Atletico Madrid beats 10-man Real Madrid 2-1 in the first Madrid derby of the season in the Spanish league while Manchester City wins an eight-goal thriller against Sunderland to move clear at the top of the Premier League.

Raphinha has scored a hat trick to help Barcelona earn yet another big win by routing Racing Santander 7-2 for its best-ever start to a season.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots.

Lamine Yamal produces another double and Barcelona also gets a goal from another 19-year-old product of its famed youth academy in a 4-2 win at Levante on Sunday.

Six goals for Paris Saint-Germain, five for Barcelona and classically just one for Arsenal as the serious Champions League contenders started with wins Wednesday.

Barcelona has stayed perfect in the Spanish league by cruising to a 5-0 win at Valencia with Lamine Yamal scoring another brace for the Catalan club.

Barcelona’s World Cup winners with Spain will not be honored by the club at its first home game of the season because of an incident involving the “estelada” flag, Catalonia’s pro-independence symbol.

Ferran Torres has scored twice in his Paris Saint-Germain debut to help the French defending champion draw 2-2 at Rennes in its league opener, while Barcelona began defense of the Spanish league title with a 5-0 rout of Elche.

José Mourinho is confident Real Madrid will be fine without Rodri despite admitting the club made “a very good offer” to try to sign the Spain captain.

Barcelona has made official the signing of Spain captain Rodri with the midfielder celebrating his arrival to a club that understands “the values” of soccer and saying it was a “tough decision” to leave Manchester City.

Spain’s World Cup-winning captain Rodri has arrive in Barcelona to seal his transfer from Manchester City to the Catalan club.

Firefighters in central Spain are battling a massive wildfire in Guadalajara, which has burned over 32,000 hectares.

Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn’t think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub.

A group of more than 130 people in Barcelona gave a unique welcome to Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday night by forming a human tower.

Pope Leo XIV is presiding over a youth rally in Barcelona.

Pope Leo XIV has been caught in two of Spain's major culture debates during his visit to Barcelona.

Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday when he visits a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrates Mass at Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica.

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.

Kylian Mbappé insists he remains fully committed to his recovery from a left hamstring injury.

Now for the encore, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.

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.

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.

The death of U.S. college student James “Jimmy” Gracey in Spain was likely an accident, local authorities have said.

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.

Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid took giant strides toward the Champions League quarterfinals with big wins in the first leg.

The Spanish soccer league wants to resurrect plans to stage a regular-season game in the United States.

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.

EuroLeague is the top men's basketball league outside the NBA.

Raphinha scores twice as Barcelona beats Real Madrid 3-2 in the final of the Spanish Super Cup played in Saudi Arabia.

Spanish police have evicted orders to clear an abandoned school building where around 400 migrants were living in a squat north of Barcelona.

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.

Kylian Mbappé has scored in his return from injury.

Barcelona says three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí will be out of action for about five months after successfully undergoing surgery on her fractured leg on Tuesday.

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.

Rosalía has won over millions of music lovers for her fusions of flamenco and urban Latin beats.

Barcelona’s next Champions League match at home will be at the renovated Camp Nou stadium with partial capacity.

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.

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica has become the world’s tallest church.

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.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé has won the Ballon d’Or.

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.

Residents of Santiago de Compostela are struggling with overtourism.

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.

A flotilla of ships has set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid and activists on board.

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 cruel heat is back as southern Europe slips deeper into summer.

When it comes to weight-resistance exercise, you can choose free weights such as dumbbells or barbells.

Europe sizzled in its first major heat wave of the summer on Tuesday.

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.

Water guns are back squirting at unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona.

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.

When Lionel Messi left Barcelona it looked like generation would have to go by before another player of his incredible talent would don the burgundy and blue.

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.

Electricity has returned to Spain and Portugal, but the cause of Monday's widespread blackout remains a mystery.

A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people.

Four teams are left in the Champions League.

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.