Madrid Autonomous Community

Real Madrid face Valencia today in a big-name clash, one that finds us still digesting the news that the Bernabéu is to hold the Copa Libertadores final...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño looks ahead to the two biggest games in world football this Saturday.

Madrid has two fiestas, San Isidro and the Paloma. In the 1950s and 1960s there was another, the final of the Copa del Rey: always played here, and almost always with Athletic.

We in Spain find ourselves with a new minister for 'Culture and Sport', one who at times has shown little interest for the latter.

The picture of Sergio Ramos posing with a signed Iniesta shirt after El Clásico has redeemed my view ever so slightly after the intensity of some of the play we witnessed on Sunday night.

We have a Madrid team in the Champions League final and another one in the Europa League final – that’s something we can feel very happy ...