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MADRID, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 21: Sergio Ramos of Real Madrid CF celebrates scoring their opening goal during the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and Villarreal CF at Santiago Bernabeu stadium on September 21, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

Sergio Ramos’ goal scoring heroics key to Real Madrid’s unbeaten run

With one of the world’s premier goal scorers, Real Madrid has now gone unbeaten in 37 straight games. Recent results have seen Los Blancos open up a six-point lead on Barcelona (now three points ahead with a game in hand) and recently won the Club World Cup. Relying on one of the game’s most in-form strikers, […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – DECEMBER 03: Sergio Ramos of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou on December 3, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Real Madrid may already have one hand on the La Liga title thanks to Sergio Ramos

For 89 minutes, everything was coming up roses for Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Luis Suarez’s goal in the 53rd minute had the Catalans on top of Real Madrid and ready to carve into a six-point deficit at the top of the La Liga table. But, in the final minute of regulation, Sergio Ramos took […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – DECEMBER 02: Lionel Messi (L) and Neymar Jr. of FC Barcelona look on during a training session ahead of their La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid on December 2, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Barcelona, Real Madrid to meet in season’s first ‘Clasico’

Some of the best theater in world football takes the stage again this weekend as Barcelona and Real Madrid renew their bitter rivalry Saturday (10 a.m. ET, beIn Sports). Table watch: Barcelona needs to make up a little ground. Real Madrid hasn’t tasted defeat this season, and that fast start has it six points clear […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 12: FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees Lionel Messi of Argentina and FC Barcelona (L) and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid smile during the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus on January 12, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Messi and Ronaldo: A brief history of one of the great sporting rivalries

This weekend is El Clasico, the biggest league match in Spain, and probably Europe. As always, the focus will be around the two generational talents that are the faces of their clubs. The two men are among the greatest that have ever played the game, and their history together has been well documented. We take […]

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Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid to tangle in Madrid Derby

For the first time since Real Madrid edged Atletico Madrid on spot kicks in the Champions League final, the two city rivals will face off Saturday (2:45 p.m., ET, beIn Sports). A fond farewell: This will be the final La Liga match between the two clubs at the Vicente Calderon Stadium. The 56-year-old stadium is […]

SEVILLE, SPAIN – AUGUST 14: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (L) shake hands with his team mate Munir El Haddadi of FC Barcelona (R) during the match between Sevilla FC vs FC Barcelona as part of the Spanish Super Cup Final 1st Leg at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on August 14, 2016 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)

Usual suspects take aim at La Liga crown

The Spanish first division cranks up this weekend, and that leads me to the safest prediction in world soccer: Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid will win the title. It’s not exactly a gamble to pick one of those teams, since one has to go all the way back to Valencia’s title run in 2003 […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 24: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona looks on during the UEFA Champions League Group E match between FC Barcelona and AS Roma at Camp Nou stadium on November 24, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Lionel Messi and father sentenced to 21 months in prison…will not serve time

Barcelona great and recently retired Argentina player Lionel Messi and his father have each been sentenced to 21 months in prison and issued a fine for tax fraud. But because of Spanish law, the sentences have been suspended and neither will serve time in prison. The Messi’s were initially investigated due to putting money in tax havens […]

Real Madrid and Barcelona among Spanish teams to repay state aid

The European Commission (which is the executive arm of the European Union) has ruled that Real Madrid and Barcelona are among seven professional teams in Spain that have to pay back millions of euros of what was deemed by the commission as “illegal state aid.” Real Madrid has come into hot water because the European Commission […]

Liverpool and Sevilla look to take the Europa League title

The road to Basel, Switzerland has been a long one, but finally two teams have emerged and will battle it out for the Europa League title. Liverpool from the English Premier League will take on back-to-back Europa League champions Sevilla representing La Liga at St. Jakob-Park for the Europa League final. Sevilla look for an unprecedented […]

GRANADA, SPAIN – MAY 14: Luis Suarez of Barcelona celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with his team mates during the La Liga match between Granada and Barcelona at Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes on May 14, 2016 in Granada, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Barcelona wins La Liga title amid strong challenge from Real Madrid

Barcelona certainly kept the La Liga title race interesting after a bad April. But despite that, Barcelona held on an won their 24th La Liga title by a single point over Real Madrid after taking Barcelona to the final match of the season. After Atletico Madrid lost to Levante last week to be mathematically eliminated from the […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 22: Ivan Rakitic of Barcelona takes on Luka Modric and Toni Kroos of Real Madrid CF during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou on March 22, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

Barcelona or Real Madrid: Who will win the La Liga title on the last day?

Just one month ago, it seemed as if Barcelona had the La Liga title wrapped up and also looked like the front runners to repeat as Champions League title winners again. However, a string a bad results and the resurgence of Real Madrid have set up what should be a very interesting last week in […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 28: Neymar (C) of FC Barcelona celebrates with his teammates Luis Suarez (L) and Lionel Messi of FC Barcelonaa after scoring his team’s third goal of FC Barcelonaduring the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad de Futbol at Camp Nou on November 28, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Amid Barcelona’s collapse, the La Liga title race has become the most exciting title race in Europe

Before Barcelona welcomed Real Madrid in the Camp Nou for El Clasico, Barcelona was running away with the La Liga title. Sure they drew Villarreal but they were still the odds on favorite to easily win the treble. Even when Barcelona lost to Real Madrid, Barcelona was still a heavy favorite. Now that they got […]

xxxx during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou on April 2, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

Should Gareth Bale’s disallowed goal in El Clasico have counted?

Though Real Madrid would later grab a late winner courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo, when Gareth Bale was penalized for a foul on Jordi Alba after nodding home a leading goal, Madrid fans were livid. They weren’t the only ones, either. Gareth Bale would later state: “I can’t believe it was disallowed… It was a very […]

BARCELONA, SPAIN – APRIL 02: Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid CF slides the ball underneat6h Claudio Bravo of FC Barcelona to score his team’s second goal during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou on April 2, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

WATCH: After a disallowed goal and red card, Cristiano Ronaldo gives Real Madrid win in El Clasico

Things really picked up in El Clasico after Karim Benzema scored an overhead kick for Real Madrid to equalize. In just a span of a few minutes, Real Madrid got a goal wrongly disallowed, went down a man and score the game winning goal. Gareth Bale thought he had the winning goal. He rose up […]

xxxx during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou on April 2, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

WATCH: Pique gives Barcelona lead, Benzema answers with beautiful overhead equalizer in El Clasico

The first half of El Clasico was a bit disjointed and uncharacteristic of the beauty of La Liga soccer. Play was defensive, highly physical and designed to stop and start to keep anyone from having any momentum. This changed in the second half and specifically in the 56th minute. Gerard Pique shook off his defender […]

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