La Liga

La Liga: Barcelona, Real Madrid share spoils in rare goalless draw

The draw left Barca top on 36 points after 17 games with Real also on 36, five clear of third-placed Sevilla.

Dec 19, 2019, 14:05 PM IST

Rohit Sharma appointed as La Liga's Indian brand ambassador

Swashbuckling Indian opener Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the first-ever Indian brand ambassador of Spain's top division football league--La Liga. 

Dec 12, 2019, 18:10 PM IST

La Liga: Lionel Messi nets sublime hat-trick as Barcelona rout Mallorca

Lionel Messi celebrated his sixth Ballon D`Or award with a brilliant hat-trick as Barcelona moved back top of La Liga with an emphatic 5-2 victory over Real Mallorca on Saturday.

Dec 08, 2019, 14:36 PM IST

La Liga: Atletico Madrid's fading title hopes hit by Villarreal draw

Atletico, who have failed to win at Villarreal since April 2015, are sixth in the table on 26 points from 16 games, five behind Liga leaders Barcelona who have two games in hand.

Dec 07, 2019, 15:33 PM IST

La Liga: Arturo Vidal's late goal gives sluggish Barcelona 2-1 victory at Leganes

Barca extended their lead at the top of the table by three points although second-placed Real Madrid can go level with them when they host Real Sociedad later on Saturday.

Nov 23, 2019, 21:03 PM IST

La Liga: Karim Benzema's brace helps Real Madrid crush Eibar 4-0

Real have now scored 16 goals without conceding any in their last five fixtures, a resounding response to their shock 1-0 defeat at Real Mallorca three weeks ago.

Nov 10, 2019, 15:05 PM IST

La Liga: Lionel Messi scores 34th hat-trick, equals Cristiano Ronaldo's record

Messi scored his first goal through a penalty in the 23rd minute followed by strikes in the 45+1 and 48 minutes. 

Nov 10, 2019, 09:42 AM IST

Sergio Ramos equals Lionel Messi's record as Real Madrid thrash Leganes in La Liga

 Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos scored for the 16th La Liga season in a row as his side coasted to a 5-0 win at home to basement club Leganes in La Liga on Wednesday to move up to second in the standings.

Oct 31, 2019, 12:38 PM IST

La Liga: Sevilla thwarted at Valencia by late leveller

Sevilla`s in-form Argentine winger Lucas Ocampos put the visiting side ahead against the run of play on the stroke of halftime.

Oct 31, 2019, 10:25 AM IST

La Liga: Real Sociedad march on, Sevilla floored by Eibar fightback

Sevilla tumbled down to seventh on 10 points after six games, while Eibar climbed up from second-bottom to 16th on five.

Sep 27, 2019, 09:59 AM IST

La Liga: Barcelona income to break the billion euro barrier

A statement from the club on Thursday said they had made record turnover of 990 million euros last season and projected an increase to 1.047 billion euros for the 2019/20 campaign.

Sep 20, 2019, 00:07 AM IST

Zinedine Zidane looking vulnerable as Real Madrid face Julen Lopetegui reunion

Sevilla top La Liga with 10 points after four games and while Real are also unbeaten and only two points back, they are smarting from a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Paris St Germain in the Champions League which has coach Zinedine Zidane feeling the heat.

Sep 19, 2019, 20:02 PM IST

Real Madrid fans are more 'real' than Chelsea's, feels Eden Hazard

Hazard spent seven years at English Premier League side Chelsea before moving to Spanish La Liga giants Real Madrid. 

Sep 18, 2019, 23:28 PM IST

La Liga: Athletic Bilbao miss late penalty at Mallorca and chance to go top

Bilbao had a golden opportunity to snatch victory with a stoppage-time penalty, awarded after video review for a handball. But Aritz Aduriz saw his spot-kick saved by keeper Manolo Reina.

Sep 14, 2019, 17:43 PM IST

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane to resist rushing Eden Hazard back

Hazard, who joined Real from Chelsea for a reported 100 million euros ($111 million) in the close season, has missed the club’s opening three league games with a thigh injury.

Sep 13, 2019, 19:07 PM IST

La Liga: Marcelino says Valencia sacking down to Copa del Rey victory

Marcelino was relieved of his duties as Valencia boss on Wednesday after two seasons at the helm, with the club sitting tenth in the league standings after three games.

Sep 13, 2019, 18:27 PM IST

La Liga: Real Sociedad ready to write new history in rebooted stadium

The Basque side have been forced to play away in their first three matches of the season while the finishing touches were applied to their ground but on Saturday they will finally be back on home turf when they face early La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.

Sep 13, 2019, 16:52 PM IST

La Liga: Luka Modric thigh problem adds to Real Madrid injury crisis

Modric`s injury takes Madrid`s list of injured players up to eight ahead of Saturday`s game at home to Levante, while Gareth Bale is also suspended after getting sent off in last week`s 2-2 draw at Villarreal.

Sep 12, 2019, 19:25 PM IST

Barcelona could have done more to bring Neymar back: Lionel Messi

Messi was also asked about his future at the Spanish club, to which he trashed recent revelations over a clause in his contract that will allow him to leave Barcelona at the end of the season.
 

Sep 12, 2019, 19:17 PM IST

Still missing Lionel Messi, Barcelona challenged to 'make things click' against Valencia

Messi has not played a minute of football this season due to a calf injury and without him Barca have made their worst start to a campaign since 2008, taking four points from three games.

Sep 12, 2019, 18:52 PM IST