A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Friday:
SPAIN
Athletic Bilbao visits Levante in a matchup of two of the up-and-coming teams in the Spanish league. Both sides can hope...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — First in the Spanish league and then in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona and Sevilla will meet twice in five days with each team’s hopes in both competitions on the...
MILAN (AP) — Just over a year after “Game Zero,” Atalanta is back in the knockout round of the Champions League.
Last year’s match, against Valencia in nearby Milan on Feb. 19, was the...
It’s a decade since Pep Guardiola won the Champions League.
If that already feels an absurdly long time for someone widely feted as the greatest active soccer manager, consider that...
MADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI, Spanish lawmakers and others are marking 40 years since a paramilitary coup attempt failed to derail the country's peaceful transition to democracy, but the...
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s national soccer team will play its first “home” World Cup qualifying game at a neutral venue in Spain next month because of travel restrictions related to the...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music and tweets praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week...
MADRID (AP) — Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain’s two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona on Sunday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cádiz snatched a late penalty to draw 1-1 at Camp Nou and deal Barcelona an unexpected setback in its bid for the Spanish league title on Sunday.
MADRID (AP) — After Atlético Madrid stumbled in the Spanish league, Real Madrid didn't miss its chance to move closer to the top.
Madrid won 1-0 at Valladolid on Saturday for its fourth...
MADRID (AP) — Pau Gasol denied Spanish media reports on Saturday that he has reached a deal to return to Spain to play for Barcelona.
Gasol said on Twitter he remains “focused on my recovery...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) —
A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of a Spanish rap artist once more devolved into clashes between police and the members of fringe...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday:
ENGLAND
Manchester City is on a 17-match winning run heading into the trip to Arsenal and has opened up a 10-point lead over...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Street protests over the imprisonment of a rapper turned violent for a fourth straight night in Spain on Friday, as political responses to the disturbances strained...
MADRID (AP) — Riots broke out in many Spanish cities this week during freedom of speech protests over the jailing of a little-known rapper for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Zinedine Zidane liked what he saw when Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland ripped apart two of his team’s top rivals in Spain this week.
BERLIN (AP) — Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United took a big step toward the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-0 “away” win over Spanish team Real Sociedad in Italy on...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A suspected gang of diamond thieves who posed as potential buyers to steal a precious purple-hued diamond worth millions in Barcelona has been busted by French and Spanish...
MADRID (AP) — More than 50 people were arrested and dozens injured during a second night of protests that turned violent in several Spanish cities. The protests were sparked by the imprisonment of...
GENEVA (AP) — With four places likely to be added to the Champions League starting in 2024, the president of the European Leagues group is working to ensure those extra spots go to smaller teams...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With his reputation as a taskmaster, Diego Simeone is not an easy coach to play for.
Many a striker - Álvaro Morata, Jackson Martínez, Kevin Gameiro, to name three -...
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund ended Sevilla’s nine-game winning streak with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory in the first leg of the round of 16 of the...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Wednesday:
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Cristiano Ronaldo returns to his homeland when Juventus faces Porto in the first leg of the round of 16....
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Kylian Mbappé outplayed Lionel Messi as Paris Saint-Germain put Barcelona up against the ropes in the Champions League again.
LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — Violent street protests erupted in some Spanish cities on Tuesday night following the arrest of a rap artist who barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Human rights lawyers have called on Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, to immediately stop its activities in the Aegean Sea and formally accused the...
MADRID (AP) — Poor results in Catalan regional elections over the weekend has spurred Spain’s main conservative opposition Popular Party to revamp itself, starting with a decision to quit the...
LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — A rapper in Spain and dozens of his supporters locked themselves inside a university building Monday in the artist's latest attempt to avoid a prison sentence for insulting...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The future government of Spain’s restive Catalonia region is in the hands of a man spending his nights in a prison cell for sedition.
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti has recovered from a hip injury and will be available for Tuesday's Champions League match at Barcelona.
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday:
ENGLAND
Chelsea hosts Newcastle with the opportunity to move back into the Premier League’s top four after defending champion...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The pro-union Socialist Party claimed a narrow win in regional elections in Catalonia late Sunday, but the bloc of parties supporting secession by Spain’s northeastern...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday:
ENGLAND
Manchester United needs a victory at second-to-last West Bromwich Albion to stay in sight of Manchester City in the...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Twice a pack of Alavés defenders thought they had Lionel Messi under control. Twice Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer proved them wrong.
MADRID (AP) — Victòria Martínez continues to sign official documents with the name that she, her partner and their two daughters ditched four years ago. Barring any surprises, she expects the...