MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone says Diego Costa is not fit to play the entire match against Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Costa returned to action ...

MADRID (AP) — Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says Paulo Dybala will start Wednesday’s match against Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League, but Sami Khedira has been ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid could unleash an attacking trio in an effort to finally outdo Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League.

Atletico coach Diego Simeone will be able to call on Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa and Alvaro Morata when his team hosts Juventus in the first leg of the ...

MADRID (AP) — Gareth Bale could face a suspension of up to 12 matches because of a gesture he made toward fans during Real Madrid’s 3-1 derby win at Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

The 29-year-old Bale has been reported by La Liga to the Spanish Football Federation over his celebration after ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid says it has extended the contract of coach Diego Simeone until 2022.

Simeone’s current contract was set to expire at the end of next season.

Financial details of the new deal were not disclosed.

The 48-year-old Argentine coach played for Atletico ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona needed goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to put in a superb performance as the Spanish league leader failed to score and dropped points at Athletic Bilbao in a 0-0 draw on Sunday.

The result ended Barcelona’s run of 37 league games where it scored at least ...

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is making it clear it’s still in the fight for the Spanish league title.

With a convincing victory in the Madrid derby on Saturday, Real Madrid returned to second place in the Spanish league for the first time since September and moved within five points of leader ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid lost its first Spanish league game since September on the day of Alvaro Morata’s much-anticipated debut.

The newly signed striker had a lackluster debut as second-placed Atletico lost 1-0 at Real Betis on Sunday to miss its chance to move closer to league ...

MILAN (AP) — Juventus is uncharacteristically leaking goals and coach Massimiliano Allegri is concerned ahead of the Champions League last 16, where they face Atletico Madrid.

For the second time in a week, Juventus conceded three goals as Parma fought back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 in ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid did its best to distance Alvaro Morata from his days with rival Real Madrid.

The newly signed striker was officially presented on Tuesday, with Atletico showing a video that included images of Morata wearing Atletico’s jersey as a kid and ...

MADRID (AP) — Alvaro Morata has fond memories of the time he was a ball boy at Atletico Madrid’s old Vicente Calderon Stadium.

So much so that he still owns one of the vests he used to wear during matches.

“Every time I see a ball boy, I see myself in him,” the striker said. “And ...

GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona won its eighth straight Spanish league game as Lionel Messi scored in a 2-0 win at 10-man Girona on Sunday.

Barcelona kept its five-point lead over Atletico Madrid with Messi grabbing his 10th goal in a seven-game scoring streak in the league. He was left all ...

MADRID (AP) — With some help from defender Sergio Ramos in attack, Real Madrid overcame an early scare against Girona to move into position to reach the Copa del Rey semifinals for the first time in five years.

Ramos twice gave Madrid the lead in a 4-2 win against a gritty Girona team that ...

MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann’s late goal couldn’t save Atletico Madrid as its defense faltered in a surprising elimination to Girona in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.

Real Madrid and Sevilla lost their matches but both had big first-leg leads and advanced to the ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Antoine Griezmann is almost single-handedly keeping Atletico Madrid in the Spanish league title race.

With the league at its halfway point, Griezmann is challenging Barcelona’s Lionel Messi for the status of most valuable player for their clubs.

While Messi is ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Suarez scored two goals and Lionel Messi added another to lead Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Eibar and stay five points ahead of Atletico Madrid as the Spanish league reached its midway point on Sunday.

Messi scored his 400th league goal, and leads the ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona took another step toward successfully defending its Spanish league title after winning at one of the toughest teams to beat in the competition on Sunday, while its rivals dropped points.

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored as Barcelona beat Getafe 2-1. ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — It’s probably now or maybe never for Atletico Madrid.

The Spanish club will start 2019 under the highest expectations since coach Diego Simeone transformed the team from a chronic underachiever into a perennial title contender.

Atletico has one date circled on ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi ensured Barcelona reached the Spanish league’s winter break atop the standings, playing a part in both goals of a 2-0 win at home over Celta Vigo on Saturday.

Messi scored Barcelona’s second goal to take his league-leading tally to 15 in 17 rounds, ...

MADRID (AP) — Speculation linking defender Lucas Hernandez with a move to Bayern Munich is false, Atletico Madrid said Thursday.

Atletico said the France defender “denies the existence of an agreement with the German club” and his supposed “intention of leaving Atletico ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With a hat trick and two assists, Lionel Messi showed again this weekend why Barcelona is favored by many to successfully defend its Spanish league title.

