Alfredo Relaño

'Informe Robinson', a Spanish sports documentary series hosted by TV pundit Michael Robinson, is always excellent. But I have found his recent look back on Real Madrid's 'Quinta del Buitre' particularly good...

We're into an Olympic year, with Tokyo preparing to host the Games for a second time, and I can't help but feel sorry they won't be held rather closer to home...

At the end of a year and a decade, France Football have selected their best XI of the last 10 years - a team which recognises Spain's LaLiga, notes Alfredo Relaño.

A Sunday without football in Spain was occupied instead by Barcelona and Real Madrid facing each other on the basketball court, a match that Barça won ...

Yesterday I was reminded by Guillem Balagué that there will be a winter break in the Premier League...

Me escribe un amigo que el Madrid hizo ante el Athletic un partido melancólico y que “tiene dentro, en Bale, el veneno de la indiferencia”

This time we were obliged to follow the Club World Cup from a distance and maybe even with an added degree of indifference

Alfredo Relaño looks back at Real Madrid's nil-all draw with Athletic Bilbao.

You can understand why Hernández Hernández allowed Lenglet's kick on Varane go without punishment, something covered extensively by AS after the game.

The first thing to applaud was the game actually taking place. Outside the ground people gathered in protest, and even the odd bin went up in flames, but inside it went unnoticed.

Barcelona and Real Madrid go into tonight's game level on points and amid tensions that unfortunately, can't be ignored, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Alfredo Relaño evaluates the situation for the seven Spanish clubs following the draws for the Champions League and Europa League second rounds on Monday.

Alfredo Relaño looks back at Sunday night's game between Valencia and Real Madrid.

The Champions League has witnessed it’s first-ever clean sweep for the “big five” European leagues, something that has never before happened in the history of the ...

Atlético Madrid required two penalties to open the scoring against Lokomotiv, as if to underline what everybody has been saying this season: the problem with Diego ...

El partido del Valencia en Ámsterdam es de los que la afición guarda en la memoria por años

Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to Valencia's crucial game at the Johan Cruyff Arena, where they go head to head with Ajax in search of Champions League progression.

Messi celebrated his sixth Ballon d'Or with a hat trick in front of an ecstatic home crowd. In LaLiga alone, Messi now has scored 35 hat tricks, notes Alfredo Relaño.

The recent rain in Spain has been ferocious for the time of year and looking at the pitches around the country calls into question that old ...

No weekday football. As the tango says, 'the muscle sleeps, the ambition rests...' We are not used to being without this drug for five consecutive days and it starts to feel strange,

Last night our AS team was surrounded by some great sporting characters. Not only award winners and athletes, there were also managers, organisers, sponsors, and the likes.

The Ballon d’Or was created by journalists, just as the European Cup - today’s Champions League - was, and came into existence in 1956 as an accompaniment to the competition.

After putting in a good performance on Tuesday at the Bernabéu, Real Madrid - with Isco and Bale, put in another decent display at Mendizorroza, writes Alfredo Relaño.

This game against PSG was confirmation that Zidane has done it again. A year ago we saw this decrepit team, without desire, fed up of winning...

So, the conclusion seems to be that Robert Moreno's ambition got the better of him and that accelerated the end for him...