Spain News
Real Madrid crush Baskonia 121-80 in Leon charity game
Real Madrid overwhelmed a depleted Baskonia 121-80 on Friday in a charity preseason friendly in Leon, a result the Spanish sports press is treating today as an early show of force under new coach Pedro Martinez
Barça visit struggling Valencia at Mestalla on Sunday
Unbeaten leaders FC Barcelona travel to Mestalla to face 17th-placed Valencia on Sunday 6 September at 16:15 Spanish time, with a win enough to leave them alone at the top of LaLiga
Van Aert wins Vuelta stage 13, Mas keeps red jersey
Belgium's Wout Van Aert won the hilly 13th stage of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana on 4 September between Almunecar and Loja, his fourth stage victory, while Spain's Enric Mas kept the overall lead
Man found dead in Jerez rubbish container
The word "basura" is climbing Spain's Google Trends after a 29-year-old man was found dead inside a rubbish container in central Jerez de la Frontera on the morning of Friday 4 September 2026
Badosa trends in Spain after US Open loss to Gauff
Paula Badosa is climbing Spain's Google Trends again after Coco Gauff knocked her out of the US Open second round, just two days after she survived a rain-delayed marathon against Daria Kasatkina
Missing baby in Tarragona: couple held in Valencia
A couple was arrested this week in Valencia over the disappearance of a baby from Santa Barbara, Tarragona, and Spanish outlets are still trying to establish whether the child ever existed
Alcaraz reaches US Open third round after injury
Carlos Alcaraz beat Portugal's Jaime Faria on 2 September to reach the US Open third round, his second win since returning from a four-month layoff caused by a right wrist injury
Telecinco closes a record-low summer and reshuffles its autumn
Telecinco has just finished the worst summer in its history, closing August 2026 at 7.8% audience share, and the Spanish press is unpacking which afternoon formats survive the autumn reshuffle and which do not
Police report: Ceuta surge was orchestrated
A national police report handed to an Audiencia Nacional judge on 1 September 2026 claims July's mass crossing of 72,000 migrants into Ceuta was planned and steered by Moroccan gendarmes, reviving the diplomatic row with Morocco
Rafael Jódar makes Grand Slam debut at the US Open
Spain's 19-year-old Rafael Jódar, now ranked 13th in the world and seeded 12th, plays his first Grand Slam main draw at the US Open on September 1, against a last-minute opponent under threatening skies
La Primitiva results, Monday 31 August 2026
The Spanish press confirms that Monday's La Primitiva draw produced the winning line 05, 17, 20, 23, 31 and 41, with three second-category tickets each worth 37,601.88 euros
Burgos CF v Real Sociedad B: old Real faces return
Burgos CF welcome Real Sociedad B to El Plantio for the third round of Spain's Segunda Division, a fixture the local press is following closely because it marks the return of former Real Sociedad figures