cruyff. (Photo: AFP)

Barcelona legend Xavi announces retirement

Having scored 85 goals between 1998 to 2015, Xavi holds an all-time appearances record of 767 for FC Barcelona.

03 May 2019 12:38 PM

Liverpool matched Barcelona in the first half, dominated them early in the second and could still have left with an away goal after Messi's brilliant brace, only for Mohamed Salah to hit the post. (Photo: AFP)

'I knew Messi's a world class player and he's unstoppable': Klopp

Klopp could only smile after Messi's curling shot nestled in the top corner but this result was harsh on his side.

02 May 2019 1:15 PM

His 725 matches between 1999 and 2015 put him behind only his former team mate Raul, with 741, on Real’s all-time list. (Photo: AP)

Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas says he is 'feeling strong' after heart attack

Casillas played 167 times for Spain and famously captained them to their first ever World Cup win in 2010.

02 May 2019 11:02 AM

Klopp’s side had their chances too with James Milner having two shots saved and Mohamed Salah striking the post. (Photo: AFP)

'I am happy with the performance but not happy with the result': Klopp

Liverpool went in 1-0 down in the first half, Messi struck twice including a superb long-range free kick.

02 May 2019 10:50 AM

Barca’s South American duo of Suarez and Messi showed little mercy whenever they sniffed out a chance and condemned Juergen Klopp’s side to their first defeat in any competition since January with some ruthless finishing. (Photo: AFP)

UCL 2018-19: Barcelona's Messi blasts away Liverpool to a 3-0 defeat

Barca captain Messi scored the second goal in the 75th minute, chesting the ball down on the rebound and dribbling it over the line

02 May 2019 9:23 AM

Liverpool put the considerable windfall they received from selling Coutinho towards signing defensive linchpin Virgil van Dijk. (Photo: File)

'We miss Phil Coutinho a lot because he is a world class player': Klopp

Barca signed Coutinho for a club record 142 million pounds (USD 185.18 million) in January 2018.

01 May 2019 9:55 AM

It was ten years ago Alex Ferguson dubbed them the best team he had ever faced but those left from Barcelona's iconic generation still have work to do. Three remain and when Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Gerard Pique line up against Liverpool on Wednesday, they may wonder if this could be their best chance of another, and perhaps final, Champions League triumph. (Photo: Uefa champions league/ Twitter))

Barcelona look to add 6th UCL trophy, Messi could add 4th UCL title

When Ernesto Valverde took charge at the start of last season, Barcelona were wounded by consecutive Super Cup defeats to Real Madrid.

30 Apr 2019 12:19 PM

Zidane was uncharacteristically upset after the setback against Rayo, the team's fourth in six matches. (Photo: AFP)

Zidane loses patience after Real Madrid's defeat against Rayo Vallecano

A day before the disappointing performance against Rayo, Madrid fans had to endure seeing Barcelona clinch its second straight league title.

29 Apr 2019 5:07 PM

Messi has the most number of goals in this season of La Liga and with this goal, his tally has reached 34 goals, 13 goals ahead of the second-positioned, Karim Benzema. (Photo: AFP)

Messi cruises past Iniesta's record

After Messi won his 10th La Liga title with Barcelona, he surpassed the previous record, which was held by Andres Iniesta (9).

29 Apr 2019 12:04 PM

Real later had a goal from Mariano ruled out for a clear offside, one of the rare occasions in the game in which Zinedine Zidane’s side troubled the hosts, who looked far likelier to score again than concede a goal to Madrid’s toothless attack. (Photo: Real Madrid Twitter)

La Liga 2019: Lack lustre Madrid slumped to 1-0 defeat against Rayo Vallecano

The only goal came when Adri Embarba sent Thibaut Courtois the wrong way with a penalty midway through the first half.

29 Apr 2019 10:20 AM

The novelty of these elections is the emergence of far-right party Vox, which burst onto the scene in December regional polls in southern Andalusia. (Photo: AFP)

Spain heads towards a hung parliament; far-right registers its presence

Opinion polls give outgoing socialist premier Pedro Sanchez a win but without the necessary majority to govern alone.

28 Apr 2019 6:07 PM

The game was decided by a glaring error from Valladolid defender Joaquin Fernandez, who appeared at the near post to try to clear a cross from Atletico’s Saul Niguez but instead headed the ball straight into his own net. (Photo: AFP)

La Liga: Atletico gains an unlikely 1-0 win against Real Valladolid

A win for Valladolid would have handed Barca the title before their kick-off at home to Levante but they were made to wait a few more hours.

28 Apr 2019 2:43 PM

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