Sport

Madrid celebrates football supremacy but wonders who are Real champions

Let us hope the team that turns up for the final of the 2016 Champions League is better than the Real Madrid we saw against Manchester City over both

05/05/2016

Sport

No surprise in Atletico reaching Champions League final - Simeone

For the second time in three seasons and for a third time overall Atletico Madrid have made it to the final of Europe’s top club competition. The

04/05/2016

Sport

Barcelona suffer Wednesday night nervous breakdown

What to make of Atletico Madrid’s humbling of Barcelona, knocking them out of the champions league, and now breathing down their necks in La Liga as

14/04/2016

Sport

Barcelona and Bayern Munich edge their Champions League ties

Home wins in the Champions League as Barcelona beat Atletico and Bayern beat Benfica. Louis Suarez scored a brace for Barcelona to give the Catalan

05/04/2016

Sport

Paris St Germain are Champions League underdogs against Manchester City, says manager

With a kind quarter-final draw and high hopes of reaching the Champions League semis, Paris St Germain manager Laurent Blanc says Man City have more

05/04/2016

Sport

Champions League: Barcelona set for Atletico Madrid quarter-final clash

The Champions League resumes this week with the quarter-final stage. Holders Barcelona will look to bounce back from their El Clasico defeat to arch

04/04/2016

Sport

Atletico scrape through on penalties against PSV

Extra time was needed, and then penalties to decide the outcome of the Atletico Madrid – PSV Eindhoven match, which the Spaniards won eight-seven. In

15/03/2016

Sport

Atletico and Man City look to progress to Champions' League quarters

There is everything to play for for both sides in tonight’s Champion’s League clash between Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven. The first leg in the

14/03/2016

Culture news

ARCO Madrid marks 35th anniversary

One of Europe’s biggest contemporary art fairs, ARCO Madrid celebrated its 35th anniversary this year. With more than 200 galleries from some 30

01/03/2016

Sport

Jackson Martinez signs for Guangzhou Evergrande

Colombia international Jackson Martinez has left Atletico Madrid after just seven months and signed with Chinese Super League club Guangzhou

03/02/2016

Sport

Transfer ban for Real and Atletico Madrid suspended

Real Madrid and their neighbours Atletico Madrid have had their bans on signing new players for the next two transfer windows suspended pending the

29/01/2016

Spain

Spain expects an end to seesaw Conservative-Socialist voting

A senior figure in Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) is in La Nucia, in the southeastern Alicante province for the day. Foreign Affairs

15/12/2015

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Run, Santa run

10,000 people dressed as Santa Claus race through streets of Spanish capital, Madrid. Five hundred elves, adding a touch of green to the sea of red

12/12/2015

Sport

Barcelona, Liverpool and Leicester enjoy morale-boosting wins

It was a weekend full of surprises in European football. Barcelona dominated Real Madrid in El Clasico, handing their arch rivals their heaviest

23/11/2015

Spain

Thousands rally in Madrid against domestic violence

Some 21,00 people gathered in Madrid on Saturday to demonstrate against domestic violence. Members of hundreds of women’s groups from across Spain

08/11/2015

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Madrid Games Week third edition

02/10/2015

Spain

Opinions split in Madrid about Catalan regional vote

If the pro-independence bloc wins Sunday’s (September 28) regional election in Spain’s Catalonia region, it has said it will start a process that

27/09/2015

Spain

Catalonia split from Spain 'inevitable' without referendum, says Mas

Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region holds local elections on Sunday (September 27). Many national parties see it as a proxy vote on breaking away

22/09/2015

World News

Thousands turn out in Europe to show support for migrants and refugees

There has been a show of support across Europe for migrants and refugees. In Athens, hundreds marched through the city, chanting slogans urging the

13/09/2015

Sport

Vuelta GC is red-hot ahead of final straight to Madrid

The Vuelta a Espana peloton enjoyed a much needed rest day on Tuesday. But heading down the final straight to Madrid, it’s hotting up at the top of

08/09/2015