Spain

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Atlético Madrid's shock Copa exit at the hands of Cultural and lauds the new format of the competition for making such upsets possible.

'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...

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.

A few days ago a French colleague of mine called me and asked, that after after many years living in the Spanish capital city, would Zidane see himself as another "Madrileño"...