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.
An American football league in Europe and the teams that recently broke away from it demanding structural reforms have reached a deal to reunite and play next season.
European qualifying for the 2026 World Cup has concluded with Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Scotland and Austria securing the region’s remaining automatic spots.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has praised this year’s international series and said the league plans to return to Spain and will continue to study other possible markets.
The scene at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium looks a lot different Sunday, with troves of fans wearing NFL jerseys instead of the white Real Madrid shirts usually seen on a regular soccer gameday.
Luis Rubiales has been pelted by eggs thrown by his own uncle as the former head of Spain's soccer federation presented a memoir relating his downfall after kissing a player at the 2023 Women's World Cup.
More than 20,000 Barcelona fans have filled a part of the modernized Camp Nou stadium to watch the team practice there for the first time since it was closed for a major facelift over two years ago.
Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden have been recalled by England coach Thomas Tuchel for the team’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania.
Europe’s top teams appear to have finally come to grips with the new-look Champions League.
Orlando International Airport will welcome Iberia to Terminal C, where it will begin nonstop flights between Orlando and Madrid. The Spanish flag carrier will run nonstop flights on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
The Spanish league says plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off.
England has become the first country from Europe to qualify for the 2026 World Cup but Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal will have to wait after conceding a stoppage-time equalizer against Hungary.
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
Novak Djokovic needed medical attention after losing the second set but recovered to beat Jaume Munar 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in hot and humid conditions at the Shanghai Masters.
Tradition-busting plans for Barcelona to play a league game in Miami and AC Milan to feature in Australia should now be able to go ahead.
Arsenal has announced the surprise departure of vice chairman Tim Lewis as part of a major reshuffle of the club’s board to inject “fresh thinking and energy” in its pursuit of trophies.
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.
Spain has joined the group of countries threatening not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is excluded from the competition over the war in the Gaza Strip.
Carlos Alcaraz officially has returned to No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time in two years.
Memphis Depay has become the Netherlands’ outright all-time top scorer with two goals in a 3-2 win at Lithuania in World Cup qualifying.
Fans enduring a lengthy wait to get into the U.S. Open final booed and chanted “Let us in.
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.
Carlos Alcaraz’s accidental buzz cut is moving on at the U.S. Open thanks to an easy-as-can-be victory in the second round.
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.
Thousands of people from around the world seeking a uniquely messy thrill have spent a wild hour flinging bushels of overripe tomatoes at each other.
Jonas Vingegaard has his sights set on a first Grand Tour title in two years when the Spanish Vuelta starts on Saturday, with top rival Tadej Pogačar skipping the mountainous three-week race.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face potential difficult American opponents when they begin their quest for another U.S. Open title.
They'll still play the full U.S. Open starting Sunday in New York, but it might save some time to skip ahead to the men's final on Sept. 7.
Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament shortly before it was scheduled to begin.
Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heat wave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.
Montse Tomé had expected to keep her job as coach of Spain’s women’s national team after leading it to the final of the European Championship last month and doesn’t know why her contract wasn’t extended.
Being the most skillful and technically best team at the Women’s European Championship was not enough to get Spain the title on Sunday.
England beat Spain in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw to win a thrilling Women’s European Championship final on Sunday.
Indian soccer officials say that a job application to coach their national team it apparently received from former Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández was fake.
Despite UEFA’s commitment to women’s soccer with a $1 billion strategy through 2030, its president Aleksander Ceferin wasn't seen at the Women’s European Championship except for on the opening day and the final.
The women's soccer players of Spain have gone from nobodies to title contenders in less than a decade.
Barcelona will now play a preseason game in Japan that it had previously said was canceled after resolving a contractual dispute with the promoter.
Lawmakers on Maui have passed legislation aimed at eliminating a large percentage of the Hawaiian island’s vacation rentals.
England and Spain are set to face off in the Women's European Championship final, echoing their World Cup clash two years ago.
Aitana Bonmatí has scored in extra time to guide Spain to its first Women’s European Championship final with a 1-0 win over Germany.
Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner, 24-time Grand Slam title winner Novak Djokovic and No. 5-ranked Jack Draper all have withdrawn from the Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto that starts in a week.
Spain has ruthlessly ended Switzerland’s dreamy midsummer run through its home Women’s European Championship in a 2-0 win in the quarterfinals in Bern.
The president of the Catalan golf federation has told The Associated Press that the 2031 Ryder Cup will be held in northeastern Spain.
Canada forward Olivia Smith has become the most expensive player in women’s soccer history at a cost of one million pounds ($1.34 million) after Arsenal signed her from Liverpool.
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is facing criticism and a potential investigation over his 18th birthday party.
Play was stopped twice during the Wimbledon semifinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz because two fans felt unwell in the heat.
Spanish police say they believe Liverpool player Diogo Jota was driving over the speed limit when he and his brother died in a car crash last week.
Thousands of daredevils have run, skidded and tumbled out of the way of a stampeding group of bulls at the opening run of the San Fermín festival.
Players from Liverpool and Portugal’s national team joined family and friends for the funeral of their teammate Diogo Jota and his brother.
Carlos Alcaraz kept his Wimbledon three-peat campaign chugging along by beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court to reach the fourth round.
Spanish authorities say two people have died in northeastern Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters brought it under control.
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.
Many of the world’s nations, but not the United States, gathered on Monday in Spain to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor nations.
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 Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.
NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked.
U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped his participation in the annual NATO summit, a gathering far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term.
Formula 1 owner Liberty Media says it is finally set to complete a deal to take control of motorcycle racing series MotoGP after receiving approval from the European Commission.
NATO leaders are expected to agree by Wednesday that member countries should spend 5% of their gross domestic product on defense.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that Spain reached a deal with NATO to be excluded from a 5% of GDP defense spending target.
Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week.
Carlota Ciganda birdied the final two holes to win the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory in more than 8 1/2 years, while Lexi Thompson had two late bogeys to dash her bid to end a long drought of her own.
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has apologized to former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines following a heated online exchange.
Lamine Yamal has won the battle of Ballon d’Or contenders by scoring twice as Spain eclipsed France 5-4 in their Nations League semifinal.
Israel says it signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record.
