Spain

Alfredo Relaño looks back at last night's Copa del Rey quarter final at the Bernabéu and concludes that Solari's Real Madrid are now on an upward trajectory.

The ‘Chumi case’, in reference to the Barça centre-back – whose development and realised potential will become clear in the future - brings us back, face to face, to the whole ‘Cheryshev question mark’.

For some time now, LaLiga has supposedly been run stringently, under the unyielding hand of Javier Tebas and his big financial controller, Javier Gómez.

A knock, a muscle tear... Madrid boss Solari was a little lost for words following the latest injury sustained by the Welsh player.

For a few years now, Dubai has hosted a kind of get-together for the football world that's part conference, part awards gala...

María José Rienda brinda en nuestra portada por todos ustedes y por el buen futuro de nuestro deporte

Yes, it was all a big Día de los Inocentes ruse! I hope you took it in good humour. Contrary to our fun piece yesterday, Tebas and Rubiales were not seen in any Cistercian monastery...

While LaLiga is on hold over the Christmas break, we have the International Under-12 tournament in Arona and action from England and Italy to keep us supplied with football.

'Athletic, Athletic, club de limpia tradición...' That was the first anthem I knew of the old and beloved Athletic Club, 'world football's unique case', as L'Équipe once wrote.

Maybe it coincides with reading Sergio del Molino's latest book, ‘Lugares fuera de sitio’ (Out of place locations) that inspired me with today's headline.