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Football: Atletico tighten grip on La Liga lead with win over Sevilla

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 10:41 AM

La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid proved their title credentials yet again by beating in-form Sevilla 2-0 at home. Read more »

Football: Zidane blasts snow-hit pitch as Real Madrid held

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 10:31 AM

Zinedine Zidane said Real Madrid's goalless draw with Osasuna on Saturday was "not a football match" and should have been called off after Spain was hit by a snowstorm.   Read more »

Football: Messi double gives Barca renewed hope in La Liga title chase

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 09:57 AM

Ronald Koeman said Barcelona can still win La Liga after Lionel Messi scored twice on Wednesday in a 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao. Read more »

Football: Barca triumph as Messi makes 500th Liga appearance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 09:40 AM

Barcelona won 1-0 at bottom side Huesca on Sunday as Lionel Messi became the first foreigner to make 500 appearances in Spain's La Liga. Read more »

Football: Real Madrid beat Celta to take Liga top spot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 10:14 AM

Real Madrid jumped to the top of La Liga on Saturday with a 2-0 home victory over in-form Celta Vigo. Read more »

Football: Suarez ensures Atletico top La Liga at end of 2020

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 11:26 AM

Luis Suarez made sure that Atletico Madrid will end 2020 top of La Liga after scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over Getafe on Wednesday. Read more »

Football: Home draw with Eibar ends Barcelona's gloomy year on drab note

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 11:10 AM

Barcelona ended a difficult year with another disappointing result as they were held 1-1 at home by struggling Eibar on Tuesday. Read more »

Football: Real win fifth game in a row to keep pace with Atletico

Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 07:49 AM

Real Madrid defeated a stubborn Granada side 2-0 at home on Wednesday to notch a fifth consecutive La Liga victory. Read more »

Football: Messi overtakes Pele's goal record as Atletico cement Liga lead

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 11:09 AM

Lionel Messi overtook Pele's record of goals for a single club on Tuesday as Barcelona strolled to a 3-0 La Liga win at Real Valladolid. Read more »

Football: Benzema brilliance helps Real Madrid win fifth game in a row

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 21 11:05 AM

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema kept up his impressive run of form by scoring and providing two assists in a 3-1 win away to Eibar on Sunday. Read more »

Football: Messi equals Pele goal record but Barca lose more ground

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 09:22 AM

Lionel Messi scored his 643rd goal for Barcelona on Saturday to equal Pele's record of goals for a single club as the Spanish giants were held 2-2 by Valencia. Read more »

Football: Messi saves lackluster Barca, Sociedad reclaim top spot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 11:14 AM

Lionel Messi saved Barcelona from another embarrassing result by scoring the decisive goal in a 1-0 win over lowly Levante. Read more »

Football: Real Madrid take derby honors as Atletico lose unbeaten record

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 13 10:04 AM

Real Madrid reignited their La Liga title push on Saturday beating leaders Atletico 2-0 as their city rivals suffered a first league defeat of the season.  Read more »

Football: Barca take 'gigantic step backwards' but Zidane gets breathing space

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 06 10:15 AM

Lionel Messi's Barcelona suffered a fourth Liga defeat of the season as they went down 2-1 to Cadiz on Saturday. Read more »

Football: Alaves down Real, as Atletico go level with leaders Sociedad

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 09:58 AM

Atletico moved level with leaders Real Sociedad after extending their winning run to six matches. Read more »

Football: Atletico edge past Barca to earn title boost as Real Madrid held

Thomas ALLNUTT, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 10:10 AM

Atletico Madrid delivered a major boost to their hopes of winning La Liga on Saturday by beating Barcelona, 1-0. Read more »

Football: Opportunity knocks for Atletico to make title statement against Barca

Thomas ALLNUTT, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 04:10 PM

Atletico Madrid's La Liga challenge will not succeed or fail on Saturday but end a decade-long drought by beating Barcelona and they could justifiably become favourites for the title. Read more »

Football: Real Madrid recovery halted by Valencia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 10:46 AM

Real Madrid were thrashed 4-1 at struggling Valencia on Sunday as Carlos Soler scored a hat-trick of penalties to raise further doubts over La Liga's reigning champions.  Read more »

Football: Messi at the double against Betis after starting on bench

Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 10:21 AM

Lionel Messi came off the bench to score twice and lead Barcelona to a 5-2 home victory over Real Betis on Saturday. Read more »

Football: Barcelona held by 10-man Alaves to extend winless streak in La Liga

Thomas ALLNUTT, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 10:28 AM

Barcelona made it four La Liga games without a win on Saturday after failing to beat 10-man Alaves, a 1-1 draw leaving Ronald Koeman's side sitting 12th in the table. Read more »