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April 14, 2018

Barcelona unbeaten in record 39 straight La Liga games

Barcelona set a Spanish league record of 39 consecutive games unbeaten on Saturday, as it rebounded from its humbling ...

April 09, 2018

Villarreal loses again, drops to sixth in Spanish league

Villarreal followed its surprise loss to last-place Malaga by falling at home to Athletic Bilbao 3-1 on Monday, dropping to ...

April 02, 2018

Atletico beats Deportivo, cuts Barcelona's lead to 9 points

Atletico Madrid took advantage of Barcelona's stumble to keep alive its title hopes in the Spanish league. Kevin Gameiro ...

March 18, 2018

Ronaldo scores 4 goals as Madrid beats Girona 6-3

Cristiano Ronaldo extended his impressive scoring run by scoring four goals in Real Madrid's 6-3 rout of Girona in the ...

March 18, 2018

Barcelona takes 11-point lead; Ronaldo scores 4 for Madrid

Atletico Madrid's title hopes were further damaged after it conceded two late goals in a 2-1 loss at Villarreal on Sunday, ...

March 18, 2018

Messi leads Barcelona to 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi added to his scoring streak with a first-half goal in Barcelona's 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish ...

March 15, 2018

Welbeck double lifts Arsenal, Torres boosts Atletico

Danny Welbeck celebrated his England callup by scoring twice as Arsenal beat AC Milan 3-1 Thursday to cruise into the Europa ...

March 15, 2018

2 Bilbao security guards hurt in attack by Marseille fans

Two security guards received minor injuries after being attacked by Marseille fans during the second leg of the Europa League ...

March 11, 2018

Griezmann thrives as Atletico stays 8 points behind Barca

Antoine Griezmann is keeping alive Atletico Madrid's hopes of a Spanish league title challenge. The France forward scored an ...

March 08, 2018

Surprise Europa League wins for Arsenal, Salzburg

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first Arsenal goal as the London club rebounded from four successive losses with a 2-0 win at ...

March 01, 2018

Red-hot Griezmann scores 4 goals, keeps Atletico winning

It's hard to stop Antoine Griezmann these days. The forward followed up a hat trick against Sevilla with a four-goal ...

February 28, 2018

Without Ronaldo, Madrid loses to Espanyol in Spanish league

Real Madrid couldn't overcome the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and other regular starters on Tuesday, losing 1-0 to Espanyol ...

February 26, 2018

Atletico routs Sevilla 5-2, continues its chase of Barcelona

Atletico Madrid is making it clear that it won't let up in its pursuit of Spanish league leader Barcelona. Atletico sent a ...

February 23, 2018

Police say officer collapsed by himself during fan violence

The riot police officer who died of cardiac arrest during crowd trouble before a Europa League match in Spain collapsed on ...

February 23, 2018

Napoli out of Europa League; police officer dies in Spain

Serie A leader Napoli wasn't good enough to advance in the Europa League on Thursday after it was knocked out in Germany by ...

February 23, 2018

Officer dies of cardiac arrest after fan violence in Spain

A Spanish riot police officer died of cardiac arrest after clashes involving Russian soccer fans before a Europa League match ...

February 22, 2018

Russian hooligan arrested for Euro 2016 attack

German police have arrested a Russian suspected of seriously injuring a British soccer fan during the European Championship ...

February 18, 2018

Atletico stays in touch with Barca, Madrid wins 5-3 at Betis

Atletico Madrid stayed within sight of Barcelona while Real Madrid's attack bailed out its porous defense in the Spanish ...

February 09, 2018

Las Palmas maintains momentum with draw at Athletic Bilbao

Las Palmas continued to show improvement under new coach Paco Jemez when it drew 0-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Friday. Jemez took ...