Sevilla and Atletico Madrid may be only three points behind as the season approaches the midway mark, but ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi hit the 50-goal mark for club and country in 2018 after scoring his 43rd career hat trick for Barcelona on Sunday.

Messi’s brilliance powered Barcelona to a 5-0 victory at Levante and kept the defending champions three points ahead of Sevilla and ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Atletico Madrid had been waiting for a world-class performance from star forward Antoine Griezmann.

Griezmann scored twice, including a late winner, after setting up Atletico’s opener to earn a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Valladolid on Saturday to pull level on ...

BRUGES, Belgium (AP) — Atletico Madrid finished its Champions League group in second place after being held to a disappointing 0-0 draw at Belgian side Club Brugge on Tuesday.

Atletico entered the match leading Group A, but its stumble combined with Dortmund Borussia’s 2-0 victory at ...

MADRID (AP) — Traditional Spanish clubs Villarreal, Valencia, and Athletic Bilbao entered the season with high hopes, looking to make a run against the powerful trio of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Almost halfway through the league, they are just fighting to stay away from ...

MADRID (AP) — Gareth Bale scored early in the first half and Real Madrid held on for a harder than expected 1-0 win at last-placed Huesca on Sunday to move closer to the top of the Spanish league.

Bale found the net in the eighth minute and Madrid withstood pressure from the league ...

MADRID (AP) — Lionel Messi capped a brilliant performance by following up a superb free-kick goal in the first half with another stunning set-piece goal in the second half.

The perfectly struck free kicks led Barcelona to a 4-0 rout of Espanyol in the Spanish league on Saturday, and ...

What to watch in the leading soccer leagues in Europe this weekend:

SPAIN

While the Copa Libertadores final is attracting most of the attention in Spain, the Spanish league goes on as planned.

Barcelona will defend its lead in the Catalan derby against Espanyol on Saturday, ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid was so poor in the first half against fourth-division visitor Sant Andreu that a shock Copa del Rey elimination wasn’t a far-fetched possibility on Wednesday.

But three goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second period guided Atletico’s second-string team ...

MADRID (AP) — Striker Diego Costa will undergo foot surgery and is expected to be sidelined for several weeks.

Atletico Madrid says Costa will be operated on his left foot this week in Brazil with the supervision of Atletico doctors.

The Brazil-born player had been bothered by the ...

GENEVA (AP) — As four teams advanced to the Champions League knockout round Wednesday, last season’s runner-up Liverpool edged closer to an early exit.

A 2-1 loss at Paris Saint-Germain in the night’s marquee match was Liverpool’s fifth straight away defeat in the competition, and sparked ...

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund guaranteed its spot in the Champions League knockout stage after a 0-0 draw with Club Brugge on Wednesday.

The result left Dortmund second in Group A, two points behind Atletico Madrid — which beat Monaco 2-0 earlier to advance — and five ahead of ...

MADRID (AP) — There was no letdown this time. Atletico Madrid is back in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

A year after a disappointing elimination in the group stage of the tournament, Atletico secured its spot in the next round by defeating Monaco 2-0 on Wednesday.

The ...

MADRID (AP) — A day after seeing its rivals falter, Sevilla took care of business.

Sevilla moved past Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to go top of the Spanish league by beating Valladolid 1-0 on Sunday.

Atletico and Barcelona had played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday, opening the way for ...

MADRID (AP) — Another late goal for Barcelona, another disappointing draw for Atletico Madrid.

For the second consecutive year, Atletico wasn’t able to hold on to its lead against Barcelona at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, missing another chance to end its winless streak against the Catalan ...

MADRID (AP) — Ousmane Dembele scored a late equalizer for Barcelona to draw with Atletico Madrid 1-1 on Saturday, extending its unbeaten run against the Madrid club to 17 Spanish league matches.

The result also kept Barcelona in the lead, one point in front of Atletico.

Sevilla has a ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid may be looking at its best chance to end an eight-year winless streak against Barcelona in the Spanish league.

The teams meet on Saturday at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid with Barcelona facing one of its worst defensive struggles in decades. It has ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With his imposing frame, aggressive attitude and talent for scoring difficult goals, Diego Costa has rightfully earned his reputation as a terror for defenders.

But that status is in serious danger after a scoring drought in the Spanish league that dates back to ...

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness isn’t used to talking down his side’s chances.

Bayern visits Borussia Dortmund on Saturday for the German “Klassiker” — a highlight for Bundesliga fans at the start of the season. Few believed then, however, that Bayern would be four points ...